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Users Assigned: KazmiDortmund is one of the largest cities in the Ruhr District. It grew from a small town into a huge industrial city in the wake of the industrial revolution, with coal mining and steel mills. Since the 1980s, though, coal mining has ceased, the air and waters are now clean, and the whole Ruhr district has transformed thoroughly. Due to World War II the city center consists, like in most cities in the Ruhr district, mostly of post-war architecture. In between there are a couple of old churches which tell of Dortmund's great past as imperial city and member of the Hansa.
Dortmund's Christmas market is the largest in Germany with about 300 stalls. It fills three squares and the streets in between. For the lovers of superlatives, they also claim to have the largest Christmas tree in the world. It is of course not a real single tree but built as a metal structure that carry lots and lots of little trees. Anyway, it is impressive.
Dortmund is the seat of a famous and successful soccer team, BVB Borussia Dortmund. Football is almost a religion in this area. You will see a lot of black and yellow stripes in the city, not only on match days. So take care not to cheer for the wrong team. Never wear blue and white stripes, as these are the colors of the neighboring rival Schalke 04...
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Adler Apotheke (Dortmund)0.10 Km from DortmundTrue
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Altes Stadthaus, Dortmund0.31 Km from DortmundAltes Stadthaus in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is an office block which was built in 1899, and was designed by "master builder" Friedrich Kullrich (a German architect, urban planner and construction officer from Berlin). It was built in the Renaissance Revival architecture (Neo-Renaissance) style. After the office block was severely damaged in World War II, it was rebuilt in a simplified form. At the top of the gable is an eagle emblem, representing the city of Dortmund....
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Theater Dortmund0.37 Km from DortmundTheater Dortmund is a theatrical organization that produces operas, musicals, ballets, plays, and concerts in Dortmund, Germany. It was founded as the Stadttheater Dortmund in 1904. Supported by the German Government, the organization owns and operates several 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 Music and Theater and Dance.
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Bladenhorst Castle14.28 Km from DortmundTrue
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Hildegardis-Schule Bochum16.68 Km from DortmundThe Hildegardis-Schule is a 150-year old secondary school in the city of Bochum, Germany.
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Osthaus-Museum Hagen17.52 Km from DortmundThe Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum is an art museum in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The center of the museum is a building whose interior was designed by Henry van de Velde to house Karl Ernst Osthaus' art collection, open to the public as the Folkwang Museum. When Osthaus' heirs sold his art collection to the city of Essen, the city of Hagen gained possession of the empty museum building. For a time it served as offices for the local electric company. After World War II, the new director ...
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ABUS18.32 Km from DortmundThe company ABUS, or August Bremicker Söhne KG, based in Wetter-Volmarstein, is a German manufacturer of preventative security technology. The name is an acronym formed from the original company name August Bremicker und Söhne.
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Dechen Cave20.63 Km from DortmundTrue
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Cranger Kirmes21.17 Km from DortmundThe Cranger Kirmes is a funfair in Germany, located in near the Rhine–Herne Canal in Crange (de) in the city of Herne. It is the biggest funfair in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest fair in Germany, only behind the Munich Oktoberfest. In 2008 there were 4.7 million visitors. At an area of only 110,000 square metres (1,200,000 sq ft) and 500 show businesses it is called the "most overcrowded fair of the world". The fair is held annually for a period of 10 days f...
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Eissporthalle Iserlohn22.41 Km from DortmundEissporthalle Iserlohn GEOCACHE is an arena in Iserlohn, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Iserlohn Roosters. It opened in 1971 and holds 4,999 People
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EssenFor more than 100 years, Essen has been considered being the industrial heart of Germany, because it was the headquarter of steel producer Krupp. Many furnaces have been shut since the 1980s, but administrative headquarters of major companies are still located in Essen. The southern suburbs, Kettwig and Werden, are located in the beautiful Ruhr valley. Villa Hügel, the private residence of Krupp family, is open to visitors. Zeche Zollverein, a former coal mine in the northern suburbs, has been designated as UNESCO World Heritage.Essen, Germany
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Krablerstraße 125No info yet.. Please go to this page and enter some.Krablerstraße 125, 45326 Essen, Germany
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Graphic showing average weather in Dortmund in Celcius and Centimeters (Change to Farenheit and Inches)
| Month | Temp °C | Rainfall Cm | Temp °F | Rainfall Inches |
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| Jan | 1.8 | 93.3 | 35.2 | 36.7 |
| Feb | 2.4 | 78 | 36.3 | 30.7 |
| Mar | 5.2 | 63.8 | 41.4 | 25.1 |
| Apr | 8.7 | 63.2 | 47.7 | 24.9 |
| May | 13.3 | 63.7 | 55.9 | 25.1 |
| Jun | 16.1 | 77.9 | 61 | 30.7 |
| Jul | 17.7 | 98 | 63.9 | 38.6 |
| Aug | 17.1 | 91.8 | 62.8 | 36.1 |
| Sep | 14.3 | 73.1 | 57.7 | 28.8 |
| Oct | 9.9 | 76.5 | 49.8 | 30.1 |
| Nov | 5.7 | 77.5 | 42.3 | 30.5 |
| Dec | 2.9 | 88.5 | 37.2 | 34.8 |
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