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    Ruhr.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt Europas was the name of the campaign in Germany's Ruhr region that earned it recognition as a European Capital of Culture...
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    The Ruhr (/ˈrʊər/ ROOR; German: Ruhrgebiet [ˈʁuːɐ̯ɡəˌbiːt] , also Ruhrpott German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːɐ̯pɔt] ), also referred to as the Ruhr Area, sometimes...
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    The Ruhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in Essen, Germany. The sponsor...
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    Henze wrote his last opera, Gisela! For the RUHR.2010 (an opera for and about youth, premiered at the RuhrTriennale). As opera director of the Semperoper...
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    Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (German pronunciation: [ˈmyːlhaɪm ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈʁuːɐ̯] , lit. 'Mülheim on the Ruhr'; Low German: Mölm; Kölsch: Müllem)...
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    Marietta Piekenbrock (category Ruhr)
    life. As an artistic manager of the Cultural Capital of Europe RUHR.2010 and Istanbul.2010, and for the Ruhrtriennale 2012-14, she invited international...
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  • Penelope (Enda Walsh play) (category 2010 plays)
    Ruhr.2010 campaign as one of six new plays based on the Odyssey. The Ruhr.2010 campaign was the successful bid to make Germany's Ruhr region the 2010...
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    The Ruhr (German pronunciation: [ʁuːɐ̯] ) is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine. The source...
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    most influential German journalists and media makers. In 2010, he was the manager of Ruhr.2010, a project of European Capital of Culture. Pleitgen was...
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    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...
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    U-Tower was decided to be redeveloped as a flagship project for the "Ruhr 2010 – Cultural Capital of Europe". Today it is considered one of Dortmund's...
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    actual boundaries of the Ruhr vary slightly depending on the source, but a good working definition is to define the Lippe and Ruhr as its northern and southern...
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    The Ruhr Valley Railway (German: Ruhrtalbahn) is a partly abandoned railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Düsseldorf-Rath...
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    key role in the Ruhr Area's rebranding as "Culture Capital of Europe 2010" (RUHR.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt Europas). The museum reopened with the special exhibition...
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  • Odysseus, Verbrecher (category 2010 plays)
    Ruhr.2010 campaign as one of six new plays based on the Odyssey. The Ruhr.2010 campaign was the successful bid to make Germany's Ruhr region the 2010...
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    the aftermath of Ruhr.2010, the European Capital of Culture. It is led by curator Katja Aßmann since its founding. Urbane Künste Ruhr projects may include...
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    Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof...
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    Gisela! (category 2010 operas)
    commissioned 2008 by the Ruhr.2010 (European Culture Capital 2010) and the Semperoper, Dresden, where it was performed on 20 November 2010. A performance lasts...
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    Love", the event was a prominent part of RUHR.2010, a campaign to celebrate Germany's Ruhr valley as one of 2010's European Capitals of Culture. The festival...
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    Essen (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from January 2010)
    [ˈɛsn̩] ) is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of 574,082 makes it the...
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  • European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010. Since 2012, Katja Aßmann is artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr (Urban Arts Ruhr), a cultural institution that...
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    Autobahnkreuz Kaiserberg) is a spaghetti junction in the Metropolitan region Rhein-Ruhr in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The interchange forms the...
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  • friends As a part of the European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010 Jochen Gerz invited people to live in the Ruhr region rent-free for one year, in the project 2-3...
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    cancelled. In January 2010, Grönemeyer performed the anthem "Komm zur Ruhr" as part of the opening ceremony of the "RUHR.2010" – The city of Essen being...
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    existing museum, opened in January 2010, when Essen and the Ruhr Area became European Capital of Culture – Ruhr.2010. The museum has collections on 19th...
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  • Duisburg Hauptbahnhof (category S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn))
    many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley. The station is situated at the northern end of the relatively straight...
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    of the Ruhr area, the largest urban area of Germany, of which it is the fifth-largest city after Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg and Bochum. The Ruhr is located...
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    The "second Ruhr" was a World War II area that included the "southern regions of Germany, the plateau of Bohemia, and Silesia" where Nazi Germany military...
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    2009 Linz  Austria Linz 2009 Vilnius  Lithuania 2010 Essen  Germany Representing the whole Ruhr as Ruhr.2010. Braunschweig, Bremen, Essen, Görlitz, Halle...
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    Wetter (Ruhr) station is in the district of Vorhalle in the centre of the city Wetter (Ruhr) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is served...
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