Abellio Deutschland is a public transit operator in Germany operating bus and rail networks. Headquartered in Berlin , it is a subsidiary of the Dutch state-owned Abellio .
89-659: Abellio Deutschland was formed by the Essen public transit company ( EVAG , today part of Ruhrbahn ) in 2004. In 2005, British investment company Star Capital Partners purchased a 75% share in Abellio from the City of Essen. In December 2008, both sold their shares to NedRailways . The Abellio brand was later rolled out to replace the NedRailways brand internationally. As of December 2016, Abellio Deutschland operated 18 lines over 978 kilometres with
178-705: A Counter-Reformation . In 1624, a "re-Catholicization" law was enacted, and churchgoing was strictly controlled. In 1628, the city council filed against this at the Reichskammergericht. Maria had to flee to Cologne when the Dutch stormed the city in 1629. She returned in the summer of 1631 following the Bavarians under Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , only to leave again in September. She died 1644 in Cologne. The war proved
267-537: A 13-year contract. Initially a fleet of 43 Bombardier Talent 2s were ordered. This was later increased by five. Abellio operated the following regional routes in Baden-Württemberg: On 1 January 2022, Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg was taken over by the state-owned Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG (SWEG). Abellio Deutschland owned a 25% share in WestfalenBahn that was founded in 2005. In July 2017 this
356-523: A 20 hectare deep-sea terminal in the port of Rotterdam . In 2014, Rhenus took over the warehouse logistics operations for the car manufacturer BMW at the Regensburg- Neutraubling plant. In December of the same year, Rhenus purchased a 50.1 percent shareholding in Swiss rail freight operator Crossrail AG . At the end of February 2015, Rhenus took over KOG Worldwide AG, which still operates as
445-569: A Rhenus Group business unit for project logistics and plant transportation in the USA, Europe, and Asia. In October 2015, the Rhenus Group acquired 50 percent of the shares in LTE Logistik- und Transport from the previous sole shareholder, Graz-Köflacher Bahn, and in 2016, Rhenus expanded its involvement in the automotive sector through the acquisition of Ferrostaal Automotive . Since the takeover of
534-538: A fleet of 86 trains. Abellio Rail NRW was founded in September 2005. It operated several regional railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NRW network stretched from Gelsenkirchen to Bochum , from Essen to Siegen and Iserlohn via Hagen as well as from Wuppertal to Solingen via Remscheid (line S7 ). In December 2016, it commenced operating along the Lower Rhine network between Arnhem in
623-528: A little more extreme and drier in other continents in such geographical location . Its average annual temperature is 10 °C (50 °F): 13.3 °C (56 °F) during the day and 6.7 °C (44 °F) at night. The average annual precipitation is 934 millimetres (37 in). The coldest month of the year is January, when the average temperature is 2.4 °C (36 °F). The warmest months are July and August, with an average temperature of 18 °C (64 °F). The Essen weather station has recorded
712-515: A local body of nineteen members with limited authority. Most of the boroughs were originally independent municipalities but were gradually annexed from 1901 to 1975. This long-lasting process of annexation has led to a strong identification of the population with "their" boroughs or districts and to a rare peculiarity: the borough of Kettwig , located south of the Ruhr River, and which was not annexed until 1975, has its own area code and remains part of
801-628: A majority shareholding in 2013. The complete takeover took place in 2018 and the company was renamed Rhenus Donauhafen Krems . In 2011, Rhenus signed an agreement to take over the European activities of the Wincanton Group and strengthened its position in contract logistics and multimodal transport with the purchase. The activities were initially managed by the company Rhenus Midi Data and since 2019 in Rhenus High Tech . The company acquired
890-499: A majority shareholding in the LBH Group in September 2023. The Rhenus Group operates as a logistics service provider at 1,320 locations, including branches in Europe, India, North America, South America, Central America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The company is managed by Tobias Bartz (CEO), Egbert Bernsmeister, Stephan Peters and Andreas Stöckli. Marco Schröter acts as Chairman of
979-452: A severe blow to the city, with frequent arrests, kidnapping and rape. Even after the Peace of Westphalia from 1648, troops remained in the city until 9 September 1650. The first historic evidence of the important mining tradition of Essen date back to the 14th century, when the princess-abbess was granted mining rights. The first silver mine opened in 1354, but the indisputably more important coal
