Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river
Emscher
The Emscher () is a river, a tributary of the Rhine, that flows through the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. Its overall length is with an mean outflow near the mouth into the lower Rhine of .
Description
The Emscher h ...
in the
Ruhr Area
The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...
, Germany, located between
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in Nor ...
and
Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...
( ). The city hosts the
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, founded in 1954, is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world. Held in Oberhausen, it is one of the major international platforms for the short form. The festival holds an International C ...
and its
Gasometer Oberhausen
The Gasometer Oberhausen is a former gas holder in Oberhausen, Germany, which has been converted into an exhibition space. It has hosted several large scale exhibitions, including two by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gasometer is an industrial lan ...
is an anchor point of the
European Route of Industrial Heritage
The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a tourist route of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. This is a tourism industry information initiative to present a network of industrial heritage sites across Europe. The a ...
.
History
Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the
Oberhausen Castle. The new borough was formed in 1862 following inflow of people for the local
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
mines and
steel
Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...
mills. Awarded town rights in 1874, Oberhausen absorbed several neighbouring boroughs including
Alstaden, parts of
Styrum
Styrum (; sometimes spelled "Stirum") was an immediate lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It held no seat in the Diet and was circumvened by the Lordship of Broich.
The exact dat ...
and
Dümpten in 1910. Oberhausen became a city in 1901, and they incorporated the towns of
Sterkrade and Osterfeld in 1929. The
Ruhrchemie AG synthetic oil plant ("Oberhausen-Holten" or "Sterkrade/Holten") was a bombing target of the
oil campaign of World War II, and the US forces reached the plant by 4 April 1945.
In 1973,
Thyssen AG
Thyssen was a major German steel producer founded by August Thyssen. The company merged with Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp in 1999.
History
On 29 September 1891, August Thyssen and his brother Joseph Thyssen came to be i ...
employed 14,000 people in Oberhausen in the steel industry, but ten years later the number had fallen to 6,000.
In 1954 the city began hosting the
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, founded in 1954, is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world. Held in Oberhausen, it is one of the major international platforms for the short form. The festival holds an International C ...
, and the 1982
Deutscher Filmpreis
The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...
was awarded to a group that wrote the
Oberhausen Manifesto
The Oberhausen Manifesto was a declaration by a group of 26 young German filmmakers at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia on 28 February 1962. The manifesto was a call to arms to establish a "new German featur ...
.
Demographics
Population development since 1862:
The age breakdown of the population (2013) is:
There were 12.5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen, as of 2014.
The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020).
Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017:
Politics
Mayor
The current Mayor of Oberhausen is Daniel Schranz of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU), elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:
! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate
! rowspan=2, Party
! colspan=2, First round
! colspan=2, Second round
, -
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Daniel Schranz
, align=left,
Christian Democratic Union
, 30,150
, 45.5
, 28,456
, 62.1
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Thorsten Berg
, align=left,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
, 19,699
, 29.7
, 17,381
, 37.9
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Norbert Emil Axt
, align=left,
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
, 7,002
, 10.6
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Wolfgang Kempkes
, align=left,
Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist
*
*
*
*
*
*
* political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. I ...
, 4,521
, 6.8
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Jens Carstensen
, align=left,
The Left
, 3,095
, 4.7
, -
,
, align=left, Urban Mülhausen
, align=left, Open for Citizens
, 1,378
, 2.1
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left, Claudia Wädlich
, align=left,
The Violets
The Violets were an English post punk/indie/ pop band from the New Cross area of London, England. Formed initially as a bassless garage punk trio, The Violets early gigs saw them playing stark, spiky and minimalist punk that evoked early art-sc ...
