Buer is the largest suburb of
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
. The Hochstrasse in the heart of Buer is the largest shopping street in Gelsenkirchen.
History
In 1928, the adjoining cities of Buer, Gelsenkirchen, and
Horst merged to form Gelsenkirchen-Buer, which was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930.
The
Scholven/Buer synthetic oil plant was a bombing target of the
Oil Campaign of World War II (the
Buer town hall survived in nearly original form).
Notable people
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Gerd Faltings
Gelsenkirchen
Oil campaign of World War II
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