Essen
City in Ruhr Region, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also known as Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany(since 1949)
1
- , German Empire(1871–1918)
- , Weimar Republic(1919–1933)
- +6 more
- Germany(since 1949)
- Located in
- Population
- 573,618(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 574,682(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 586,608(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +11 more
- 573,618(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 210.34 km²(2016)
- , 210.34 km²(December 31, 2017)
1
Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- Elevation
- 116 m
- Head of government
- Thomas Kufen(since 2015)
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Sources- 1.essen.de/rathaus/oberbuergermeister_/thomas_kufen.de.jspRetrieved 2025-05-05
- , Reinhard Paß(2009–2015)
- , Wolfgang Reiniger(1999–2009)
- +6 more
- Thomas Kufen(since 2015)
- Postal code
- 45127–45359
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
194 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Sunderland(since 1949)
- Tampere(since 1961)
- Grenoble(since 1974)
- Nizhny Novgorod(since 1991)
- Tel Aviv
- Zabrze(since 2015)
- Local dialing code
- 201
- 2054 applies to part: Kettwig
- Vehicle registration plate code
- E(since 1956)
- Awards
- European Green Capital Award(2017)
- European Capital of Culture(2010) together with: Ruhr Region · statement is subject of: RUHR.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt Europas
- Q51239704(1991)
2
Sources- 1.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/351625.brostige-speiche-und-einladung-zum-seminar.htmlRetrieved 2020-05-21
- 2.adfc-nrw.de/fileadmin/dateien/Essen/Radverkehr_Essen_2011/20-jahre-rostige-speiche.pdfRetrieved 2020-05-21
- Short name
- E instance of: library location identifier
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- E instance of: library location identifier
- Native label
- Essen pronunciation audio: De-Essen.ogg
- Official name
- Essen
- Member of
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 1995)
2
Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/essen.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Emschergenossenschaft
1
Sources- 1.eglv.de/emscher-lippe/emschergenossenschaft/Retrieved 2019-06-29
- Mayors for Peace(since 2010)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
1
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
1
Sources- 1.“Gebiet und Mitglieder LVR”lvr.de/lvr/ueber-uns/das-sind-wir/gebiet-und-mitglieder/Retrieved 2026-08-14
- WAGEV
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 1995)
- Capital of
- Gau Essen(1930–1945)
- Female population
- 299,246(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 300,104(October 31, 2019)
- 299,246(September 30, 2021)
- Male population
- 283,169(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 283,169(September 30, 2021)
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Essen.map
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 749,791(November 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCFBHjMgem5MfkJxJPMvpO7A · youtube handle: stadtessen_ruhr
1
- 749,791(November 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCFBHjMgem5MfkJxJPMvpO7A · youtube handle: stadtessen_ruhr
- Hashtag
- Essen
On other databases
83 identifiers linking Essen across the web's reference databases
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID14558
- ArchINFORM location ID392
- BBC Things ID8d26e99f-3137-4b22-aa19-d739c3a1922c
- BHCL UUID562b1f11-5b3e-47c8-8eb7-05f20d42bd64
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDessen-30
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/North_Rhine-Westphalia/Localities/Essen/
- DBC author ID87097992749177
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435538
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Essen
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDessen
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID190914
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2472150
- Facebook location ID108402229182110
- Facebook usernameStadtportalEssen
- FactGrid item IDQ21523
- FAST ID1209395
- Freebase ID/m/017gry
- GADM IDDEU.10.12_1
- GeoNames ID3231904
- German district key05113
- German municipality key05113000
- German regional key051130000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004905
- GND ID4015557-2
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDessen-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0025079
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDEssen_-_by_i_Tyskland
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDessen-431a14
- Grove Art Online IDT026728
- Harper's tagessen
- HASCDE.NW.ES
- INaturalist place ID98551
- Instagram usernameessen_ruhr
- Interlingual Index IDi82977
- J9U entity ID987007552492305171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID5866
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4015557-2
- Klexikon article IDEssen
- Klimadashboard.de region IDc8c97050-de8c-4a89-b1f4-4dc656b7cd29
- KSW place ID87374
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID8061
- Lex IDEssen
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80089415
- Libris-URI86lnm46s5kwjs5t
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/2752
- Museum-digital place ID422
- MusicBrainz area ID3ff0283e-871a-4c6d-96ad-ba871ab216f1
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/98ff582c-da29-4864-a489-1312a976bf5d
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000980323
- NL CR AUT IDge139202
- NLAI ID1571114
- NUTS codeDEA13
- NWBib IDQ2066
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1214128
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3898719
- Open Library subject IDplace:essen_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62713
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadtessen-1fea76
- Pinakes city ID183
- Provenio UUIDd6e3f39c-7029-4fc8-993b-10629d9a3db2
- Quora topic IDEssen-Germany
- SBN place IDMUSL001004
- SELIBR ID144384
- SNARC IDQ44996
- SPAP IDp/a5236285-cb7c-45c9-bbfd-7249339c7994
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDIWPSCDLU6NGI7KDL6CNSWXF3LQ
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044753
- UN/LOCODEDEESS
- Vatican Library ID (former scheme)ADV12564372
- Vatican Library VcBA ID494/32720
- VIAF cluster ID125488872
- Vikidia article IDfr:Essen
- Wellcome Collection concept IDdbe69fgh
- WhatsApp channel ID0029Vb3gFbNISTkB7cr9bw0z
- Who's on First ID101748709
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08790627-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12346508
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJpdPPfVqHkKRVCyd86xjC
- X (Twitter) usernameEssen_Ruhr
- Yale LUX IDplace/20a3c65e-733e-4b66-9bb4-f4df29236bd8
- YouTube channel IDUCFBHjMgem5MfkJxJPMvpO7A
- YouTube handlestadtessen_ruhr
- YSO ID147489
