Editing Duisburg (section)

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Duisburg is a city in Germany's [[Rhineland]], the fifth-largest city (after [[Cologne]], Düsseldorf, [[Dortmund]] and [[Essen]]) in the nation's most populous federal state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. Its 500,000 inhabitants make it Germany's [[List of cities in Germany by population|15th-largest city]]. Located at the confluence of the [[Rhine]] river and its [[tributary]] the [[Ruhr (river)|Ruhr river]], it lies in the west of the [[Ruhr]] urban area, Germany's largest, of which it is the third-largest city after Dortmund and Essen. The Ruhr itself lies within the larger [[Rhine-Ruhr|Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region]], one of Europe's largest conurbations. The city lies on both sides of the Rhine, with the city centre and most boroughs on the river's right bank, and is the only city of the Rhine-Ruhr region lying on both the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. Duisburg is one of the largest cities in the [[Meuse-Rhenish]] (closely related to [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) dialect area and the largest in the Kleverlandish area (north of the [[Uerdingen line|Uerdingen Isogloss]]).

Duisburg has the world's largest [[inland port]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtW1qDz574MC&pg=PA12 |title=The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 18152000 |first=Mark |last=Cioc |date=17 November 2009 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=9780295989785 |access-date=11 December 2016 |via=Google Books}}</ref> "Duisburg-Ruhrorter Häfen", in Duisburg-[[Ruhrort]]. Germany's third-largest and the Rhine-Ruhr region's main airport, [[Düsseldorf Airport]], lies near the city, in [[Düsseldorf-Lohausen]]. With 42,747 students, the [[University of Duisburg-Essen]] is Germany's ninth-largest university. It has campuses in Essen and Duisburg, and a [[university hospital]] in Essen. Duisburg is a result of numerous incorporations of surrounding towns and smaller cities. The city is renowned for its [[Steelmaking|steel industry]]. All [[blast furnace]]s in the Ruhr are now located in Duisburg. In 2000, 49% of all hot metal and 34.4% of all [[pig iron]] in Germany were produced here. It also has a large brewery, [[König Brauerei|König]]. In the early Middle Ages, it was a royal court of the Franks, first mentioned in writing in 883.