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#17328594474971068-729: A small French military command, occupied the Krupp car hall to seize several vehicles. This event caused 13 deaths and 28 injured. The occupation of the Ruhr ended in summer 1925. On the night of Kristallnacht on 10 November 1938, the synagogue was sacked, but remained through the whole war in the exterior almost intact. The Steele synagogue was completely destroyed. During the Nazi era, tens of thousands of slave labourers were forced to work in 350 Essen forced labour camps. Here, they did mining work and worked for companies like Krupp and Siemens. Alfried Krupp
1157-454: A strategic alliance with Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Schenker AG through acquiring a 24.9 percent stake. In 1991, Stinnes purchased Schenker AG outright and the three Rhenus divisions were restructured again. Rhenus Transport International became part of the newly formed Schenker International ; Rhenus Lager und Umschlag operated under the former name Rhenus, and Rhenus Weichelt was merged with Schenker Eurocargo . In 1996, Schenker-Rhenus AG
1246-669: A studio in Essen, which is responsible for the central Ruhr area. Each day, it produces a 30-minute regional evening news magazine (called Lokalzeit Ruhr ), a five-minute afternoon news programme, and several radio news programmes. A local broadcasting station went on air in the late 1990s. The WAZ Media Group is one of the most important (print) media companies in Europe and publishes the Ruhr area's two most important daily newspapers, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ; 580,000 copies) and Neue Ruhr/Rhein Zeitung (NRZ; 180,000 copies). In Essen,
1335-479: A total of 37,014 tonnes (82 million pounds ) of bombs on the city. Over 270 air raids were launched against the city, destroying 90% of the centre and 60% of the suburbs. On 5 March 1943 Essen was subjected to one of the heaviest air-raids of the war. 461 people were killed, 1,593 injured and a further 50,000 residents of Essen were made homeless. On 13 December 1944 three British airmen were lynched. The Krupp decoy site ( Kruppsche Nachtscheinanlage )
1424-625: A total population of approximately 1.4 million. The city extends over 21 kilometres (13 mi) from north to south and 17 kilometres (11 mi) from west to east, mainly north of the River Ruhr . The Ruhr forms the Lake Baldeney [ de ] reservoir in the boroughs of Fischlaken, Kupferdreh, Heisingen and Werden . The lake, a popular recreational area, dates from 1931 to 1933, when some thousands of unemployed coal miners dredged it with primitive tools. Generally, large areas south of
1513-649: A tram contract, while Keolis continued to operate Eurobahn rail services. It currently operates two railway contracts in Rhineland-Palatinate . In January 2019, Rethmann Group, the parent company of Rhenus, contributed the Rhenus Veniro operations to the Transdev portfolio as part of its acquisition of Transdev shareholding. In the field of transport logistics, the company offers road, rail, air freight, sea freight and inland waterway transport services. In
1602-456: A warehouse with 13,000 solar panels on the roof, which enables a CO2-neutral energy supply for the company and electricity production for 750 households. This logistics center called The Tube received a BREEAM score of 99.48 percent. In Wesel, the company built a logistics center in 2023 with a total area of 86,000 square meters that does not use fossil fuels. The underfloor heating is powered by geothermal energy . A photovoltaic system on
1691-722: Is a blade found in the borough of Vogelheim [ de ] in the northern part of the city during the construction of the Rhine–Herne Canal in 1926. Other artifacts from the Stone Age have also been found, although these are not overly numerous. Land utilization was very high—especially due to mining activities during the Industrial Age—and any more major finds, especially from the Mesolithic era, are not expected. Finds from 3,000 BCE and onwards are far more common,
1780-428: Is a so-called arms of alliance ( Allianzwappen ) and consists of two separate shields under a single crown. Most other coats of arms of cities use a mural crown instead of a heraldic crown. The crown, however, does not refer to the city of Essen itself, but instead to the secularized ecclesiastical principality of Essen under the reign of the princess-abbesses. The dexter (heraldically right) escutcheon shows
1869-557: Is a subsidiary of German Rethmann Group. On 13 November 1912, Badische Actiengesellschaft für Rheinschifffahrt und Seetransport and Rheinschifffahrts Actiengesellschaft established a joint company with headquarters in Frankfurt under the name Rhenus, after the Latin word for the river Rhine . Branch offices were established in Antwerp , Mainz , Mannheim , and Rotterdam . The business
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#17328594474971958-486: Is the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex , which had once been the largest of its kind in Europe. Ultimately closed in 1993, both the coking plant and the mine have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 2001. Notable accomplishments of the city in recent years include the title of European Capital of Culture on behalf of the whole Ruhr area in 2010 and the selection as
