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Essen

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Essen , city (1994 pop. 622,380), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. The major industrial center of the Ruhr district, it was the seat of the famous Krupp steelworks. Essen is a retail trade center, a rail junction, and a steel and electricity producer. Its diversified industrial base includes chemical, glass, textile, and precision-instrument plants. The region's last coal mine closed in 1986 and in recent years there has a move away from heavy industry into the service and technology sectors. Essen grew up around a Benedictine convent (founded in the mid-9th cent.).... Read more
Essen
Essen City on the River Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, nw Germany. Essen developed around a 9th-century Benedictine convent. Prussia...during the 19th century and is home to the Krupp steelworks. Essen sustained major bomb damage in World War II. It has a cathedral... Read more
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