In dictionaries:
ruhr valley
Industrial region in western Germany.
Ruhr Area
An urban area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; the largest urban agglomeration in Germany.
ruhr occupation
ruhr river
River in western Germany, industrial.
mülheim an der ruhr
City in western Germany, Ruhr.
mulheim an der ruhr
City in Germany's Ruhr region.
Occupation of the Ruhr
The occupation of the Ruhr was the period from 11 January 1923 to 25 August 1925 when French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region of Weimar Republic Germany.
Ruhr University Bochum
a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany.
Ruhr pocket
a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany.
Battle of the Ruhr
The (5 March – 31 July 1943) a strategic bombing campaign against the Ruhr Area in Nazi Germany carried out by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.
Ruhr uprising
The Ruhr uprising, or March uprising, was a left-wing workers' revolt in the Ruhr region of Germany in March and April 1920.
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