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    Ruhr.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt Europas was the name of the campaign in Germany's Ruhr region that earned it recognition as a European Capital of Culture...
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    The Ruhr (/ˈrʊər/ ROOR; German: Ruhrgebiet [ˈʁuːɐ̯ɡəˌbiːt] , also Ruhrpott German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːɐ̯pɔt] ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes...
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    Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (Low German: Mölm; Kölsch: Müllem; German pronunciation: [ˈmyːlhaɪm ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈʁuːɐ̯] ) and also described as "City...
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    The Ruhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in Essen, Germany. The sponsor...
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    The Ruhr is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine. The source of the Ruhr is near the town of...
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  • actual boundaries of the Ruhr vary slightly depending on the source, but a good working definition is to define the Lippe and Ruhr as its northern and southern...
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    Henze wrote his last opera, Gisela! For the RUHR.2010 (an opera for and about youth, premiered at the RuhrTriennale). As opera director of the Semperoper...
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    Marietta Piekenbrock (category Ruhr)
    life. As an artistic manager of the Cultural Capital of Europe RUHR.2010 and Istanbul.2010, and for the Ruhrtriennale 2012-14, she invited international...
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    most influential German journalists and media makers. In 2010, he was the manager of Ruhr.2010, a project of European Capital of Culture. Pleitgen was...
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    [ˈɛsn̩] ) is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of 586,608 makes it the...
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    Love", the event was a prominent part of RUHR.2010, a campaign to celebrate Germany's Ruhr valley as one of 2010's European Capitals of Culture. The festival...
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    Bochum (category Ruhr)
    city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. It lies at the centre of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area, in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan...
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    of the Ruhr area, the largest urban area of Germany, of which it is the fifth-largest city after Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg and Bochum. The Ruhr is located...
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    Autobahnkreuz Kaiserberg) is a spaghetti junction in the Metropolitan region Rhein-Ruhr in the German state of Northrhine-Westphalia. The interchange forms the connection...
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    U-Tower was decided to be redeveloped as a flagship project for the "Ruhr 2010 – Cultural Capital of Europe". Today it is considered one of Dortmund's...
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    performance spaces. In 2010, the Ruhr district was a European Capital of Culture, Theater Dortmund is a partner of the related program RUHR.2010 in the fields...
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    2009 Vilnius  Lithuania Linz  Austria Linz 2009 2010 Essen  Germany Representing the whole Ruhr as Ruhr.2010. Istanbul  Turkey Pécs  Hungary 2011 Turku  Finland...
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    the aftermath of Ruhr.2010, the European Capital of Culture. It is led by curator Katja Aßmann since its founding. Urbane Künste Ruhr projects may include...
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    Rhein Ruhr Express (branded as Rhein Ruhr Xpress or RRX) is a regional rail system in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of Germany connecting the Ruhr Valley...
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    The "second Ruhr" was a World War II area that included the "southern regions of Germany, the plateau of Bohemia, and Silesia" where Nazi Germany military...
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    of the Ruhr Region. Among Sondermann's favourite legends is the story of Goldemar on Hardenstein Castle. Sondermann cooperated with RUHR.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt...
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    cancelled. In January 2010, Grönemeyer performed the anthem "Komm zur Ruhr" as part of the opening ceremony of the "RUHR.2010" – The city of Essen being...
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  • European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010. Since 2012, Katja Aßmann is artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr (Urban Arts Ruhr), a cultural institution that...
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    Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof...
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    population) of the Ruhr as well as the largest city of Westphalia. It lies on the Emscher and Ruhr rivers (tributaries of the Rhine) in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan...
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    Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival. Penelope (2010) – OberhausenTheater: Ruhr.2010. Druid Theatre Company, Galway. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival....
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  • Penelope (Enda Walsh play) (category 2010 plays)
    Ruhr.2010 campaign as one of six new plays based on the Odyssey. The Ruhr.2010 campaign was the successful bid to make Germany's Ruhr region the 2010...
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    Gisela! (category 2010 operas)
    commissioned 2008 by the Ruhr.2010 (European Culture Capital 2010) and the Semperoper, Dresden, where it was performed on 20 November 2010. A performance lasts...
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    the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine (Lower Rhine) and the Ruhr rivers...
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  • Odysseus, Verbrecher (category 2010 plays)
    Ruhr.2010 campaign as one of six new plays based on the Odyssey. The Ruhr.2010 campaign was the successful bid to make Germany's Ruhr region the 2010...
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