Ruhrort Ruhrort nowadays lacks the grimy air of a port district and is a neat little village with narrow streets, small parks and some fine cafes. 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
University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum The University hospitals of the Ruhr University of Bochum, German "Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum", abbreviated "UK RUB" is a syndicate of six university hospitals and associated facilities of the Ruhr University of Bochum. Founded in 2008 by the merger of formally independent hospitals the UK RUB is now a major provider of health in the Ruhr Metropolitan Region treating over 400,000 patients per year with a strong commitment to research and teaching. The "Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum" emerged from the Bochum Model, where several non state-owned hospitals in Bochum and the surrounding metropolitan