Essen

Essen () 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".http://www.essen.de/Dokumente/Download%20Bau-%20und%20Immobilienwirtschaft%20deutsch_2006.pdf("Schreibtisch des Ruhrgebiets")  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.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – sister ceeties
Essen is twinned wi:
 City of Sunderland, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1949)
 Tampere, Finland (syne 1960)
 Grenoble, Fraunce (syne 1974)
 Nizhny Novgorod, Roushie (syne 1991)
 Tel Aviv, Israel (syne 1991)

The Ceety o Monessen, PA, situatit alang the Monongahela River, wis named efter the river an Essen.

Rourkela, Indie

References


Category:Ceeties in North Rhine-Westphalie
Category:European Caipitals o Cultur
Category:Imperial free ceeties