Oberhausen

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Oberhausen (Template:IPAc-en,<ref>Template:Cite American Heritage Dictionary</ref><ref>"Oberhausen" (US) and Template:Cite dictionary</ref><ref>Template:Cite Merriam-Webster</ref> Template:IPA) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen (Template:Circa Template:Convert). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, The Static Roots Festival 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")<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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) is:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

<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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017:

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Politics

Mayor

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

Template:Update section The previous mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:

Template:Election table ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate ! rowspan=2| Party ! colspan=2| First round ! colspan=2| Second round |- ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Daniel Schranz | align=left| Christian Democratic Union | 30,150 | 45.5 | 28,456 | 62.1 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Thorsten Berg | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 19,699 | 29.7 | 17,381 | 37.9 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Norbert Emil Axt | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 7,002 | 10.6 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Wolfgang Kempkes | align=left| Alternative for Germany | 4,521 | 6.8 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Jens Carstensen | align=left| The Left | 3,095 | 4.7 |- | | align=left| Urban Mülhausen | align=left| Open for Citizens | 1,378 | 2.1 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Claudia Wädlich | align=left| 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 |- | colspan=7| 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:

Template:Election table ! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 21,471 | 32.8 | Template:Decrease 0.2 | 19 | Template:Decrease 1 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 20,754 | 31.7 | Template:Decrease 7.2 | 19 | Template:Decrease 4 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 9,450 | 14.4 | Template:Increase 5.9 | 8 | Template:Increase 3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 4,995 | 7.6 | New | 4 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 3,367 | 5.1 | Template:Decrease 2.8 | 3 | Template:Decrease 2 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,988 | 3.0 | Template:Increase 0.2 | 2 | ±0 |- | | align=left| Alliance of Obenhauser Citizens (BOB) | 1,913 | 2.9 | Template:Decrease 5.7 | 2 | Template:Decrease 3 |- | | align=left| Open for Citizens (OfB) | 1,153 | 1.8 | New | 1 | New |- | colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| The Violets (Die Violetten) | 445 | 0.7 | Template: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 ! Template:Decrease 2 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 159,510 ! 41.9 ! Template:Decrease 0.9 ! ! |- | colspan=7| 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref name="UFC122">Template:Cite web</ref> and the PDC Unibet European Championship of darts in 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="cm">Cagematch, Westside Xtreme Wrestling</ref> wXw's 16 Carat Gold Tournament is considered one of the most prestigious independent wrestling tournaments in the world<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is held in March every year in Oberhausen - attracting fans from around the world.

Transport

The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport, located Template:Convert south of Oberhausen (25 minutes drive).

Twin towns – sister cities

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Notable people

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