Essen
Essen (Template:IPA-de) is a ceety in the central pairt o the Ruhr aurie in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. Locatit on the River Ruhr, its population o approximately 579,000 (as o Juin 30, 2008) makes it the 9t-lairgest ceety in Germany. For the year 2010, Essen wis the European Caipital o Cultur on behauf o the whole Ruhr aurie.
Umwhile ane o Germany's maist important coal an steel centres an historically linked tae the centuries-auld Krupp family iron works, the ceety haes developed a strang tertiary sector o industry an (sometimes thegither wi nearbi Düsseldorf) claims tae be the "desk o the Ruhr aurie".[1]Template:Dead link It is hame tae 13 o the 100 lairgest German corporations an seat tae several o the region's authorities.
In 1958, the ceety wis chosen tae serve as the seat tae a Roman Catholic diocese (aften referred tae as Ruhrbistum or diocese o the Ruhr). In early 2003, the universities o Essen an the nearbi ceety o Duisburg (baith established in 1972) wur merged intae the University o Duisburg-Essen wi campuses in baith ceeties an a university hospital in Essen.
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns – sister ceeties
- Ceety o Sunderland, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1949)[2]
- Tampere, Finland (syne 1960)[2]
- Grenoble, Fraunce (syne 1974)[2][3]
- Nizhny Novgorod, Roushie (syne 1991)[2]
- Tel Aviv, Israel (syne 1991)[2]
The Ceety o Monessen, PA, situatit alang the Monongahela River, wis named efter the river an Essen.[4]
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.essen.de/Dokumente/Download%20Bau-%20und%20Immobilienwirtschaft%20deutsch_2006.pdf ("Schreibtisch des Ruhrgebiets")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District. Twins2010.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. .
- ↑ Jérôme Steffenino, Marguerite Masson. Ville de Grenoble – Coopérations et villes jumelles. Grenoble.fr. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. . Retrieved on 29 October 2009. .
- ↑ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_497856.html
