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With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest German state by size.
North Rhine-Westphalia was established by the British military administration's "Operation Marriage" on 23 August 1946 by merging the Rhine Province with the Province of Westphalia. On 21 January 1947, the former Free State of Lippe was merged with North Rhine-Westphalia. [1] Julius Caesar.
North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen [ˈnɔɐ̯tʁaɪn vɛstˈfaːlən] ⓘ, usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW) is the westernmost, most populous, and economically most powerful state of Germany.
Welcome to North Rhine-Westphalia. Learn more about the land of new opportunity and cultural diversity. North Rhine-Westphalia is thrilling. Nowhere else in Germany are industrial and rural regions so close to each other. There is hardly any other region on earth with a similar concentration of museums, theatres, opera houses and concert halls.
Nordrhein-Westfalen facts: Official web sites of Nordrhein-Westfalen, links and information on Nordrhein-Westfalen's art, culture, geography, history, travel and tourism, cities, tourist boards and newspapers.
It consists of two historically independent parts: Nordrhein, the urbanized area across the river Rhine in the southwest, and Westfalen in the northeast, which is quite diverse as it includes both the heavily industrialized and densely populated Ruhr Valley and the very green Teutoburg Forest.
North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Low Franconian: Noordrien-Wesfale, Low German: Noordrhien-Westfalen, Kölsch: Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale) is the federal state with the highest population in Germany. It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,033,000 inhabitants.
