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Gelsenkirchen

American  
[gel-zuhn-kir-khuhn] / ˌgɛl zənˈkɪr xən /

noun

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


Gelsenkirchen British  
/ ɡɛlzənˈkɪrçən /

noun

  1. an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 272 445 (2003 est)

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Its Isbergues site in France would now be closed from June to September, and the steel division production in Gelsenkirchen, Germany had already been temporarily shut, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

The Gelsenkirchen refinery in western Germany produces fuels for vehicles and aircraft as well as feedstocks for the petrochemical industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

More than 75,000 filled Berlin’s Olympic Stadium on June 11; 44,500 were in Frankfurt on June 18; and another 51,000 watched his concert in the faded Ruhr River industrial town of Gelsenkirchen on June 27.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

England led after just 12 minutes against Serbia through Jude Bellingham's bullet header, and controlled the first half in Gelsenkirchen.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024

He comes from Gelsenkirchen and is living with his grandparents.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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