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|image_plan = |plantext = |state = North Rhine-Westphalia|region = Düsseldorf|district = urban|elevation = 78|area = 77.04|area_metro = |pop_metro = |pop_ref = |postal_code = 46001-46149|area_code = 0208|licence = OB|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05119000|divisions = |website = City of Oberhausen (de)|mayor = Daniel SchranzWahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.|leader_term = 2020–25|Bürgermeistertitel= Oberbürgermeister|party = CDUruling_party2 = |ruling_party3 = |year = |_noautocat = }}Oberhausen ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|oÊŠ|b|É™r|h|aÊŠ|z|É™n}},AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, Oberhausen, 13 April 2019, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Oberhausen" title="web.archive.org/web/20190413201708en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Oberhausen">“Oberhausen” (US) and DICTIONARY,www.lexico.com/definition/Oberhausen,web.archive.org/web/20200322182533/https://www.lexico.com/definition/oberhausen, dead, 2020-03-22, Oberhausen, Lexico UK English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, MERRIAM-WEBSTER, Oberhausen, 13 April 2019, {{IPA-de|ˈoːbɐhaÊŠznÌ©|lang|De-Oberhausen.ogg}}) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ({{circa}} {{convert|13|km|mi|disp=or|abbr=on|0}}). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

History

Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the Oberhausen Castle. The new borough was formed in 1862 following inflow of people for the local coal mines and steel mills. Awarded town rights in 1874, Oberhausen absorbed several neighbouring boroughs including Alstaden, parts of Styrum and Dümpten in 1910. Oberhausen became a city in 1901, and they incorporated the towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld in 1929. The Ruhrchemie AG synthetic oil plant (“Oberhausen-Holten” or “Sterkrade/Holten“)WEB, Powell, A.R., 9–10 January 1945, Detailed Summary of meeting of Oil Mission Held in New Interior Building,www.fischer-tropsch.org/Tom%20Reels/Linked/B1870/B1870-0073-0208%20Item%204.pdf, Enemy Oil Intelligence Committee, 17 (p61 of pdf), 25 March 2009, dead,www.fischer-tropsch.org/Tom%20Reels/Linked/B1870/B1870-0073-0208%20Item%204.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20080821144535www.fischer-tropsch.org/Tom%20Reels/Linked/B1870/B1870-0073-0208%20Item%204.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20080821144535www.fischer-tropsch.org/Tom%20Reels/Linked/B1870/B1870-0073-0208%20Item%204.pdf, 21 August 2008, was a bombing target of the oil campaign of World War II, and the US forces reached the plant by 4 April 1945.In 1973, Thyssen AG employed 14,000 people in Oberhausen in the steel industry, but ten years later the number had fallen to 6,000.WEB,www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/business/the-twilight-of-the-industrial-ruhr.html?pagewanted=all, The Twilight of the Industrial Ruhr, John Tagliabue, 27 November 1983, New York Times, 16 November 2015, In 1954 the city began hosting the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, and the 1982 Deutscher Filmpreis was awarded to a group that wrote the Oberhausen Manifesto.

Demographics

Population development since 1862:{{Historical populations|1862|5,590|1871|12,805|1900|42,148|1910|89,900|1919|98,677|1925|105,121|1933|192,345|1939|191,842|1950|202,808|1961|256,773|1970|246,736|1987|220,286|2001|221,619|2011|210,216|2017|211,422|2020|209566|align=middle|footnote=source:(:de:Einwohnerentwicklung von Oberhausen|Link){{Circular reference|date=August 2019}}}}The age breakdown of the population (2013) is:WEB,www.demografiemonitor-ag-ruhr.de/download/Demografiebericht_AG_RUHR_2015.pdf, Demografiebericht AG Ruhr, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der kommunalen Statistikstellen der Metropole Ruhr, {|class=“wikitable“|64 years|21.1%There were 12.5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen, as of 2014.WEB,www.oberhausen.de/de/index/rathaus/verwaltung/familie-bildung-soziales/statistik-und-wahlen/statistik/veroeffentlichungen/material_veroeffentlichungen/statistisches_jahrbuch/statistisches_jahrbuch_2015.pdf, 2.02 Fläche und Bevölkerung nach Statistischen Bezirken 2014, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2015 der Stadt Oberhausen, January 2015, 29 August 2017, 31, Stadt Oberhausen, de, The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020).WEB, Oberhausen – statistik.arbeitsagentur.de,statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Auswahl/raeumlicher-Geltungsbereich/BA-Gebietsstruktur/AA/371-AA-Oberhausen.html, statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2020-08-11, Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017:{|Turkey}}8,560Syria}}2,315Serbia}}2,090Italy}}2,005Poland}}1,840Bosnia and Herzegovina}}1,530Greece}}1,346Croatia}}1,209North Macedonia}}865Sri Lanka}}673

