The Ruhr coal-mining district grew into the largest industrial region of Europe.

In 1887 Gelsenwasser was created, which remains an important regional water supplier in the Ruhr district.

The train was named after its two termini, Paris in the west and the Ruhr district in the east.

Steam engines were to be become extremely important for the extraction of coal in the Ruhr district.

The Rhine itself runs through the heart of the Ruhr district.

Mr. Mortier, only 57, is now headed to Germany's Ruhr district to shape a new festival less bounded by its history.

Italian crime groups can mostly be found in the Ruhr district and in the east of Germany.

Many ' Ziegenfusses ' in the Ruhr district can be assigned this line.

After the war, he was sent to Essen in the Ruhr district to direct the re-opening of German coal mines.

This coincided with Ruhr.2010, the festival in which the Ruhr district was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2010.