, 468
, 0.7
, -
! colspan=3, Valid votes
! 66,313
! 98.7
! 45,837
! 99.2
, -
! colspan=3, Invalid votes
! 859
! 1.3
! 368
! 0.8
, -
! colspan=3, Total
! 67,172
! 100.0
! 46,205
! 100.0
, -
! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout
! 159,510
! 42.1
! 159,458
! 29.0
, -
, colspan=7, Source
State Returning Officer
City council
![2020 Oberhausen City Council election](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/2020_Oberhausen_City_Council_election.svg)
The Oberhausen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:
! colspan=2, Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, 21,471
, 32.8
, 0.2
, 19
, 1
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
(SPD)
, 20,754
, 31.7
, 7.2
, 19
, 4
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
(Grüne)
, 9,450
, 14.4
, 5.9
, 8
, 3
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist
*
*
*
*
*
*
* political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. I ...
(AfD)
, 4,995
, 7.6
, New
, 4
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
The Left (Die Linke)
, 3,367
, 5.1
, 2.8
, 3
, 2
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, 1,988
, 3.0
, 0.2
, 2
, ±0
, -
,
, align=left, Alliance of Obenhauser Citizens (BOB)
, 1,913
, 2.9
, 5.7
, 2
, 3
, -
,
, align=left, Open for Citizens (OfB)
, 1,153
, 1.8
, New
, 1
, New
, -
, colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey,
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
The Violets
The Violets were an English post punk/indie/ pop band from the New Cross area of London, England. Formed initially as a bassless garage punk trio, The Violets early gigs saw them playing stark, spiky and minimalist punk that evoked early art-sc ...
(Die Violetten)
, 445
, 0.7
, 0.5
, 0
, ±0
, -
! colspan=2, Valid votes
! 65,536
! 98.1
!
!
!
, -
! colspan=2, Invalid votes
! 1,290
! 1.9
!
!
!
, -
! colspan=2, Total
! 66,826
! 100.0
!
! 58
! 2
, -
! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout
! 159,510
! 41.9
! 0.9
!
!
, -
, colspan=7, Source
State Returning Officer
Sport
Oberhausen is home to
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...
football team
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...
, who play at the
Niederrheinstadion
Niederrheinstadion, Stadion Niederrhein is a multi-purpose stadium in Oberhausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. The stadium currently has a capacity of 21,318 spectat ...
situated on the banks of the
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal (german: Rhein-Herne-Kanal) is a transportation canal in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with five canal locks. The canal was built over a period of eight years (5 April 1906 – 14 July 1914) and c ...
.
The city had a professional ice hockey team between 1997 and 2007, the
Revierlöwen Oberhausen. The team initially played at the
Arena Oberhausen
The Rudolf Weber-Arena (originally the Arena Oberhausen) is a multi-purpose arena, located in Oberhausen, Germany. Opening in 1996, the arena is a part of leisure and shopping center, CentrO. The venue was built in Neue Mitte Oberhausen, a form ...
when playing in the top-flight
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...
but later moved to the
Emscher-Lippe-Halle
Emscher-Lippe-Halle is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of the ice hockey team EHC Gelsenkirchen. It also hosted the annual Bofrost Cup on Ice f ...
in
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
following financial woes.
The
Rudolf Weber-Arena
The Rudolf Weber-Arena (originally the Arena Oberhausen) is a multi-purpose arena, located in Oberhausen, Germany. Opening in 1996, the arena is a part of leisure and shopping center, CentrO. The venue was built in Neue Mitte Oberhausen, a form ...
has hosted many international indoor sporting events including
MMA
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...
event
UFC 122
''UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 13, 2010 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. This event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the ...
in 2010
and the
PDC Unibet European Championship of
darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, missiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dar ...
in 2020.
The city has established itself as a popular destination for
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
in Germany, with
Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...
-based promotion
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German professional wrestling promotion based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its event ...
(wXw) regularly running shows in Oberhausen's
Turbinenhalle.
[Cagematch]
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
/ref> wXw's 16 Carat Gold Tournament is considered one of the most prestigious independent wrestling tournaments in the world and is held in March every year in Oberhausen - attracting fans from around the world.
Twin towns – sister cities
Oberhausen is twinned with:
* Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
, England, United Kingdom (1974)
* Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
, Ukraine (1986)
* Freital
Freital is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on a small river, the Weißeritz, and is southwest of Dresden.
