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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 /, [3] [4] [5] 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.
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In 1928, the adjoining cities of Buer, Gelsenkirchen, and Horst merged to form Gelsenkirchen-Buer, which was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930. [ 1 ] The Scholven /Buer synthetic oil plant was a bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II [ 2 ] The Buer town hall however survived in nearly original form.
This category is about buildings and the structures in the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Gelsenkirchen" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, founded on April 14, 1949, as "Ruhr-Zoo", is one of the most modern zoological gardens in Germany. It was founded on a heavily shelled area in Gelsenkirchen adjacent to a port on the Rhine–Herne Canal. It initially encompassed 15.5 hectares.
At their request, Gelsenkirchen purchased Horst Castle and conducted extensive historical and archaeological investigations. Currently, the castle is one of the most well-researched examples of Renaissance architecture in North-West Germany. [5]
Central area of Nordsternpark. Nordsternpark (lit.North Star Park) is a park in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.It is located on the compound of former mine of Zeche Nordstern.After the closure of the mine in 1993 the area was redeveloped.