Region:Nordrhein-Westfalen
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| Country | Germany |
| Number of zones | 550 |
| Maximum PPH | 544 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen is a region in western Germany. The region encompasses the bundesland with the same name and has about 18 million inhabitants. The region is the mostly populated region in Germany and the one with the most turfzones.
Bordering regions are Niedersachsen in the northeast, Hessen in the southeast, Rheinland-Pfalz in the south as well as the country Belgium and (in the Netherlands) Limburg in the west and Gelderland and Overijssel in the northwest.
Geographical overview
Municipalities
In Nordrhein-Westfalen there are 24 municipalities with at least one zone. Each of these corresponds to a district (Kreis) within the bundesland:
| Municipality | Zones |
|---|---|
| Bielefeld | 31 |
| Bochum | 30 |
| Bonn | 45 |
| Dortmund | 35 |
| Duisburg | 36 |
| Düsseldorf | 27 |
| Essen | 31 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 35 |
| Hochsauerlandkreis | 1 |
| Kreis Coesfeld | 1 |
| Kreis Düren | 1 |
| Kreis Euskirchen | 11 |
| Kreis Herford | 1 |
| Kreis Höxter | 1 |
| Kreis Minden-Lübbecke | 1 |
| Kreis Paderborn | 13 |
| Kreis Recklinghausen | 2 |
| Kreis Steinfurt | 1 |
| Köln | 40 |
| Münster | 65 |
| Mönchengladbach | 30 |
| Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 1 |
| Städteregion Aachen | 51 |
| Wuppertal | 31 |
Zones
There are 550 turfzones in the region, where five are counted as world heritage sites, five as winner zones, four as water zones, 16 as train station zones, one as a national park zone, 13 as monument zones, 38 as holy zonea, one as a summit zone, 34 as bridge zones, ten as castle zones and eight as ruin zones.
Updated 2020-07-23