Geography
Freital is located southwest of Dresden in the Döhlen Ba ...
, Germany (1990)
* Carbonia, Italy (2002)
* Iglesias, Italy (2002)
* Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...
, Turkey (2004)
* Tychy
Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...
, Polen (2020)
Notable people
*Georg Schaltenbrand
Georges Schaltenbrand (26 November 1897 – 24 October 1979 ) was a German neurologist known for his work on the organization and diagnostics of the motor system, to the physiology and pathology of the cerebrospinal fluid, and to multiple scle ...
(1897–1979), author, neurologist and Multiple Sclerosis specialist
*Martha Schneider-Bürger
Martha Schneider-Bürger (21 October 1903 in Sterkrade ( Oberhausen) – 25 September 2001 in Gelnhausen) was a German civil engineer.
Early life and education
Martha Schneider-Bürger was the eldest of four daughters born to engineer Hugo Bü ...
(1903–2001), civil engineer and author
*Reni Erkens
Renate "Reni" Erkens (later ''Küppers'', 24 June 1909 – 22 October 1987) was a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Oberhausen and was the wife of Ernst Küppers and the mother of E ...
(1909–1987), swimmer
* Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), field handball player
*Erich Kempka
Erich Kempka (16 September 1910 – 24 January 1975) was a member of the SS in Nazi Germany who served as Adolf Hitler's primary chauffeur from 1936 to April 1945. He was present in the area of the Reich Chancellery on 30 April 1945, when ...
(1910–1975), SS-officer and Adolf Hitler's driver
* Werner Töniges (1910–1995), naval officer
* Willy Jürissen (1912–1990), footballer
* Édouard Wawrzyniak (1912–1991), French footballer
*Will Quadflieg
Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg (; 15 September 1914 – 27 November 2003) was a German actor from Oberhausen. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war actors. One of his most widely rec ...
(1914–2003), actor
*Alf Marholm
Alf Marholm (1918–2006) was a German actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) - Benno Perlitz, Zeichner
* '' No Way Back'' (1953) - Direktor Berger
* ''Die goldene Pest'' (1954)
* ''Viele kamen vorbei'' (1956) - Kre ...
(1918–2006), actor, radio plays, audio books and voice
*Arnulf Zitelmann
Arnulf Zitelmann (9 March 1929 – 8 July 2023) was a German writer.
Biography
Arnulf Zitelmann was born in Oberhausen- Sterkrade on 9 March 1929.
Zitelmann taught religion and was a freelance author in Ober-Ramstadt. He published numerous a ...
(born 1929), writer
* Paul Lange (1931–2016), kayaker, Olympic champion
*Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 2 June 1934) is a German retired football manager and player.
Feldkamp started coaching in 1968. In Germany, he coached Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and Eintracht Frankfurt, among others. He previously coac ...
(born 1934), football player and trainer
*Wilhelm Keim
Wilhelm Keim (1 December 1934 – 30 September 2018) was a German chemist and professor of chemistry at the Technical Chemistry and former director of the ''Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry'' at RWTH Aachen in Germany.
Wilhelm Keim was ...
(1934–2018), chemist and professor for technical chemistry
*Theo Vennemann
Theo Vennemann genannt Nierfeld (; born 27 May 1937 in Oberhausen-Sterkrade) is a German historical linguist known for his controversial theories of a "Vasconic" and an "Atlantic" stratum in European languages, published since the 1990s.
He was ...
(born 1937), linguist and professor of German and theoretical linguistics
*Siegfried Jerusalem
Siegfried Jerusalem (born 17 April 1940) is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Richard Wagner, he has performed Siegfried, Siegmund, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Tristan to wide acclaim. Since the 1990s, he has ...
(born 1940), opera singer
* Hans Siemensmeyer (born 1940), football player and coach
* Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (1944–2014), football referee
* Tilman Spengler (born 1947), writer and journalist, author and co-editor of the magazine ''Kursbuch''
*Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens
Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens, formerly known as Eckhard Stratmann, (born 3 April 1948 in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former politician and Green Party member of the German Bundestag. Before and after serving in the Bundestag, he taught ...
