Region:Nordrhein-Westfalen
| Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) | |
|---|---|
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 Coat of arms | |
| Country | Germany  |
| Number of zones | 585 |
| Maximum PPH | 586 |
| Last updated | 2021-01-25 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) 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 (Lower Saxony) in the northeast, Hessen (Hesse) in the southeast, Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) 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 (North Rhine-Westphalia) there are 26 municipalities with at least one tufzone. 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 | 54 |
| Kreis Recklinghausen | 2 |
| Kreis Steinfurt | 7 |
| Köln (Cologne) | 40 |
| Königswinter | 1 |
| Münster | 65 |
| Mönchengladbach | 30 |
| Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 1 |
| Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 7 |
| Städteregion Aachen | 51 |
| Wuppertal | 31 |
The list is updated according to the zones that existed on 2021-01-25.
Zones
There are 585 turfzones in the region, where five are counted as world heritage sites, eight winner zones, four water zones, 19 train station zones, one national park zone, 14 monument zones, 40 holy zones, one summit zone, 36 bridge zones, ten castle zones and eight ruin zones.
Updated: 2021-01-25
