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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.
North Rhine-Westphalia was established in 1946 after World War II from the Prussian provinces of Westphalia and the northern part of Rhine Province (North Rhine), and the Free State of Lippe by the British military administration in Allied-occupied Germany and became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.
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Mar 5, 2024 · The state of North Rhine–Westphalia was created in 1946 through the amalgamation of the former Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern portion of the Prussian Rhine province; the former state of Lippe was incorporated in 1947.
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* Former states and territories of North Rhine-Westphalia (6 C, 37 P) A. History of Aachen (23 P) Battles in North Rhine-Westphalia (28 P) Electoral Rhenish Circle (11 P) History of Bonn (1 C, 17 P) Castles in North Rhine-Westphalia (1 C, 53 P) History of Cologne (2 C, 45 P) D. History of Dortmund (1 C, 1 P)
From 1644 to 1648 the Westphalian towns of Münster and Osnabrück hosted the peace conferences that settled the Eighty Years’ War and the German phase of the Thirty Years’ War. The resulting Peace of Westphalia contributed to the foundation of the modern European nation-state system.
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Nordrhein-Westfalen - Profile of the German Federal State. Maps. News. Education. Eco. ___ Nordrhein-Westfalen. A virtual guide to the German Federal State of Nordrhein-Westfalen.
History. 1807 - 1813 — Westphalia is a kingdom. 1817 — Westphalia became a province of Prussia. 1824 — Jülich, Kleve, Berg and Niederrhein united to Rhine Province. 1919 — Belgium took Eupen and Malmedy. 1946 — Rhine Province, Westphalia and Lippe-Detmold united to North Rhine-Westphalia. Cities. Aachen. Bergisch Gladbach. Bielefeld. Bocholt.