Bochum - Twin cities, People affiliated with Bochum

51°28N 7°12E, pop (2000e) 410 000. Industrial and commercial city in the Ruhr valley, Düsseldorf district, W Germany; 59 km/37 mi SSW of Münster; originally developed around the coal and steel industries; railway; university (1965); vehicles, textiles, radio and television sets; home of the German Shakespeare Society.

Coordinates: 51°29′N 7°13′E

Bochum
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Arnsberg
District	urban district
Population	382,087 source (2005)
Area	145.4 km²
Population density	2,658 /km²
Elevation	103 m
Coordinates	51°29′ N 7°13′ E
Postal code	44701–44894
Area code	0234, 02327
Licence plate code	BO
Mayor	Ottilie Scholz (SPD)
Website	bochum.de

Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Twin cities

Bochum is twinned with

- Sheffield, England, since 1950 - Oviedo, Spain, since 1980 - Donetsk, Ukraine, since 1987

- Nordhausen, Thuringia, since 1990 - Xuzhou, China, since 1994

People affiliated with Bochum

Andrei Osterman, Russian Statesman Wolfgang Clement, former minister of economics and work Norbert Lammert, President (Speaker) of the German Parliament, Bundestag Herbert Grönemeyer, singer, wrote a popular song about Bochum in 1984.