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North Rhine-Westphalia. North Rhine-Westphalia ( German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Low Franconian: Noordrien-Wesfale, Low German: Noordrhien-Westfalen, Kölsch: Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale) is the federal state ( Bundesland) with the highest population in Germany. It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,033,000 inhabitants.
- 34,084 km² (13,160 sq mi)
- Germany
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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Westphalia ( / wɛstˈfeɪliə /; German: Westfalen [vɛstˈfaːlən]; Low German: Westfalen [vεs (t)ˈfɔːln]) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of 20,210 square kilometres (7,800 sq mi) and 7.9 million inhabitants.
- 20,210 km² (7,803 sq mi)
- Germany
- 843 m (2,766 ft)
- North Rhine-Westphalia
Westphalia ( German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany. The cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Bochum, Detmold, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Minden and Münster are in its centre. In 1946, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia was created, which includes part of the historical region. Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and ...
Krefeld (/ ˈ k r eɪ f ɛ l d,-ɛ l t / KRAY-feld, -felt, German: [ˈkʁeːfɛlt] ⓘ; Limburgish: Krieëvel [ˈkʀiə˦vəl]), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- 39 m (128 ft)
- Germany
- 2,610
- Urban district
Briefly a kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars, it became a province of Prussia in 1816. Westphalia (wĕstfāl´yə), Ger. Westfalen, region and former province of Prussia, W Germany. Münster was the capital of the province. After 1945 the province was incorporated into the West German state of North Rhine–Westphalia, now a state in reunified ...
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