Essen

Esse is the central and 2d biggest town of the Ruhr, the most important urban region in Germany. Its population of 583,393 makes it the ninth biggest town of Germany, in addition to the fourth largest metropolis of the federal country of North Rhine-Westphalia. On the Ruhr and Emscher rivers, Essen geographically is a part of the Rhineland and the larger Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region. The Ruhrdeutsch regiolect spoken in the region has strong impacts of both Low German and Low Franconian.

Essen is seat to several of the vicinity's government, in addition to to eight of the 100 largest publicly-held German companies concerning turnover, together with three DAX organizations, placing Essen first among all German towns within the number of DAX company headquarters, together with Munich. Essen is regularly taken into consideration the power capital of Germany with E.ON and RWE, Germany's biggest energy companies, each centered inside the metropolis. Essen is likewise known for its effect on the humanities thru the reputable Folkwang University of the Arts, its Zollverein School of Management and Design, and the Red Dot business product layout award.