(born 1948), teacher and politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of Bundestag
*Ditmar Jakobs
Ditmar Jakobs (born 28 August 1953) is a German former footballer who played as a defender. He played as a centre-back, a classical libero in the mold of Franz Beckenbauer or Willi Schulz.
Jakobs played 493 games from 1971 to 1990 for Rot-W ...
(born 1953), footballer
*Willi Wülbeck
Wilhelm "Willi" Wülbeck (born 18 December 1954) is a retired German middle-distance runner. Competing in the 800 m he finished fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to the West German boycott and could not ...
(born 1954), athlete
* Achim Hofer (born 1955), musicologist
* Christoph Klimke (born 1959), writer
*Michael Grosse-Brömer
Michael Grosse-Brömer (born 12 October 1960) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002.
Early life and education
Grosse-Brömer is a lawyer and civil ...
(born 1960), politician (CDU), Member of Bundestag
*Christoph Schlingensief
Christoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960 – 21 August 2010) was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals ...
(1960–2010), film and theater director, radio play writer and performance artist
* Dirk Balthaus (born 1965), jazz pianist and composer
*Esther Schweins
Esther Schweins (born 18 April 1970 in Oberhausen) is a German actress and comedian who became famous through her appearances on the '' RTL Samstag Nacht'' show for which she won the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in 1994.
Schweins survived the 2004 ...
(born 1970), actress and comedian
*Markus Feldhoff
Markus Feldhoff (born 29 August 1974) is a German football, who last managed VfL Osnabrück and former player.
Club career
Earlier in his career Feldhoff played for Bayer Uerdingen, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, VfL Wolfsbur ...
(born 1974), footballer
* Mark Kleinschmidt (born 1974), rower
*Marcel Landers
Marcel Landers (born 24 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who coaches DJK Arminia Klosterhardt.
Career
Born in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Landers began his career at Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. After he had gone throu ...
(born 1984), footballer
* Max Meyer (born 1995), footballer
*Davin Herbrüggen
Davin Herbrüggen (born 25 August 1998) is a German singer who won the sixteenth season of '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (the German version of ''Pop Idol'' and ''American Idol''). His winning song "The River" was produced by Madizin.
L ...
(born 1998), singer
Gallery
Oberhausen bahnhof1.JPG, Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof
Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station was opened in 1847 and is located on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway, Arnhem-Oberhausen railway, Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort railway an ...
Gasometer Oberhausen aussen.jpg, Gasometer
Schloss Oberhausen-vom Gasometer.jpg, Oberhausen Castle as seen from the Gasometer
Rheinisches Industriemuseum.jpg, Industrial Museum
Amtsgericht vom Friedensplatz.jpg, Courthouse
Baumeister Mühle Sterkrade.jpg, Baumeister-Mill
Burg-Vondern-Westen-vom-Weg-2013.jpg, Vondern Castle
Kastell Holten (2).jpg, Kastell Holten
Ruhrauen bei Oberhausen - Alstaden - panoramio.jpg, Ruhr meadows in Oberhausen-Alstaden
2009-07-21 ob 08 aussicht centro.JPG, CentrO
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
*Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...
shopping mall
Schloss Oberhausen01.jpg, Oberhausen Castle, inner courtyard with the ''Little castle''
Abwun2.jpg, AQUApark near CentrO in 2012
Oberhausen Snail Statue 2018.png, 'Shellakabookie' on Schwartzstraße
Turbinenhalle_Oberhausen_Oct_2014.jpg, Turbinenhalle Oberhausen
The Turbinenhalle is a music and cultural venue on Mülheimerstraße in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The complex opened in 1909 to generate power to the ''Gutehoffnungshütte'' coal and steel engineering company which was based ...
Oberhausen, afvalverwerkingsbedrijf GMVA IMG 8492 2018-09-01 15.21.jpg, Waste processing company GMVA in Oberhausen
References
External links
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Oil campaign of World War II
Populated places established in 1862
1862 establishments in Prussia