Ruhrort Ruhrort Ruhrort is a district within the German city of Duisburg situated north of the confluence of the Ruhr and the Rhine, in the western part of the Ruhr area. Ruhrort has the largest river harbour in the World, with quays extending nearly 40 kilometres along the river, and it is the principal inland shipping port in Germany. Ruhrort was founded in 1371 as a customs site and was granted town status in 1551. Due to its convenient position on the junction of two important waterways a shipping guild and a harbour had been created by 1665, mainly for trading
Rhine-Ruhr the south and the small city Wesel as its northernmost point. The northern border is similar to the border of the Ruhr Area. The table below shows an unofficial summary of regions. In the official definition the metropolitan area is much smaller. Eurostat's "Urban Audit" splits the Rhine-Ruhr region into six Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). These six Urban Zones do not cover the cities of Remscheid and Solingen nor the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss. Historically, most of the Ruhr area was for the most part characterized by heavy industry since the age of industrialisation in the late 19th and early