Buer, Germany
Stadtteil of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Buer | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Buer  | |
  Buer  Buer | |
| Coordinates: 51°34′40″N 07°03′23″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Urban district |
| City | Gelsenkirchen |
| Population (2009-12-31) | |
| • Total | 34,130 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Dialling codes | 0209 |
| Vehicle registration | GE |
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]
- Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
- Oliver Mark (born 1963), German photographer and artist
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