2047-605: Is the central and, after Dortmund , second-largest city of the Ruhr , the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of 586,608 makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne , Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as the tenth-largest city of Germany. Essen lies in the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, second largest by GDP in the EU , and is part of the cultural area of Rhineland . Because of its central location in
2136-525: The Archdiocese of Cologne , whereas all other boroughs of Essen and some neighbouring cities constitute the Diocese of Essen . Essen has a typical oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ; Trewartha : Dobk ) with cool winters and warm summers (different from Berlin or Stuttgart ). Without large mountains and the presence of inland seas, it ends up extending a predominantly marine climate is found in Essen, usually
2225-784: The BLG Logistics Group in Germany, Rhenus opened up new business areas in the Air & Ocean segment. The company expanded its activities on the Balkan Peninsula by taking over the Croatian logistics specialist Log Adria, as well as expanding in the Polish market by taking over the freight forwarding and logistics company C. Hartwig in October 2021. In June 2023, Rhenus acquired Polish Destroy & Recycling, Colombian BLU Logistics , as well as
2314-506: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: The Essen city council governs the city alongside the mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: The coat of arms of the city of Essen is a heraldic peculiarity. Granted in 1886, it
2403-515: The European Green Capital for 2017. Essen is located in the centre of the Ruhr area, one of the largest urban areas in Europe comprising eleven independent cities and four districts with some 5.3 million inhabitants into a megalopolis . The city limits of Essen itself are 87 kilometres (54 mi) long, and border ten cities – five belonging to a district ( kreisangehörig ) and five independent – with
2492-751: The IKEA central warehouse in Salzgitter and launched the International Consolidation Centre in Giessen . In 2002, Rhenus Alpina took over Cargologic and began handling air freight at Bern , Geneva and Zurich Airports . Rhenus changed its corporate structure and the management company was renamed Rhenus AG & Co. KG, with the business segments: In 2003, Rhenus set up a joint venture with Kerry Logistics in Asia. In 2004, Polish logistics provider Polta
2581-865: The Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE19), Arnhem – Zevenaar – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf and the Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn (RB35), Mönchengladbach – Krefeld – Wesel . In April 2017 the former was extended into the Netherlands to Arnhem . In December 2019, it commenced operating lines S2 , S3 and S9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network with 29 Stadler Flirts . On 31 January 2022, Abellio Rail NRW ended its operations. The different contracts were awarded in emergency tenders to other rail companies: Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland commenced operating
2670-412: The 1970s, attracted workers from all over the country; it was the fifth-largest city in Germany between 1929 and 1988, peaking at over 730,000 inhabitants in 1962. Following the region-wide decline of heavy industries in the last decades of the 20th century, the city has seen the development of a strong tertiary sector of the economy . The most notable witness of this structural change ( Strukturwandel )
2759-424: The 1990s saw the opening of further logistics centres throughout European cities such as Langgöns , Giessen , Mannheim , Stuttgart , Hanover and Prague . Rhenus was acquired by Rethmann in 1998 and went on to develop into a full-service provider for logistics services. In 2000, Rhenus acquired Schweizerische Reederei und Neptun and rebranded it Rhenus Alpina . In the same year, Rhenus started operating
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2848-621: The Dutch forwarding company Jos Dusseldorp Vastgoed B.V. , which had more than 90 employees and was added to its home delivery business segment. Since August 2018, the company has also been active in New Zealand . In the same year, Rhenus took over the shareholding in Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe from its subsidiary Rhenus Veniro , before it was merged with the German subsidiary of Transdev . In 2019, Rhenus also took over
2937-522: The Empire" ( Reichsfürstin ) in an official letter. In 1244, 28 years later, Essen received its town charter and seal when Konrad von Hochstaden , the Archbishop of Cologne , marched into the city and erected a city wall together with the population. This proved a temporary emancipation of the population of the city from the princess-abbesses, but this lasted only until 1290. That year, King Rudolph I restored
