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A virtual guide to the German Federal State of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Beside a state profile, this page offers links to sources that provide you with information about this "Bundesland", e.g.: official web sites, local news, culture, history, education, city- and country guides with travel and visitors information, tourist attractions, events and much more.

Nordrhein-Westfalen	State Profile
Flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen	Official Name: Nordrhein-Westfalen en: North Rhine-Westphalia Abbreviation: NW (commonly used: NRW) Time zone: Central European Time (CET); Central European Summer Time (CEST) (UTC+1/+2) Capital City: Düsseldorf Largest city: Cologne (Köln) Other Cities: Aachen, Bochum, Bonn, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Oberhausen. Geography: Location: central western part of Germany Area: 34,083 km² (13 159 sq mi) People: Population (2013): 17.5 million Religions: 31% Protestants, 43% Roman Catholic. Natural resources: Anthracite, lignite, iron ore. Agriculture products: livestock, sugar beets, strawberries, grain. Industries: coal mining, steel production, bio-chemicals and high-tech.
The Land of North Rhine-Westphalia came into being as part of the new restructuring in Europe after the Second World War. It is located in the central western part of Germany and with more than 18 million people its largest federal state by population. NRW (abbr.) shares international borders with Belgium and The Netherlands in west and borders within Germany the states of Lower Saxony in north, Hesse in south east and Rhineland Palatinate in south.
Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Official Sites of Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen Die Landesregierung Nordrhein-Westfalen Online - State Government NRW. Landtag NRW Official State Parliament website of the state (Land) of North Rhine-Westphalia. Statistics Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia's state office for statistics (in German). Maps Google Earth Nordrhein-Westfalen Searchable map/satellite view of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Google Earth Düsseldorf Searchable map/satellite view of Nordrhein-Westfalen's capital. Google Earth Köln (Cologne) Searchable map/satellite view of Nordrhein-Westfalen's largest city. Political Map of Germany Administrative Map of Germany

News

Newspapers of North Rhine-Westphalia online (in German)
General-Anzeiger
General-Anzeiger Online - Bonn
Handelsblatt
The leading German commercial economy newspaper published in Düsseldorf.
Express
Popular press.
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
Cologne daily
NRZ - Neue Ruhr/Rhein Zeitung
Rhein Ruhr area.
Rheinische Post
Düsseldorf daily.
WAZ -Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Ruhr area news.

Radio/TV
Deutsche Welle
"German Wave", based in Bonn, News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 31 Languages.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Regional public radio and television.

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Arts & Culture

Cathedrals
Aachener Dom
The "Imperial Cathedral" (in German: Kaiserdom), oldest cathedral in northern Europe and the church of coronation for 30 German kings.
Kölner Dom
The 750 years old Gothic cathedral of Cologne, one of the world's largest churches.

Museums
Bonn
Beethoven-Haus
The museum in Ludwig van Beethoven's birthplace in Bonn.
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
The House of the History of the Ferderal Republic displays contemporary German history from 1945 to the present day.
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Max Ernst, August Macke, Beuys.
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, with altering exhibitions, concerts, films and other culture events.
Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn
Shows art and cultural history of the Rheinland region.

Brühl
Max Ernst Museum
The only museum dedicated to the life and works of the cosmopolitan artist Max Ernst, shows temporary exhibitions and a permanent collection of Max Ernst's works.

Düsseldorf
Heinrich-Heine-Institut
Museum and centre for the international Heinrich Heine research.
K20 K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
NRW collection of modern and contemporary art.
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Contemporary art exhibitions.
museum kunst palast
Altering exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.

Dortmund
Museum am Ostwall
Dortmund's museum of modern and contemporary art.

Essen
red dot design museum
Mueum for contemporary design.
Stiftung Zollverein
World Heritage Site Zollverein Pit Shaft XII.

Köln (Cologne)
Museen in Küln
A guide to the various museums in the city of Cologne, like Museum Ludwig, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Museum of East Asian Art, and the Romano-Germanic Museum.

Krefeld
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
Paintings and sculptures from the second half of the 20th century,

Oberhausen
Gasometer Oberhausen
Since 1994 annually changing exhibitions in the former gas container.

Opera/Theater
Bochum
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Famous because of its well-known directors like Zadek, Peymann, Steckel, Haußmann and Elmar Goerden.

Düsseldorf
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Official website of the opera company, a cooperation of the Opernhaus Düsseldorf and the Theater Duisburg.
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Web site of Düsseldorf's playhouse.

Duisburg
Theater und Philharmonie Duisburg
Opera, Ballet, Theater, and Concerts.

Essen
Theater und Philharmonie Essen
Opera, Operetta, Musical, Theater, and Concerts.

Köln
Bühnen Köln
Opera, Theater, Ballet, official website of the Bühnen Köln.

Indexes
Kulturserver NRW
A guide to culture in North Rhine-Westphalia (in German).

Kulturatlas Westfalen
Guide to cultural institutions like theaters, museums in Westphalia (in German).

kulturinfoRheinland
Museums in the Rheinland (in German).

RheinischeMuseen
Museums guide to institutions of the North-Rhine region (in German).

Business & Economy

NRW.BANK
State Development Bank of NorthRhine-Westphalia.

NRW.INVEST
Agency for investment projects in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Außenwirtschaftsportal NRW
NRW foreign trade portal site.

IHK - Vereinigung der Industrie- und Handelskammern in Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.
Federation of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of NorthRhine-Westphalia.

