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Duisburg

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Duisburg , city (1994 pop. 536,800), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. Located in the Ruhr district, it is the largest inland port in the world and a center for iron and steel production. Other manufactures include shipbuilding, brewing, heavy machinery, textiles, chemicals, and metal and wood products. The city is home to one of the world's longest span truss bridges, the Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge, which stretches 1,148 feet (350 m) across the Rhine. Duisburg was a port in Roman times. It passed to the duchy of Cleves in 1290, and in 1614 was... Read more
Duisburg
Duisburg, North Rhine‐Westphalia/Germany Castrum Deutonis, Diuspargum, Diotisburg, Duisburg‐Hamborn ‘Diu's Fort’ from Burg...Diotisburg probably means ‘Fort of the Teutons’. Duisburg‐Hamborn was only current between 1929 and 1934. Read more
Duisburg
Duisburg • Berg , burg, erg, exergue •Hamburg • Battenberg • Strasberg •Habsburg • Salzburg...iceberg • Bromberg , homburg, Romberg •Gothenburg • Warburg • Jo'burg •Gutenberg • Duisburg • Magdeburg •Brandenburg ... Read more

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