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unusual facts about North Rhine Westphalia



Claas

CLAAS is an agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1913, now based in Harsewinkel, Germany, in the state of North Rhine Westphalia.

Heimerzheim

Heimerzheim is the largest local part of the municipality Swisttal in the North-Rhine/Westphalian (North Rhine Westphalia) Rhein-Sieg district.

Schloss Nordkirchen

Schloss Nordkirchen is a palace situated in the town of Nordkirchen in the Coesfeld administrative district in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.


see also

1. FC Bocholt

FC Bocholt is a German association football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia.

1. FCK

1. FC Köln, a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

Akif Çağatay Kılıç

Akif Çağatay Kılıç was born on 15 June 1976 to Sinan Kılıç and Behire Yıldız in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.

Alpen

Alpen, Germany, a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Autobahnpolizei

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a popular German television series about a two-man team of Autobahnpolizei first set in Berlin then later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bruchbach

another name for the Ahler Bruchgraben, a tributary of the Else in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia

Cynthia Makris

She received an award in 1982 from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia for her performance of the three heroines in The Tales of Hoffmann.

Detlev Karsten Rohwedder

On April 10, 1991, Rohwedder was honoured in Berlin with a day of mourning by German President Richard von Weizsäcker, Minister-President of North-Rhine Westphalia, Johannes Rau, and Chairman of the Board of Treuhandanstalt Jens Odewald.

Dünstekoven

Dünstekoven is a small farming village in the municipality Swisttal in the North-Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district.

Essen Hauptbahnhof

The official opening took place on 16 January 2010 in the presence of Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer, North Rhine-Westphalia Minister-President Jürgen Rüttgers and Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube.

Freudenberg

Freudenberg, Westphalia, in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, North Rhine-Westphalia

Giovanni Strangio

Strangio returned to Germany where he ran "Tonis Pizza" in Kaarst in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Großes Moor

Großes Torfmoor, bei Hille, Minden-Lübbecke county, North Rhine-Westphalia

Haiger

To the North Haiger borders with the town of Netphen (Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia) and the community of Dietzhölztal, to the east with the community of Eschenburg and the town of Dillenburg, to the south with the community of Breitscheid (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), and to the west with the communities of Burbach and Wilnsdorf (both in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district of North Rhine-Westphalia).

Herford–Himmighausen railway

After the gradually introduction a regular-interval service, which culminated in NRW-Takt (North Rhine-Westphalia's current co-ordinated regular-interval service), the trains ran every hour on the Paderborn–Detmold–Herford route and continued alternately to/from Bielefeld (RB 72, Ostwestfalen-Bahn, "East Westphalian railway") or Bad Bentheim (RB 62, Der Cherusker, "The Cherusci").

Kall

Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia, a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Krombach

Kreuztal-Krombach, a locality in Kreuztal, in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, North Rhine-Westphalia

Langenfeld

Langenfeld, Rhineland, in the Mettmann district of North Rhine-Westphalia

Lengerich

Lengerich, Westphalia, in the Steinfurt district, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Lutz Aengevelt

This counts as his assistance in research projects of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”, the “German Institute for Urbanisitik” DIFU7, various ministries of the Federal Republic of Germany, the federal states North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate and Berlin on such topics as "Construction Law", "Industrial development", "Pollution Management" and "Real Estate Marketing".

Michael Rummenigge

Michael Rummenigge (born 3 February 1964 in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former German football player.

Monheim

Monheim am Rhein, in the Mettmann district, North Rhine-Westphalia

Morenhoven

Morenhoven is a farming village in the municipality Swisttal in the North-Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district.

New Haven, Missouri

German immigrants helped settle the area through the 19th century, many of them coming from the Borgholzhausen, Germany area in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2012

The Christian Democratic Union nominated Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen to lead their campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Odendorf

Odendorf is a village in Germany, belongs to the municipality of Swisttal, County of Rhein-Sieg in North-Rhine-Westphalia.

Oliver Wittke

Since December 10, 2007 he is member of the parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia for the election district of Herford.

Ollheim

Ollheim is a farming village in the municipality Swisttal in the North-Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district.

Olsberg

Olsberg, Germany, a town in Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Pulheim Gophers

The Pulheim Gophers are a baseball and softball club from Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Reinhard Marx

Born in Geseke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cardinal Marx was ordained to the priesthood, for the Archdiocese of Paderborn, by Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt on 2 June 1979.

SC Verl

SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Schomberg Observation Tower

The Schomberg Observation Tower is located in the town of Sundern, in the kreis (district) of Hochsauerland, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Schwalmtal

Schwalmtal, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Steinhagen

Steinhagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the district of Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia

Steinheim

Steinheim, Westphalia, in the district of Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia

SV Lippstadt 08

SV Lippstadt is a German association football club from the city of Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia.

SV Schermbeck

SV Schermbeck is a German association football club from Schermbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia.

SV Straelen

SV Straelen is a German association football club from Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Teutoburg

The Teutoburg Forest, a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Left North Rhine-Westphalia

In 2009, the Left Party participated in its first municipal and federal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, and after the state elections in May 2010, they entered the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia with 5.6% of the vote.

Thomas von Heesen

Born in Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, von Heesen made his professional – and Bundesliga – debuts in 1980–81 with Hamburger SV, then went on to feature prominently for the club in the following two seasons, as the club won in that timeframe two leagues and the 1982–83 European Cup (during that campaign, he netted twice in just five matches, and appeared 34 minutes in the 1–0 final win against Juventus FC).

TSV Germania Windeck

TSV Windeck Germania is a German association football club from the municipality of Windeck in the district of Dattenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Vecht

Vechte, a river that originates in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and ends in confluence with river Zwarte Water in the Netherlands province of Overijssel; often called Overijsselse Vecht in Dutch

Volperhausen Castle

Volperhausen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Morsbach in the Oberbergischer Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.