Bochum

Bochum (; Westphalie: Baukem) is a ceety in North Rhine-Westphalie (NRW), wastren Germany. It is locatit in the Ruhr aurie an is surroondit bi the ceeties o Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten an Hattingen. Wi a population o nearly 375,000, it is the 16t maist muckle ceety in Germany.

Twin touns an sister ceeties
Bochum is twinned wi:
  Sheffield, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1950
  Oviedo, Spainie, syne 1980
  Donetsk, Ukraine, syne 1987
  Nordhausen, Germany, syne 1990
  Xuzhou, Cheenae, syne 1994

References

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial Ceety o Bochum wabsteid


Category:Ceeties in North Rhine-Westphalie
Category:European Caipitals o Cultur
Category:Ruhr