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Oberhausen

American  
[oh-ber-hou-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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Around the time of the arrests, police searches also took place in the German cities of Leipzig and Oberhausen, Der Spiegel reported.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

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 Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)

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