3026-458: The Essen show is smaller and is focused on car tuning and racing interests. Other important fairs open to consumers include SPIEL , the world's biggest consumer fair for tabletop gaming, and one of the leading fairs for equestrian sports , Equitana , held every two years. Important fairs restricted to professionals include "Security" (security and fire protection), IPM (gardening) and E-World (energy and water). The Westdeutscher Rundfunk has
3115-521: The Krupp family dynasty and Essen shaped each other. In 1811, Friedrich Krupp founded Germany's first cast-steel factory in Essen and laid the cornerstone for what was to be the largest enterprise in Europe for a couple of decades. The weapon factories in Essen became so important that a sign facing the main railway station welcomed visitors Hitler and Mussolini to the "Armory of the Reich " ( Waffenschmiede des Reiches ) in 1937. The Krupp Works also were
3204-668: The Netherlands and Düsseldorf / Mönchengladbach and Bocholt . From December 2018, it has operated the Rhine-Ruhr-Express with the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE11) and since June 2020, it has operated the NRW-Express (RE1). Both were supposed to run until December 2033. In December 2016, Abellio NRW commenced operating a 12-year concession to operate Niederrhein-Netz services using the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway covering
3293-611: The Rhenus Group's international air and sea freight business. At the turn of the year 2007/2008, Rhenus Group took over Hamann International SAS with 4 sites in France ( Bordeaux , Cholet , Angers and Lyon ) and founded Rhenus Freight Logistics in France. Rhenus acquired a majority shareholding in the Pro-Log Group in 2010 in order to consolidate its own network in Asia. In the same year, Thüringer Verlagsauslieferung (TVA) in Gotha
3382-558: The River Ruhr (including the suburbs of Schuir and Kettwig ) are quite green and are often quoted as examples of rural structures in the otherwise relatively densely populated central Ruhr area. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany , Essen with 9.2% of its area covered by recreational green is the greenest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the third-greenest city in Germany. The city has been shortlisted for
3471-578: The Ruhr, Essen is often regarded as the Ruhr's "secret capital". Two rivers flow through the city: the Emscher in the north, and in the south the Ruhr River , which is dammed in Essen to form the Lake Baldeney [ de ] and Lake Kettwig [ de ] reservoirs . The central and northern boroughs of Essen historically belong to the Low German Westphalian dialects area, and
3560-681: The Saale-Thuringia-Südharz (STS) electric network since December 2015 on a 15-year contract, over ten lines with a route length of 575 kilometres. The network extends from Halle to Erfurt , Eisenach and Kassel as well as from Leipzig to Erfurt and Saalfeld . In December 2018, Abellio Deutschland commenced operating 12 routes in Saxony-Anhalt . These are being operated by 52 Alstom Coradia Lints . From June 2019 Abellio took over some regional train lines in Baden Württemberg under
3649-757: The South African freight forwarding and logistics provider World Net Logistics (WNL) based in Johannesburg , and expanded its medical division in the high-tech sector as the MTS Medizinischer Transport-Service GmbH. In 2020, the Rhenus Group acquired a majority stake in Deutsche Binnenreederei from the Polish capital group OT Logistics and the Hamburg-based company Carl Robert Eckelmann . Rhenus also acquired 100 percent of
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3738-604: The Supervisory Board. The company's turnover for 2023 was €7.5 billion; it employed 40,000 people. Rhenus is the largest German transport company without state participation in 2023. Rhenus Veniro operates public transport companies in Germany. It was formed in December 2007 when the Eurobahn joint venture between Keolis (60%) and Rhenus (40%) was dissolved, with Rhenus Veniro taking nine bus companies, two railway contracts and
3827-685: The WAZ Group also publishes the local Borbecker Nachrichten [ de ] and Werdener Nachrichten [ de ] , both of which had been independent weekly newspapers for parts of Essen. Additionally, Axel Springer run a printing facility for their boulevard-style daily paper Bild in Essen. Rhenus (company) The Rhenus Group is an international logistics service provider based in Holzwickede near Dortmund , Germany. The company has branches in Europe, India, North, Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. It
3916-671: The abbey. She was to become the most important of all abbesses in the history of Essen. She reigned for over 40 years, and endowed the abbey's treasury with invaluable objects such as the oldest preserved seven branched candelabrum, and the Golden Madonna of Essen , the oldest known sculpture of the Virgin Mary in the western world. Mathilde was succeeded by other women related to the Ottonian emperors: Sophia, daughter of Otto II and sister of Otto III , and Teophanu, granddaughter of Otto II. It
