Oberhausen
Oberhausen | |
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 Centr.O Park in Oberhausen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Oberhausen  | |
  Oberhausen  Oberhausen | |
| Coordinates: 51°29′48″N 06°52′14″E / 51.49667°N 6.87056°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Urban district |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2020–30) | Thorsten Berg (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.04 km2 (29.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
| • Total | 213,510 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 46001-46149 |
| Dialling codes | 0208 |
| Vehicle registration | OB |
| Website | www.oberhausen.de |
Oberhausen (Ripuarian: Ovverhouse, Low German: Owerhuusen, Overhus) is a city in Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr Area. Oberhausen has about 220,000 inhabitants. It was dominated by industry like most towns in the Ruhr Area. The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Twin towns – sister cities
Oberhausen is twinned with:
Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom (1974)
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (1986)
Carbonia, Italy (2002)- Iglesias, Italy (2002)
Mersin, Turkey (2004)
Tychy, Poland (2020)
References
- ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "Städtepartnerschaften der Stadt Oberhausen". oberhausen.de (in German). Oberhausen. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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