Buer, Germany
Stadtteil of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Coat of arms
Location of Buer
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51°34′40″N 07°03′23″E / 51.57778°N 7.05639°E / 51.57778; 7.05639
(2009-12-31)
Buer is the largest suburb of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Hochstrasse in the heart of Buer is the largest shopping street in Gelsenkirchen.
History
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In 1928, the adjoining cities of Buer, Gelsenkirchen, and Horst merged to form Gelsenkirchen-Buer, which was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930.[1]
The Scholven/Buer synthetic oil plant was a bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II[2] The Buer town hall however survived in nearly original form.[3]
Notable people
- Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
- Oliver Mark (born 1963), German photographer and artist
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