Live camera Essen, Germany

Essen is a city of land subordination in the west of Germany, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (SR-B). Located in the center of the Ruhr region and the Rhine-Ruhr region - one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world. After Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund, it is the fourth largest city in CP-B and one of its main economic centers. As an independent city within the administrative district of Dusseldorf and with a population of about 570 thousand people, Essen is the ninth largest city in the Federal Republic of Germany. Essen is known as the base of large industrial concerns, and since 1972, when a multi-disciplinary university was founded in the city, it has also been an important center of the country's Higher School. In 2003, after the merger of the University of Essen with the University of Duisburg, this new institution of higher education ranked ninth in terms of the number of students among universities in Germany. Since 1958 Essen has also been the center of the Catholic diocese. Watch camera online in Essen Originating in 845 as a female pin (semi-monastery for ladies of noble birth) on the Ruhr River, today Essen is a member of the Regional Union of the Rhinelands (Landschaftsverband Rheinland) and the Regional Union of the Ruhr (Regionalverband Ruhr) ... Within the framework of the project Ruhr 2010 - European Capital of Culture, Essen was chosen as the European Capital of Culture, representing the entire Ruhr region in this project. Along with the Essen pin, around 800, Saint Ludger founded the Verdun Monastery within the modern city, which became an important center of German early Christian writing.