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Dortmund
Dortmund City Centre
Dortmund City Centre
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Dortmund
Dortmund (Germany)
Dortmund
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Urban district
Lord Mayor Gerhard Langemeyer (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 280. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Arnsberg is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-east of the country German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 429 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk) these consist The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 4 km² (108. 3 sq mi)
Elevation 152 m  (499 ft)
Population 583,945  (09/12/2007)
 - Density 2,083 /km² (5,394 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate DO
Postal codes 44001-44388
Area codes 0231, 02304
Website www.dortmund.de

Coordinates: 51°31′0″N 7°28′0″E / 51.51667, 7.46667

Dortmund (IPA: [ˈdɔʁtmʊnt]) is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the The Ruhr Area, ( German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott, Kohlenpott or Revier) is an Urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia Its population of 587,830 (20 June 2005) makes it the largest city in the region, 7th-largest in Germany, and 34th-largest in the European Union. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Ruhr river flows south of the city, and the small river Emscher flows through the municipal area. The Ruhr is a medium-size River in western Germany ( North Rhine-Westphalia) a right tributary (east-side of the Rhine. The Emscher is a relatively small River and tributary of the Rhine, flowing through the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany The Dortmund-Ems Canal also terminates in the Dortmund Port, which is the largest European canal port, and links Dortmund to the North Sea. The Dortmund-Ems Canal is a 269 km long canal in Germany between the river port of the city of Dortmund and Emden. Construction on Dortmund's port which terminates the Dortmund-Ems Canal connecting Dortmund to the North Sea started in 1895. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Dortmund is known as Westphalia's "green metropolis". Nearly half the municipal territory consists of waterways, woodland, agriculture and green spaces with spacious parks such as Westfalenpark and the Rombergpark. This contrasts with nearly a hundred years of extensive coal mining and steel milling within the city limits.

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History

The history of Dortmund goes back as far as 880 to 885, when the city was first mentioned in official documents as Throtmanni. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology See Interstate 880 for the American Freeway Events By Place Europe Oldest known mention of the city of Events By Place Europe The Vikings besiege Paris. Godfrith the Sea King is killed in Lobith. It was a small village at that time. In 1152 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa came to the region and rebuilt the town, which had been destroyed in a fire shortly before. Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned For two years Dortmund was the residence of Barbarossa — a short time, but afterwards it grew to become one of the most powerful towns of the empire. In the 13th century Dortmund joined the Hanseatic League. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade In 1220, it attained the status of an Imperial Free City, i. In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash e. it was directly subordinated to the emperor. After 1320, the wealthy trading city started to appear in writing as "Dorpmunde". The etymology of the name is uncertain.

Dortmund 1647.
Dortmund 1647.

Dortmund was an Imperial Free City in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle until 1802, when it became an exclave of the Principality of Orange-Nassau. The Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle (Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. The House of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau) a branch of the German House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life In 1806 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Berg. Berg was a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 during the Napoleonic Wars, Dortmund was included within the Prussian Province of Westphalia. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising The Province of Westphalia (Provinz Westfalen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815-1946 The city was a district seat within Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg until 1875, after which it was an urban district within the region. Arnsberg is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-east of the country During the industrialization of Prussia, Dortmund became a major centre for coal, steel, and beer. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 Dortmunder Export or Dortmunder is a Pale lager that originated in the then industrial city of Dortmund in Germany.

During the rule of Nazi Germany, the Aplerbeck Hospital in Dortmund transferred mentally and/or physically disabled patients for euthanasia at the Hadamar mental hospital as part of the Action T4 (Aktion T4). Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Hadamar is a small town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Action T4 (Aktion T4 was a program in Nazi Germany spanning October 1939 until August 1941 during which physicians killed 70273 peoplespecified in Hitler's In addition, 229 children were killed in the "Children's Specialist Department", which was transferred from Marburg in 1941.

Located in the heart of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet), Dortmund, along with neighbouring cities, was a target of allied bombing raids. The Ruhr Area, ( German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott, Kohlenpott or Revier) is an Urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia During World War II about 80% of homes in Dortmund were destroyed. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Dortmund was the radioed code word to initiate Operation Barbarossa, the attempted Nazi conquest of the Soviet Union in 1941. Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II

Today the city is a centre for hi-tech industry. It is also one of the greenest cities in Westphalia, with extensive parks and gardens laid out in the reconstruction period after the World War II. Additionally, the Dortmund chess tournament, one of the strongest in the world, is held there annually. The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite Chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany.

Reinoldikirche , Dortmund City Centre
Reinoldikirche , Dortmund City Centre
The Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall
Church of St. Margaret in Eichlinghofen
Church of St. Margaret in Eichlinghofen
View of Rombergpark
View of Rombergpark
H-Bahn monorail in Dortmund
H-Bahn monorail in Dortmund
Dortmund [left] is north of Cologne, east of Duisburg, southwest of Berlin and Hamburg
Dortmund [left] is north of Cologne, east of Duisburg, southwest of Berlin and Hamburg

Main sights

Cultural history tones are set by the churches in the city centre whose towers characterise the skyline of Dortmund. Duisburg (ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area ( Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany The Reinoldikirche and the Marienkirche are gems of medieval architecture. The Protestant Reinoldikirche is according to its foundation date the oldest extant church in Dortmund and is dedicated to Saint Reinoldus the patron of the city

The city centre of Dortmund still retains the outline of the medieval city. A ring road marks the former city wall, and the Westen-/Ostenhellweg, part of a medieval salt trading route, is still the major street bisecting the city centre.