Politics

Mayor

The current Mayor of Oberhausen is Daniel Schranz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:{{election table}}! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate! rowspan=2| Party! colspan=2| First round! colspan=2| Second round! Votes! %! Votes! %Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| Daniel Schranz Christian Democratic Union| 30,150| 45.5| 28,456| 62.1Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| Thorsten Berg Social Democratic Party| 19,699| 29.7| 17,381| 37.9Alliance 90/The Greens}}| Norbert Emil Axt Alliance 90/The Greens| 7,002| 10.6Alternative for Germany}}| Wolfgang Kempkes Alternative for Germany| 4,521| 6.8The Left (Germany)}}| Jens Carstensen The Left| 3,095| 4.7| Urban Mülhausen Open for Citizens| 1,378| 2.1The Violets (political party)}}| Claudia Wädlich The Violets| 468| 0.7! colspan=3| Valid votes! 66,313! 98.7! 45,837! 99.2! colspan=3| Invalid votes! 859! 1.3! 368! 0.8! colspan=3| Total! 67,172! 100.0! 46,205! 100.0! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout! 159,510! 42.1! 159,458! 29.0 Source: State Returning Officer

City council

(File:2020 Oberhausen City Council election.svg|thumb|350px|Results of the 2020 city council election.)The Oberhausen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:{{election table}}! colspan=2| Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats! +/-Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| 21,471| 32.8| {{decrease}} 0.2| 19| {{decrease}} 1Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| Social Democratic Party (SPD)| 20,754| 31.7| {{decrease}} 7.2| 19| {{decrease}} 4Alliance 90/The Greens}}| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| 9,450| 14.4| {{increase}} 5.9| 8| {{increase}} 3Alternative for Germany}}| Alternative for Germany (AfD)| 4,995| 7.6| New| 4| NewThe Left (Germany)}}| The Left (Die Linke)| 3,367| 5.1| {{decrease}} 2.8| 3| {{decrease}} 2Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| Free Democratic Party (FDP)| 1,988| 3.0| {{increase}} 0.2| 2| ±0| Alliance of Obenhauser Citizens (BOB)| 1,913| 2.9| {{decrease}} 5.7| 2| {{decrease}} 3| Open for Citizens (OfB)| 1,153| 1.8| New| 1| New The Violets (political party)}}| The Violets (Die Violetten)| 445| 0.7| {{increase}} 0.5| 0| ±0! colspan=2| Valid votes! 65,536! 98.1! ! ! ! colspan=2| Invalid votes! 1,290! 1.9! ! ! ! colspan=2| Total! 66,826! 100.0! ! 58! {{decrease}} 2! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout! 159,510! 41.9! {{decrease}} 0.9! ! Source: State Returning Officer

Sport

Oberhausen is home to Regionalliga West football team Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, who play at the Niederrheinstadion situated on the banks of the Rhine–Herne Canal. The city had a professional ice hockey team between 1997 and 2007, the Revierlöwen Oberhausen.WEB,www.rodi-db.de/team.php?id=119, RODI-DB - die deutsche Eishockey-Datenbank, The team initially played at the Arena Oberhausen when playing in the top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga but later moved to the Emscher-Lippe-Halle in Gelsenkirchen following financial woes.The Rudolf Weber-Arena has hosted many international indoor sporting events including MMA event UFC 122 in 2010WEB,www.ufc.com/event/UFC122#/fight, UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami, ufc.com, September 20, 2010, and the PDC Unibet European Championship of darts in 2020.WEB, Allen, Dave, 2020 European Championship moves to Oberhausen,www.pdc.tv/news/2020/10/02/2020-european-championship-moves-oberhausen, Professional Darts Corporation, 2 October 2020, The city has established itself as a popular destination for professional wrestling in Germany, with Essen-based promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) regularly running shows in Oberhausen’s Turbinenhalle.Cagematch, Westside Xtreme Wrestling wXw’s 16 Carat Gold Tournament is considered one of the most prestigious independent wrestling tournaments in the worldWEB,backbodydrop.com/blog/previews/wxw-16-carat-gold-2022-weekend-preview/, WXW 16 Carat Gold 2022 Weekend Preview, March 2022, and is held in March every year in Oberhausen - attracting fans from around the world.

