Duisburg (deu)

Duisburg

Duisburg ranks 557th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wolverhampton, Arras, and Plzeň. Memorable people born in Duisburg include Oswald Pohl, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Holger Osieck. Memorable people who died in Duisburg include Gerardus Mercator, Walter Model, and Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost. Duisburg has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and geographers. Duisburg is located in Germany.

Duisburg is a major city in the western part of Germany, located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With around half a million inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in the Ruhr urban area and part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, one of the biggest population centers in Europe. Duisburg is situated at the confluence of the Ruhr and the Rhine, a geographic position that has historically made it an important center of trade, industry, and transportation. Administratively, Duisburg forms an independent city. Read more on Wikipedia