Kreisfreistadt Duisburg

• Duisburg, a walled town of 5000 residents, had changed little since the great geographer Gerhard Mercator worked there in the 16th century - until the early 19th century. Now it is the beginning of the "Ruhrgebiet", an almost endless stretch of cities, a heavily industrialized area from Duisburg to Dortmund.

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1. statistics on the city of Duisburg

Jim Hickman, coordinator for Nordrhein-Westfalen

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