Essen

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Postal codes	45001–45359
Dialling codes	Kettwig
District	Urban district
Population	582,624 (2016)
Local time	Tuesday 00:44
Date of Reg.	2019-07-16 01:45:01
Date of Upd.	2022-12-27 23:15:35
ID	949771

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About Essen

Essen is a city in western Germany. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex has been transformed to house several museums. A heritage trail through the former colliery chronicles the city's history of coal mining and steel production. In a former coal-washing plant, the Ruhr Museum is dedicated to regional history. Red Dot Design Museum showcases contemporary design through everyday objects in an old boiler house.

Their plane went down - how this WW2 Canada crew survived

May 5,2023 8:46 pm

... The odds were against them - only about 15% of RCAF crews flying on the same type of aircraft survived a full tour in 1943, The fatal nightAt 14:00 on 30 April 1943, alongside five other crews, they received a two-hour briefing of their operation for that night - Essen, described to them as one of the toughest targets in the Ruhr...