Ruhr
The Ruhr is a region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Once the uncontested heart of Germany's economy, the region was formed during the 19th and 20th century by the coal and steel industries and is going through a structural transformation, which makes it one of the most dynamic regions in Europe.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Dortmund and Essen.
Duisburg
Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Gelsenkirchen and Bochum.
Bochum
NatiSythen, Public domain.
Bochum is a city in the Ruhr area of the state North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Hamm
Hamm is a city of 180,000 inhabitants in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Witten
Witten is a city of 96,000 in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
Ruhr
- Tourist attraction with about 5,150,000 residents
- …is wheelchair accessible
- Description: urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Also known as“Mittelpunkt des Ruhrgebiets”“Ruhr area”“Ruhr district”“Ruhr Region”“Ruhrgebiet”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
51.5175° or 51° 31′ 3″ north
Longitude of center
7.1449° or 7° 8′ 42″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Ruhr” goes by many names.
RuhrgebiedAfrikaans
حوض الرورArabic
منطقة الرورArabic
ՌուրArmenian
Rur bölgəsiAzerbaijani
Rur regionuAzerbaijani
RuhrBasque
Ruhr eremuaBasque
Ruhr eskualdeaBasque
Рурская вобласцьBelarusian
রুরBengali
Rannvro ar RuhrBreton
RuhrBreton
RuhrgebietBreton
РурBulgarian
Рурска областBulgarian
ရူးဝါးနယ်Burmese
Conca del RuhrCatalan
Regió del RuhrCatalan
RuhrgebietCatalan
ڕورCentral Kurdish
魯爾區Chinese
魯爾工業區Chinese
鲁尔区Chinese
鲁尔地区Chinese
RuhrCroatian
PorúříCzech
Ruhr-distriktetDanish
Ruhr-områdetDanish
RuhrgebietDanish
RoergebiedDutch
RuhrbekkenDutch
RuhrgebiedDutch
RuhrgebietDutch
رورEgyptian Arabic
منطقة الراين و الرورEgyptian Arabic
منطقة الرورEgyptian Arabic
Ruhr-regionoEsperanto
RuhrgebietEsperanto
Ruhri linnastuEstonian
RuhrimaaEstonian
Ruhrin alueFinnish
Ruhrin teollisuusalueFinnish
Área do RuhrGalician
Conca do RuhrGalician
Distrito do RuhrGalician
Rexión do RuhrGalician
RuhrGalician
Val do RuhrGalician
რურის არეალიGeorgian
რურის რეგიონიGeorgian
Κοιλάδα του ΡουρGreek
Περιοχή του ΡουρGreek
חבל הרוהרHebrew
רוהרHebrew
रूरHindi
Ruhr-vidékHungarian
RuhrIcelandic
Ruhr-svæðiðIcelandic
Regiono di RuhrIdo
RuhrIndonesian
Region del RuhrInterlingua
Region RuhrInterlingua
Area della RuhrItalian
Bacino della RuhrItalian
Regione della RuhrItalian
RührItalian
Valle della RuhrItalian
Zona della RuhrItalian
ルール地方Japanese
ルール工業地帯Japanese
Рур көмүр бассейниKirghiz
RuhrgebietKölsch
RuhrpottKölsch
루르Korean
루르 지방Korean
루르 지역Korean
RuhrLadin
Regio RuranaLatin
RuhrgebietLatin
RūraLatvian
Rūras apgabalsLatvian
Rūras baseinsLatvian
Rūras reģionsLatvian
RuhrgebietLithuanian
Rūro sritisLithuanian
RuhrLombard
РурMacedonian
RuhrMalay
रुहर गेबिटMarathi
रुहर परिसरMarathi
रुह्रMarathi
रूरMarathi
რურიMingrelian
რურიშ რეგიონიMingrelian
Metropoolregiuun RuhrNorthern Frisian
RuhrområdetNorwegian
Ruhr-områdetNorwegian Bokmål
RuhrgebietNorwegian Bokmål
KohlenpottNorwegian Nynorsk
Ruhr-områdetNorwegian Nynorsk
RuhrdalenNorwegian Nynorsk
RuhrgebietNorwegian Nynorsk
RuhrpottNorwegian Nynorsk
ਰੂਆPanjabi
ਰੂਆ ਇਲਾਕਾPanjabi
رورPersian
روهرPersian
منطقة رورPersian
منطقهٔ رورPersian
منطقه روهرPersian
ناحیه رورPersian
RuhrgebietPolish
Zagłębie RuhryPolish
Bazinul RuhrRomanian
Bazinul RuhruluiRomanian
Regiunea RuhrRomanian
RuhrgebietRomanian
РурRussian
Рурская областьRussian
Рурский бассейнRussian
Рурский регионRussian
RuhrgebietSaterfriesisch
RuhrScots
Rurska oblastSerbian
Област РурSerbian
РурSerbian
Рурска долинаSerbian
Рурска областSerbian
RuhrSerbo-Croatian
Zona da RuhrSicilian
رھرSindhi
PorúrieSlovak
RuhrgebietSlovak
PorurjeSlovenian
Ruhr-ockupationenSwedish
RuhrområdetSwedish
RuhrgebietSwiss German
RuhrTagalog
ரூர்Tamil
รัวร์Thai
RuhrTurkish
Ruhr bölgesiTurkish
РурUkrainian
Рурська долинаUkrainian
Рурський басейнUkrainian
Рурський промисловий районUkrainian
Рурський регіонUkrainian
PoruhrskaUpper Sorbian
RuhrskaUpper Sorbian
رورUrdu
RuhrVietnamese
Vùng RuhrVietnamese
Ardal y RuhrWelsh
RuhrgebietWestern Frisian
鲁尔区Wu Chinese
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