4005-537: The allies, Essen was assigned to the British Zone of Occupation . On 8 March 1946, a German army officer and a civilian were hanged for the lynching of three British airmen in December 1944. Although weaponry is no longer produced in Essen, old industrial enterprises such as ThyssenKrupp and RWE remain large employers in the city. Foundations such as the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach - Stiftung still promote
4094-403: The arts through the respected Folkwang University of the Arts , its Zollverein School of Management and Design, and the Red Dot industrial product design award. In early 2003, the universities of Essen and the nearby city of Duisburg (both established in 1972) were merged into the University of Duisburg-Essen with campuses in both cities and a university hospital in Essen. In 1958, Essen
4183-406: The centres of resistance to Social Democracy and the Freikorps alike. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), mayors were installed by the Nazi Party . After World War II , the military government of the British occupation zone installed a new mayor and a municipal constitution modelled on that of British cities. Later, the city council was again elected by the population. The mayor was elected by
4272-513: The church and the settlement. The church was rebuilt, expanded considerably, and is the foundation of the present Essen Cathedral. The first documented mention of Essen dates back to 898, when Zwentibold , King of Lotharingia , willed territory on the western bank of the River Rhine to the abbey. Another document, describing the foundation of the abbey and allegedly dating back to 870, is now considered an 11th-century forgery. In 971, Mathilde II , granddaughter of Emperor Otto I , took charge of
4361-423: The city and the abbey about supremacy over the region remained common until the abbey's dissolution in 1803. Many lawsuits were filed at the Reichskammergericht , one of them lasting almost 200 years. The final decision of the court in 1670 was that the city had to be "duly obedient in dos and don'ts" to the abbesses but could maintain its old rights—a decision that did not really solve any of the problems. In 1563,
4450-422: The city council, with its self-conception as the only legitimate ruler of Essen, introduced the Protestant Reformation . The Catholic abbey had no troops to counter this development. During the Thirty Years' War , the Protestant city and the Catholic abbey opposed each other. In 1623, princess-abbess Maria Clara von Spaur, Pflaum und Valör, managed to direct Catholic Spaniards against the city in order to initiate
4539-448: The coat of arms can be found on the roof of the Handelshof [ de ] hotel near the main station . Essen has a population of 586,608 and is the 2nd largest city in Ruhr area after Dortmund and the 10th largest city in Germany. Essen has also the largest urban density with cities such as Bochum , Gelsenkirchen and Oberhausen borders this city. In 1960, the population reached its historical peak of over 720,000 (Essen
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#17328594474974628-423: The corporate headquarters of Schenker AG , the logistics division of Deutsche Bahn. Other major companies include Germany's largest construction company Hochtief , as well as Aldi Nord , Evonik Industries , Karstadt , Medion AG and Deichmann , Europe's largest shoe retailer. The Coca-Cola Company had originally established their German headquarters in Essen (around 1930), where it remained until 2003, when it
4717-402: The council as its head and as the city's main representative . The administration was led by a full-time Oberstadtdirektor . In 1999, the position of Oberstadtdirektor was abolished in North Rhine-Westphalia and the mayor became both main representative and administrative head. In addition, the population now elects the mayor directly. The current mayor of Essen is Thomas Kufen of
4806-475: The double-headed Imperial Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire , granted to the city in 1623. The sinister (heraldically left) escutcheon is one of the oldest emblems of Essen and shows a sword that people believed was used to behead the city's patron Saints Cosmas and Damian . People tend to connect the sword in the left shield with one found in the cathedral treasury. This sword, however, is much more recent. A slightly modified and more heraldically correct version of
4895-407: The end of 2017. The city's exhibition centre, Messe Essen , hosts some 50 trade fairs each year. With around 530.000 visitors each year, Essen Motor Show is by far the largest event held there. It has been described as "the showcase event of the year for the tuning community" and as the German version of the annual SEMA auto show in Las Vegas . As contrasted with the Frankfurt Auto Show ,
