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Essen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the heart of the industrial region of the Ruhr river basin. Some neighboring cities are Duisburg, Gelsenkirchen and Bochum. Its mayor is Thomas Kufen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The city has been awarded the title European Green Capital 2017.

The Essen Cathedral (Essener Münster in German) is the seat of the Diocese of Essen (Diocese of Ruhr), founded on January 1, 1958. The cathedral, which is dedicated to the saints Saint Cosme and Saint Damien and the Virgin Mary , is located in the Burgplatz of Essen.
The cathedral was formerly the church of the Abbey of Essen, founded around 845 by Altfrid, Archbishop of Hildesheim, and around which the city of Essen expanded. The current building, which had to be rebuilt after World War II, is Gothic, built with sandstone and finished in 1275.
The cathedral of Essen is famous for its treasure (the Essener Domschatz), among which is the famous Goldene Madonna, the sculpture of the complete figure of the oldest Virgin to the north of the Alps.
The first bishop of Essen, Cardinal Hengsbach, was buried here in 1991.

The University of Duisburg-Essen (in German, Universität Duisburg-Essen) (abbreviated: UDE, previously or in the Internet domain also Uni DuE) was established by the merger of Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg and Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen. The foundation date was January 1, 2003, therefore it is the youngest university in Germany. With approximately 43,000 students from 130 nations, it is one of the ten largest universities in Germany according to student numbers. It has a wide range of internationally oriented subjects. It is a center of nanoscience and biomedical research. It offers more than one hundred undergraduate and graduate programs.
The University of Duisburg-Essen is continuously improving in the Times Higher Education Ranking. According to him, it is one of the 200 best universities in the world. In the Times Higher Education Young University Ranking occupies the nineteenth position.