History of the Ruhr History of the Ruhr The actual boundaries of the Ruhr vary slightly depending on the source, but a good working definition is to define the Lippe and Ruhr as its northern and southern boundaries respectively, the Rhine as its western boundary, and the town of Hamm as the eastern limit. In the Middle Ages, local power was vested primarily in the counts ("Grafen") of Berg, Mark and Cleves. The left bank of the Rhine was held by the Archbishop of Cologne. The Hellweg was an important trade route crossing the region from Duisburg to Dortmund and beyond as far as
S4 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) has been removed from the integrated transportation plan for North Rhine-Westphalia; a resubmission is possible from 2015. S4 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Line S 4 is an S-Bahn of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running from to the Dortmund suburb of Dortmund-Lütgendortmund. It is operated by DB Regio on behalf of Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. It is operated at 20-minute intervals using class 422 four-car electrical multiple units. Line S 4 runs over several lines: S-Bahn services commenced between old Lütgendortmund station and Unna station on 3 June 1984. The section from Germania to old Lütgendortmund station was closed on 31 August 1987 and operations on