Country Germany Admin. region Münster City Gelsenkirchen Dialling code 0209 | State North Rhine-Westphalia District Urban district Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administrative region Münster | |
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Buer is the largest suburb of Gelsenkirchen. The Hochstrasse in the heart of Buer is the largest shopping street in Gelsenkirchen.
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Map of Buer-Mitte, 45894 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
History
In 1928, the adjoining cities of Buer, Gelsenkirchen, and Horst merged to form Gelsenkirchen-Buer, which was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930.
The Scholven/Buer synthetic oil plant was a bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II (the Buer town hall survived in nearly original form).
References
Buer, Germany Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA