Oberhausen

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Oberhausen (Template:IPAc-en,[1][2][3] Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "convert".). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and The Static Roots Festival. Its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

Culture: Exhibitions of ice sculptures, Eiswelt Oberhausen, occurred in 2024 [and 2025].[4]

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")[5] 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.[6]

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

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The age breakdown of the population (2013) was:[7]

<18 years 15.6%
18–64 years 63.3%
>64 years 21.1%

There were 12.5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen, as of 2014.[8]

The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020).[9]

Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017:

File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 8,560
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 2,315
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2,090
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2,005
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1,840
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,530
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1,346
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 1,209
Template:Country data North Macedonia 865
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 673

Politics

Mayor

The current mayor of Oberhausen is Thorsten Berg of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), elected in 2025.

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Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Daniel Schranz Christian Democratic Union 30,150 45.5 28,456 62.1
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Thorsten Berg Social Democratic Party 19,699 29.7 17,381 37.9
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Norbert Emil Axt Alliance 90/The Greens 7,002 10.6
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Wolfgang Kempkes Alternative for Germany 4,521 6.8
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Jens Carstensen The Left 3,095 4.7
Urban Mülhausen Open for Citizens 1,378 2.1
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Claudia Wädlich The Violets 468 0.7
Valid votes 66,313 98.7 45,837 99.2
Invalid votes 859 1.3 368 0.8
Total 67,172 100.0 46,205 100.0
Electorate/voter turnout 159,510 42.1 159,458 29.0
Source: State Returning Officer

City council

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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:

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Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 21,471 32.8 Decrease 0.2 19 Decrease 1
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Social Democratic Party (SPD) 20,754 31.7 Decrease 7.2 19 Decrease 4
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 9,450 14.4 Increase 5.9 8 Increase 3
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Alternative for Germany (AfD) 4,995 7.6 New 4 New
bgcolor=Template:Party color| The Left (Die Linke) 3,367 5.1 Decrease 2.8 3 Decrease 2
bgcolor=Template:Party color| 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
bgcolor=Template:Party color| The Violets (Die Violetten) 445 0.7 Increase 0.5 0 ±0
Valid votes 65,536 98.1
Invalid votes 1,290 1.9
Total 66,826 100.0 58 Decrease 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.[10] 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 2010[11] and the PDC Unibet European Championship of darts in 2020.[12]

The city has established itself as a popular destination for professional wrestling in Germany, with Gelsenkirchen-based promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) regularly running shows in Oberhausen's Turbinenhalle.[13] wXw's 16 Carat Gold Tournament is considered one of the most prestigious independent wrestling tournaments in the world[14] and is held in March every year in Oberhausen - attracting fans from around the world.

Transport

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Twin towns – sister cities

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Notable people

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Gallery

References

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  4. ↑ https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/kuenstler-schaffen-eisskulpturen-fuer-eiswelt-oberhausen-100.html. Wdr.de. Retrieved 2025-12-31
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