Backelsberg

Backelsberg is a peak in Mülheim, Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia and has an elevation of 84 metres. Backelsberg is situated nearby to the locality Pferdekopf, as well as near Försterberg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duisburg Zoo and Duisburg Hauptbahnhof.

Duisburg Zoo

Park

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The Duisburg Zoo, founded on 12 May 1934, is one of the largest zoological gardens in Germany. It is especially well known for its dolphinarium and, since 1994, for breeding koalas.

Duisburg Hauptbahnhof

Railway station

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Duisburg Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.

Theater an der Ruhr

Theater building

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Theater an der Ruhr is a theatre in Mulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in 1980 by Italian director Roberto Ciulli and dramaturge Helmut Schäfer as gGmbH in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duisburg and Oberhausen.

Duisburg

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Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a metropolitan borough with a population of just under 500,000 in 2019.

Oberhausen

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Oberhausen is a city of 209,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia. The city hosts an international short film festival, and its gasometer is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.