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Oberhausen

American  
[oh-ber-hau-zuhn] / ˈoʊ bərˌhaʊ zən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany, in the lower Ruhr valley.


Oberhausen British  
/ ˈoːbərhauzən /

noun

  1. an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine-Herne Canal: site of the first ironworks in the Ruhr. Pop: 220 033 (2003 est)

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Police searches also took place in the cities of Leipzig and Oberhausen around the time of the Berlin arrests, according to newspaper Der Spiegel.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

An entire gallery surveys the vast Concordia coal plant at Oberhausen, in Germany: Teeming photos present its gas-storage tanks, its “lean gas generator,” its “quenching tower,” its “coke pushers.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022

The first show will be in Oberhausen, Germany, at the Rudolf Weber-Arena on June 20, 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

Adding Burger King insult to Burger King injury, here’s how Variety described the full documentary when it screened at the Oberhausen Film Festival back in 1983:

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2019

On the outskirts of the village of Oberhausen in South Wirtemberg stands a deserted house.

From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay

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