North Rhine-Westphalia

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Place.png North Rhine-Westphalia
(German State)
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Not to be confused with Rhineland-Palatinate.

North Rhine-Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a German state (Land). With more than 17.9 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest German state by size.

North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent.


 

Event

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Brussels Forum/2015Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The 2015 main theme was (R)evolution.

 

Groups Headquartered Here

GroupStartDescription
Bertelsmann1835
Friedrich Ebert Foundation1925
University of Bonn1818Has a major deep state presence, both with recruitment and academic ties to intelligence services, and other aspects.
University of Hagen1974Primary focused on remote learning
University of Münster1780University located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
University of Siegen1972Focuses on media research, as well as basic and application-oriented research in the field of sensor technology and nanosciences.
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management1984One of the most prestigious business schools in the German-speaking world.
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