Trade Fairs
Düsseldorf
drupa - print media messe
World Market Print Media, Publishing & Converting.
IGEDO
Fashion trade fairs, Düsseldorf.
BOOT
Trade fair for the international boat and water sports industry, Düsseldorf.

Köln
ANUGA
Cologne's biennial fair is the world's most important food and beverage trade show.
ART COLOGNE
International Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art
imm cologne
The international furnishing show.
photokina
World of Imaging.

Major Companies
BAYER Group
Pharmaceuticals, Leverkusen.
Bertelsmann
Media Worldwide, Gütersloh.
Deutsche Post
Previously the German state-owned mail monopoly, Bonn.
Deutsche Telekom
The German telecom giant, Bonn.
Degussa
Chemistry company, Düsseldorf
Henkel
Washing power, Düsseldorf
Metro
The Spirit of Commerce; Germany's largest retailer, Düsseldorf.
ThyssenKrupp
Steel, Essen.

Transportation

Airlines
Deutsche Lufthansa
The largest airline in Europe with its headquarter in Köln (Cologne).

Airports
Flughafen Düsseldorf International (DUS)
International Airport Düsseldorf.
Flughafen Köln/Bonn (CGN)
Cologne Bonn Airport

Port
duisport
International Inland Port and Logistics Hub, Europe's largest inland port, Duisburg.

Destination North Rhine-Westphalia - Travel and Tour Guides

Discover Nordrhein-Westfalen: Aachen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Köln (Cologne), Ruhr area, Eifel, Teutoburger Wald.
Find accommodation, hotels, attractions, festivals, events, tourist boards, tours and much more by following the links below.

Nordrhein-Westfalen Tourismus
Official tourism guide of North Rhine-Westphalia.

NRW Regions
Visitor's guides to the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia (mostly in German)

Region Bonn & Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Tourist information Bonn and Rhein-Sieg region.
Eifel
Holiday region Eifel.
Niederrhein
Niederrhein tour guide.
Kreis Mettmann
Tourist guide Neanderland.
Münsterland
Tourist guide of Münsterland (in Dutch and German).
Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Tour guide Rhein-Erft-Kreis,
Ruhrgebiet
Tourism information about the Ruhr area.
Sauerland
The Sauerland Tourism site.
Siegerland-Wittgenstein
Visitors information about the region.
Teutoburger Wald
Information about the holiday region Teutoburger Wald.

Routes
Crossart Route Moderne Kunst
Crossart Route Modern Art connects 10 German and Dutch museums for modern and contemporary art.
Europäische Route der Industriekultur ERIH
European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe, the Route is partly in NRW.
Oranierroute
The route connects cities in Germany and the Netherlands related to the House of Orange-Nassau.

Major Cities in NRW (official sites):

Düsseldorf
The state capital.

Aachen
The former Free Imperial City of Aachen.

Bochum
The city in the Ruhr area.

Bonn
The former provisional capital of Germany.

Köln ( Cologne )
Germany's fourth-largest and one of the oldest cities in Germany.

Dortmund
Largest city in the Ruhr area.

Duisburg
City in the Ruhr area with the biggest inland harbour in Europe.

Essen
Formerly one of the most important coal and steel centers (Krupp steel).

Gelsenkirchen
City in the Ruhr area, a former centre of coal production and oil refining.

Oberhausen
Another Ruhr area city.

Travel and Tour Consumer Information

Education

RWTH - Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule
Aachen, one of the new Elite-Universities, the German Ivy League.
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Ruhr-Universität
Bochum
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Bonn
Universität Dortmund
Dortmund
Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Düsseldorf
Gerhard-Mercator-Universität
Duisburg
Folkwang-Hochschule Essen
Music, Theater, Dance - founded 1927 "Folkwangschule"
Universität Essen
Essen
Fernuniversität - Gesamthochschule
Hagen
Universität zu Köln
Köln, founded 1388
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Münster
Universität Paderborn
Paderborn
Universität Siegen
Siegen

Environment & Nature

Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz NRW
Ministry of the Environment and Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Nature parks in North Rhine-Westphalia
Naturpark Bergisches Land
A nature park east of Cologne.
Naturpark Hohe Mark
The nature park Hohe Mark in the north of NRW (in German).
Naturpark Hohes Venn - Eifel
Site of the German-Belgium nature park (in French and German).
Naturpark Rheinland
A nature park close to the cities Köln and Bonn.
Naturpark Rothaargebirge
Nature park in Westphalia.
Naturpark TERRA.vita
Situated in NRW and Lower-Saxony, with a thematic focus on land and geology (TERRA = land; vita = life)

Naturparke Deutschland
A guide to nature and national parks in Germany.

History

Archive in NRW
Index site of Archives of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Following the capitulation of the Third Reich, Germany is to be politically rebuilt with new regional divisions. In 1946 the British military administration established North Rhine-Westphalia by merging Westphalia and the northern parts of the Rhine Province, both formerly belonging to Prussia. In 1947 the former state of Lippe was merged with North Rhine-Westphalia.

Geschichte.nrw.de - Chronik
Modern history of North Rhine-Westphalia since its foundation in 1946.

Rheinprovinz (Rheinpreußen)
Wikipedia entry about the history of the Rhine Province a former province of Prussia.
Provinz Westfalen
Wikipedia entry about the history of the Province of Westphalia, a former province of Prussia.


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