Kruppwerke is a part of the city of
Bochum
Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...
in the
Ruhr area
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in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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in
Germany
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. Up to the 19th century
Westphalian was spoken here. Kruppwerke is a district largely inhabited by the working class. Kruppwerke is between the districts of
Bochum-Hamme and
Weitmar-Mitte.
Nordrhein-Westfalen Jahrbuch: Ministerien, Behorden, Kommunen, Verbande, Einrichtungen des offentlichen Lebens
'. Germany, De Gruyter, 2009. 245.
References
Bochum
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