Twin towns – sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}Oberhausen is twinned with:WEB, Städtepartnerschaften der Stadt Oberhausen,www.oberhausen.de/de/index/rathaus/politik/stadtkanzlei-ratsangelegenheiten/staedtepartnerschaften.php, oberhausen.de, Oberhausen, de, 2021-03-03, {{div col|colwidth=25em}}

• {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom (1974)
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (1986)
• {{flagicon|GER}} Freital, Germany (1990)
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Carbonia, Italy (2002)
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Iglesias, Italy (2002)
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Mersin, Turkey (2004)
• {{flagicon|POL}} Tychy, Poland (2020)

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Notable people

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• Georg Schaltenbrand (1897–1979), author, neurologist and Multiple Sclerosis specialist
• Martha Schneider-Bürger (1903–2001), civil engineer and author
• Reni Erkens (1909–1987), swimmer
• Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), field handball player
• Erich Kempka (1910–1975), SS-officer and Adolf Hitler’s driver
• Werner Töniges (1910–1995), naval officer
• Willy Jürissen (1912–1990), footballer
• Édouard Wawrzyniak (1912–1991), French footballer
• Will Quadflieg (1914–2003), actor
• Alf Marholm (1918–2006), actor, radio plays, audio books and voice
• Arnulf Zitelmann (born 1929), writer
• Paul Lange (1931–2016), kayaker, Olympic champion
• Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 1934), football player and trainer
• Wilhelm Keim (1934–2018), chemist and professor for technical chemistry
• Theo Vennemann (born 1937), linguist and professor of German and theoretical linguistics
• Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), opera singer
• Hans Siemensmeyer (born 1940), football player and coach
• Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (1944–2014), football referee
• Tilman Spengler (born 1947), writer and journalist, author and co-editor of the magazine Kursbuch
• Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens (born 1948), teacher and politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of Bundestag
• Ditmar Jakobs (born 1953), footballer
• Willi Wülbeck (born 1954), athlete
• Achim Hofer (born 1955), musicologist
• Christoph Klimke (born 1959), writer
• Michael Grosse-Brömer (born 1960), politician (CDU), Member of Bundestag
• Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010), film and theater director, radio play writer and performance artist
• Dirk Balthaus (born 1965), jazz pianist and composer
• Esther Schweins (born 1970), actress and comedian
• Markus Feldhoff (born 1974), footballer
• Mark Kleinschmidt (born 1974), rower
• Marcel Landers (born 1984), footballer
• Max Meyer (born 1995), footballer
• Davin Herbrüggen (born 1998), singer

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Gallery

Oberhausen bahnhof1.JPG|Oberhausen HauptbahnhofGasometer Oberhausen aussen.jpg|GasometerSchloss Oberhausen-vom Gasometer.jpg|Oberhausen Castle as seen from the GasometerRheinisches Industriemuseum.jpg|Industrial MuseumAmtsgericht vom Friedensplatz.jpg|CourthouseBaumeister Mühle Sterkrade.jpg|Baumeister-MillBurg-Vondern-Westen-vom-Weg-2013.jpg|Vondern CastleKastell Holten (2).jpg|Kastell HoltenRuhrauen bei Oberhausen - Alstaden - panoramio.jpg|Ruhr meadows in Oberhausen-Alstaden2009-07-21 ob 08 aussicht centro.JPG| CentrO shopping mall Schloss Oberhausen01.jpg|Oberhausen Castle, inner courtyard with the Little castleAbwun2.jpg|AQUApark near CentrO in 2012Oberhausen Snail Statue 2018.png|’Shellakabookie’ on SchwartzstraßeTurbinenhalle_Oberhausen_Oct_2014.jpg|Turbinenhalle OberhausenOberhausen, afvalverwerkingsbedrijf GMVA IMG 8492 2018-09-01 15.21.jpg|Waste processing company GMVA in Oberhausen

References

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External links

{{Wikivoyage|Oberhausen}}{{Commons|Oberhausen}}

• AMERICANA, Oberhausen, x,
• EB1911, Oberhausen, x,

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