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Gelsenkirchen (UK: / ˈ ɡ ɛ l z ən k ɪər x ən /, US: / ˌ ɡ ɛ l z ən ˈ k ɪər x ən /, German: [ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ; Westphalian: Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants.
It is about 63 kilometres (39.1 miles) north of Cologne in the so-called Ruhr Area . About 269,000 people live there. In the past it was dominated by coal mining and steel industry. The city is famous for its football (soccer) club FC Schalke 04 .
Wissenschaftspark, modern glass architecture replaced old factories. Gelsenkirchen is a city of 260,000 people (2019) at the Ruhr region in the western part of the country, near major cities such as Düsseldorf and Cologne. Through coal mining, the Ruhr Region became the industrial heart of Germany and formed heavily populated cities.
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Veltins Arena. The arena while a concert was taking place. The Veltins-Arena (between 2001 and 2005 Arena AufSchalke) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, is the stadium of the German member of the soccer federal league FC Schalke 04.
Gelsenkirchen, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies just north of Essen. Gelsenkirchen was a village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in 1850, but the opening in 1853 of its first coal mine and its favourable position on the Rhine-Herne Canal stimulated its rapid.
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Deutsch: Gelsenkirchen ist eine deutsche Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen und das Zuhause des Fußballclubs FC Schalke 04. English: Gelsenkirchen is a German city in North Rhine-Westphalia, home of the soccer-club FC Schalke 04. 日本語: ゲルゼンキルヒェン は ドイツ連邦共和国 の ノルトライン＝ヴェストファーレン州 に属する都市。 ゲルゼンキルヘンとも表記される。
