Oberhausen

[oh-ber-hou-zuhn]

noun

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

Oberhausen

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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

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The BBC first heard their story a decade earlier when they were filmed at a refugee centre in the city of Oberhausen.

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Near Oberhausen's main park, Georg, 66, says he gets on with people from all backgrounds but worries about cases of "radicalisation."

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He mourns what he sees a general decline in Oberhausen, pointing to because of ageing infrastructure and a lack of investment.

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Before Europe's migration crisis, Oberhausen was already a multicultural city.

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