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unusual facts about Northrhine-Westfalia



Abellio Deutschland

Abellio Deutschland operates several regional railway lines in Northrhine-Westfalia, notably the line between Essen and Siegen / Iserlohn along the Ruhr and Lenne rivers.

DRG Class 05

After World War II, the three engines came to the engine shop in Hamm, Westfalia.

GEA Westfalia Separator

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH with head office in Oelde, Westphalia is a German manufacturer of separators and decanters which is affiliated to the GEA Group.

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways

The Oldenburg staff were transferred to the Reichsbahn divisions of Hannover, Hamburg und Münster/Westfalia after the disbandment of the railway division in Oldenburg town.

Jan Westerbarkey

Westerbarkey was born in Gütersloh, in the German state of North Rhine-Westfalia, to Sturmi Westerbarkey and Karin Westerbarkey née Müller.

Marian Hess

Until his last days he lived in Krefeld in Westfalia and has been creating sculptures inspired by local legend of Gnoms and Kobolds.

Martin Harlinghausen

Martin Harlinghausen was born on 17 January 1902 in Rheda, Westfalia as the son of the manufacturer Wilhelm Harlinghausen.

Michael Graf von Matuschka

Matuschka worked as a junior civil servant in the provincial government administration of Westfalia until 1914.

Neurath Power Station

Neurath Power Station is a lignite-fired power station at Neurath in Grevenbroich, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Nicole C. Karafyllis

Nicole C. Karafyllis (* 1970 in Lüdinghausen, Westfalia, Germany), is a German-Greek philosopher and biologist.

Nordkirchen transmitter

The Nordkirchen transmitter is a medium-wave broadcasting facility of Deutsche Telekom near Nordkirchen in Northrhine-Westphalia.

Order of St Philip of the Lion of Limburg

The Order of St Philip of the Lion of Limburg (German: "Orden Sankt Phillipps zum Löwen"), is an old order of knighthood established in 1700 by the Counts of Limburg Stirum, sovereign rulers of the counties of the same name in Westfalia.

Siegfried H. Elsing

On 15 May 2013, he took up office as Honorary Consul of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the State of North Rhine-Westfalia.

Union of Poles in Germany

District III (Bochum), which covered Westfalia, Rhineland, Baden and Pfalz - 13 000 members in 160 branches 45% of the total,

Westphalia

The region is also home to the headquarters of Westfalia-Werke, the contractor that built the VW Westfalia camper vans.


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