4984-431: The field of warehouse logistics, Rhenus distributes shared services to different users of the same logistics center, takes over logistics processes by implementing personnel or equipment concepts and builds new facilities for its clients. The company also has its own warehouse management system and offers real-time monitoring of ongoing processes via an app for its customers. In Tilburg , Netherlands, Rhenus operates
5073-409: The following extreme values: In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it has the same form as the German infinitive of the verb for "eating" (written as lowercase essen ), and/or the German noun for food (which is always capitalized as Essen , adding to the confusion). Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of
5162-480: The freight forwarder O'Brien Customs and Forwarding Pty Ltd. in 2017, the company has been represented in Australia by a national company, Rhenus Logistics Australia . In the same year, the company entered the area of end customer delivery of furniture in the UK with the acquisition of Network 4 Home Delivery . Rhenus expanded its network in Brazil by purchasing the company Pirâmide SeaAir Comércio Exterior in 2018. The logistics service provider also acquired
5251-408: The main reason for the large population growth beginning in the mid-19th century. Essen reached a population of 100,000 in 1896. Other industrialists, such as Friedrich Grillo , who in 1892 donated the Grillo-Theater to the city, also played a major role in the shaping of the city and the Ruhr area in the late 19th and early 20th century. Riots broke out in February 1917 following a breakdown in
5340-405: The most important one being a Megalithic tomb found in 1937. Simply called Chest of Stone ( Steinkiste ), it is referred to as "Essen's earliest preserved example of architecture". Essen was part of the settlement areas of several Germanic peoples ( Chatti , Bructeri , Marsi ), although a clear distinction among these groupings is difficult. The Alteburg [ de ] castle in
5429-467: The name, there remain a few noteworthy interpretations. The oldest known form of the city's name is Astnide , which changed to Essen by way of forms such as Astnidum, Assinde, Essendia and Esnede. The name Astnide may have referred either to a region where many ash trees were found or to a region in the east (of the Frankish Empire ). The oldest archaeological find, the Vogelheimer Klinge , dates back to 280,000 – 250,000 BCE . It
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#17328594474975518-406: The northern borough of Karnap at 26.5 metres (86.9 ft), the highest point in the borough of Heidhausen at 202.5 metres (664 ft). The average elevation is 116 metres (381 ft). Essen comprises fifty boroughs which in turn are grouped into nine suburban districts (called Stadtbezirke ) often named after the most important boroughs. Each Stadtbezirk is assigned a Roman numeral and has
5607-418: The princess-abbesses to full sovereignty over the city, much to the dismay of the population of the growing city, who called for self-administration and imperial immediacy . The title free imperial city was finally granted by Emperor Charles IV in 1377. However, in 1372, Charles had paradoxically endorsed Rudolph I's 1290 decision and hence left both the abbey and the city in imperial favour. Disputes between
5696-454: The river and Essen. Essen is twinned with: Essen cooperates with: Essen is home to several large companies, among them the ThyssenKrupp industrial conglomerate which is also registered in Duisburg and originates from a 1999 merger between Duisburg-based Thyssen AG and Essen-based Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp . The largest company registered only in Essen is Germany's second-largest electric utility RWE AG . Essen hosts parts of
5785-468: The roof also generates electricity, which in turn is collected in battery storage units. Rhenus also opened offices in Halifax and St. John's in Canada to advance the development of offshore windfarm projects. In Kleinhüningen, Germany, the company built a solar installation on the roof of the hall to generate 2.4 million kilowatt-hours per year and thus cover the annual electricity requirements of Rhenus' activities in Kleinhüningen. Overall, Rhenus
5874-411: The shares in Simon Hegele Hightech Transport & Service , a subsidiary of the Simon Hegele Group, and furthermore took over the operating companies of the New Zealand-based Malcolm Total Logistics Group . Rhenus acquired all shares in the Bavarian scanning service provider MDN Hübner on 1 January 2021, and took over the logistics group Loxx . By taking over the freight forwarding business of
5963-420: The south of Essen dates back to the eighth century, the nearby Herrenburg [ de ] to the ninth century. Recent research into Ptolemy 's Geographia has identified the polis or oppidum Navalia as Essen. Around 845, Saint Altfrid (around 800–874), the later Bishop of Hildesheim , founded an abbey for women ( coenobium Astnide ) in the centre of present-day Essen. The first abbess
