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Municipal forest of Buer (Buerscher Stadtwald) A former mining settlement. Gelsenkirchen (UK: / ˈ ɡ ɛ l z ən k ɪər x ən /, US: / ˌ ɡ ɛ l z ən ˈ k ɪər x ən /, German: [ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ; Westphalian: 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 at the centre of the Ruhr area, the largest urban area of ...
ZOOM Erlebniswelt. In Gelsenkirchen, you can go on a "trip around the world in one day" at ZOOM. The adventure worlds of Alaska, Africa and Asia have been created on an area of more than 30 hectares.
Former Zeche Nordstern Fans during a football match at the Arena The sun over Gelsenkirchen's industrial heritage hasn't set entirely yet Wissenschaftspark, modern glass architecture replaced old factories. Gelsenkirchen is a city of 260,000 people (2019) at the Ruhr region in the western part of the country, near major cities such as Düsseldorf and Cologne.Through coal mining, the Ruhr Region became the industrial heart of Germany and formed heavily populated cities.
Contact Us. tourist information office in the Hans-Sachs-Haus Ebertstraße 11 45879 Gelsenkirchen Phone +49 209 169-3968 Phone +49 209 169-3969
Ebertstraße 11 45879 Gelsenkirchen Phone: 0209 / 169-0 Fax: 0209 / 169-3530 E-Mail: stadt@gelsenkirchen.de
Gelsenkirchen is all about Schalke. Although this was once just the name of a district, today it is synonymous with the city and its football club FC Schalke 04.The team was founded in 1904 and today is one of the most successful traditional clubs in Germany – not to mention one of the largest sports clubs in the world, with 170,000 members.
Jul 18, 2024 · Gelsenkirchen, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies just north of Essen. Gelsenkirchen was a village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in 1850, but the opening in 1853 of its first coal mine and its favourable position on the Rhine-Herne Canal stimulated its rapid
Mar 4, 2019 · Things to Do in Gelsenkirchen, Germany: See Tripadvisor's 7,564 traveler reviews and photos of Gelsenkirchen tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in August. We have reviews of the best places to see in Gelsenkirchen. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions.
Jan 26, 2020 · At the very centre of the Ruhr Area, Gelsenkirchen is an industrial city just northeast of Essen. Taking off in the 19th century, coalmining boosted Gelsenkirchen’s population by hundreds of thousands, and the old headframes and slagheaps are preserved monuments and major stops on the Ruhr’s Industrial Heritage Trail.
Gelsenkirchen attractions include the Schloss Berge, international restaurants, Schlossparkfest, Gelsenkirchen City Museum, the Hochstraße, Grubergold beer and more.