Sports

Dortmund is home of the sport club Borussia Dortmund which won the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997, as well as the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against Liverpool in 1966. BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by This made it the first European Cup Winner in Germany. They play at Signal Iduna Park, formerly known as the Westfalenstadion. It was built for the 1974 FIFA Football World Cup and also hosted some matches of 2006 FIFA World Cup, including Italy's 2-0 defeat of Germany in the semi-finals. It is Germany's largest football stadium with a capacity of 82,932 spectators. Borussia Dortmund also has a women's handball team playing in the first Bundesliga, while the table tennis team and the basketball team SVD 49 Dortmund play their respective second national divisions. The Handball- Bundesliga (HBL is the top German professional handball league Dortmund is the Olympiastützpunkt Northrhine-Westphalia. The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting has been hosted in Dortmund since 1982. The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite Chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Transportation

Dortmund Airport is a medium-sized, but quickly growing airport 13 km (8 miles) east of the city centre at the city limit to Holzwickede. Dortmund Airport, is the international Airport of Dortmund, Germany. Holzwickede (hɔltsˈvɪkədə is a municipality in the district of Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The central train station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof) is the third largest long distance traffic junction in Germany. is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Dortmund in Germany. The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Dortmund Harbour (Hafen) is the largest canal harbour in Europe; almost as large as the harbour on the Rhine River at Duisburg, the world's largest inland port. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Duisburg (ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area ( Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund also serves as a major European and German crossroads for the Autobahnsystem. The Ruhrschnellweg follows old Hanseatic trade routes to connect the city with the other metropolises of the Ruhr Area. Exit list | Netherlands |-|colspan="3"|---- |} The Ruhr Area, ( German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott, Kohlenpott or Revier) is an Urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia Connections to the more distant parts of Germany are maintained by the A 1 and the A 2 which pass closely to the north and east of the city and cross each other at the Kamener Kreuz interchange northeast of Dortmund. is an Autobahn in Germany. It runs from Oldenburg in Holstein to Saarbrücken, a distance of 730km (456 miles but is incomplete between Cologne is an Autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east The Kamener Kreuz is a Cloverleaf interchange in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany where the Autobahnen A1 and A2 meet For public transportation, the city has an extensive Stadtbahn, streetcar and bus system. See also Light rail Stadtbahn (literally in German: city railway) or Premetro, is a Tramway or Light railway which An additional light rail line is currently under construction in the city centre. The H-Bahn at Dortmund University is a hanging monorail built specifically to shuttle passengers across the university's two campuses, which are now also flanked by research laboratories and other high-tech corporations and startups. The H-Bahn in Dortmund ("Hängebahn" or "hanging railway" is an automatic passenger monorail system Dortmund University of Technology (Technische Universität Dortmund is a University in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 20000 A nearly identical monorail system transfers passengers at Düsseldorf Airport. Düsseldorf International Airport (Flughafen Düsseldorf International,is the third largest airport in Germany, located in Düsseldorf, the capital city

Politics

The politics of Dortmund are dominated by the social-democratic SPD. Since World War II, the SPD is the biggest party in the town council (German: Stadtrat). Since the 2004 local election, there are 9 parties and electors' groups in the town council (88 seats; 1999: 82 seats):

Party Party List votes Vote percentage Total Seats Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 92,509 41. 3% (-0. 3) 36 (+2) 40. 9%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 73,282 32. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. 7% (-9. 0) 29 (-5) 33. 0%
Alliance '90/The Greens (Grüne) 25,635 11. The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional 5% (+2. 6) 10 (+2) 11. 4%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 8,591 3. The Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP is a liberal Political party in Germany. 8% (+2. 0) 3 (+2) 3. 4%
German People's Union (DVU) 6,880 3. The German People's Union (Deutsche Volksunion DVU is a Nationalist Political party in Germany. 1% (+1. 1) 3 (+1) 3. 4%
Citizens' List (Bürgerliste) 6,874 3. 1% (+0. 5) 3 (+1) 3. 4%
Party of Democratic Socialism-Open List (PDS-OL) 6,346 2. This article is about the party before the merger with WASG in 2007 8% (+2. 8) 2 (+2) 2. 3%
Left Alliance Dortmund (Linkes Bündnis Dortmund) 1,751 0. 8% (-0. 2) 1 (=) 1. 1%
Law and Order Offensive Party (Offensive D) 1,669 0. The Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive short form Offensive D (the "D" means "Deutschland"/"Germany" was a minor 7% (+0. 7) 1 (+1) 1. 1%
Town-Greens (Stadtgrüne) 265 0. 1% (+0. 1) 0 (=) 0. 0%
Totals 223,802 100. 0% 88 (+6) 100. 0%

The lord mayor of Dortmund is Gerhard Langemeyer (SPD). He leads a coalition made up by SPD and Grüne.

Sister cities

Notable residents

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References

External links

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Dortmund

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  1. A city in western Germany.
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