Oberhausen

[ oh-ber-hou-zuhn ]

noun

1. a city in W Germany, in the lower Ruhr valley.

Oberhausen

/ ˈoːbərhauzən /

noun

1. an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine-Herne Canal: site of the first ironworks in the Ruhr. Pop: 220 033 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

On a stormy, steamy summer day in 2003, as I approached the Gasometer Oberhausen, which the Third Reich used for fuel storage, I expected the enormous cylindrical structure would prove the gloomiest building in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times

For me, Viola’s most memorable achievement came the year after Oberhausen at Walt Disney Concert Hall with “The Tristan Project” in 2004.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's already used in retirement homes, for example in Oberhausen -- also for residents who have not yet been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment," says Boris Suchan, and offers an outlook: "In future, we're also considering testing the system for people with acquired brain damage."

From Science Daily

A former president of the Hells Angels chapter in Oberhausen in the heart of Germany’s industrial Ruhr Valley, he was one of the main suspects in what the media called the “Rocker-Torso Murder” — with “rocker” referring to biker subculture.

From Washington Post

An entire gallery surveys the vast Concordia coal plant at Oberhausen, in Germany: Teeming photos present its gas-storage tanks, its “lean gas generator,” its “quenching tower,” its “coke pushers.”

From New York Times