City in Nordrhein - Westfalia, in the Ruhr area. Founded 852 by bishop Altfrid von Hildesheim. With about 630,000 inhabitants Essen today is the sixth biggest city of Germany. In former times Essen was important because of the coal mining and the processing iron and steel industry (e.g. Krupp). Today Essen is a well-known and popular city for shopping, seat of many authorities and associations as well as the head office of many main centrals of well-known concerns. As in many other cities, there are a university and further technical colleges in Essen. Anyway, Essen has to offer some more in the cultural area. E. g.: several theatres and the museums Ruhrland and Folkwang. Essen is a diocesan town since 1958.with thousands of luxury hotels, apartments, pensionen,ideal for congresses kongresse ,incentives, messen,car rentals autovermietungen, urlaub, reiseagenturen,werbung,advertisment,last minute flights,aviaton, airlines inbound,outbound, touroperators,vacation rentals,holiday regions, vehicle rentals, conventions, travel agencies,autoverleih,mietwagen,unterkünfte,reisebüros,fluglinen,reiseagenturen,rent a cars, yachting agencies,advertising,banner adds,web design,cruises,shipping agencices, conventions,ticketing