6052-430: The south of the city to the Low Franconian Bergish area. Essen is seat to several of the region's authorities, as well as to eight of the 100 largest publicly held German corporations by revenue, including three DAX -listed corporations. Essen is often considered the energy capital of Germany with E.ON and RWE , Germany's largest energy providers, both headquartered in the city. Essen is also known for its impact on
6141-427: The supply of flour. There were then strikes in the Krupp factory. On 11 January 1923 the Occupation of the Ruhr was carried out by the invasion of French and Belgian troops into the Ruhr. The French Prime Minister, Raymond Poincaré , was convinced that Germany failed to comply the demands of the Treaty of Versailles . On the morning of 31 March 1923, the culmination of this French-German confrontation occurred when
6230-439: The title of European Green Capital two consecutive times, for 2016 and 2017, winning for 2017. The city was singled out for its exemplary practices in protecting and enhancing nature and biodiversity and efforts to reduce water consumption. Essen participates in a variety of networks and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the city's resilience in the face of climate change. The lowest point can be found in
6319-479: The well-being of the city, for example by supporting a hospital and donating €55 million for a new building for the Museum Folkwang , one of the Ruhr area's major art museums. The administration of Essen had for a long time been in the hands of the princess-abbesses as heads of the Imperial Abbey of Essen . However, from the 14th century onwards, the city council increasingly grew in importance. In 1335, it started choosing two burgomasters , one of whom
6408-454: Was Altfrid's relative Gerswit (see also: Essen Abbey ). In 799, Saint Liudger had already founded Benedictine Werden Abbey on its own grounds a few kilometres south. The region was sparsely populated with only a few smallholdings and an old and probably abandoned castle. Whereas Werden Abbey sought to support Liudger's missionary work in the Harz region ( Helmstedt / Halberstadt ), Essen Abbey
6497-510: Was built in Velbert to divert Allied airstrikes from the actual production site of the arms factory in Essen. The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Essen in April 1945. The US 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division , acting as regular infantry and not in a parachute role, entered the city unopposed and captured it on 10 April 1945. After the occupation of Germany by
6586-561: Was chosen as the seat to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen , often referred to as the diocese of the Ruhr ( Ruhrbistum ). Founded around 845, Essen remained a small town within the sphere of influence of an important ecclesiastical principality , Essen Abbey , until the onset of industrialization. The city then—especially through the Krupp family's iron works—became one of Germany's most important coal and steel centres. Essen, until
6675-575: Was convicted in the Krupp trial at Nuremberg for his role in this but was pardoned by the US in 1951. There were several subcamps in Essen in Second World War , such as the subcamps Humboldtstraße [ de ] , Gelsenberg [ de ] , Schwarze Poth [ de ] . As a major industrial centre, Essen was a target for allied bombing, the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropping
6764-560: Was formed to combine all logistic activities of the Stinnes Group. The three business divisions formed in 1991 were integrated into it. Prior to this, the inland shipping activities of all Stinnes subsidiaries had been pooled in RS PartnerShip and integrated into the Rhenus Group together with Midgard Deutsche Seeverkehrs-AG. After a 60,000 m² logistics centre was opened in Berlin in 1993,
6853-476: Was founded simultaneously. In 1984, Rhenus-WTAG merged with WTAG and resumed under the name Rhenus. In 1988, Rhenus formed three management companies: Rhenus Weichelt handled road freight transport, Rhenus Lager und Umschlag took on warehousing, transshipment and inland waterway shipping and Rhenus Transport International was responsible for international freight forwarding and air freight . In 1990, Stinnes AG (Hugo Stinnes AG until 1979) entered into
6942-544: Was increased to 100%. In April 2013, Abellio Deutschland announced it would focus on rail transport and sell its three bus companies. In November 2013 VM and Werner were sold to Transport Capital with 220 buses. The remaining KVG business was sold to Rhenus Veniro and the District of Bautzen in October 2014 with 84 buses. [REDACTED] Media related to Abellio Deutschland at Wikimedia Commons Essen Essen ( German pronunciation: [ˈɛsn̩] )
7031-544: Was initially active in freight transport and forwarding on the Rhine, as well as warehousing . In 1934, Hibernia Bergwerksgesellschaft , a subsidiary of VEBA , acquired a majority shareholding in the company. When VEBA was restructured in 1969, Rhenus was acquired by Hugo Stinnes AG . In 1971, Hugo Stinnes AG restructured its inland waterway shipping activities and set up Fendel-Stinnes-Schifffahrt AG near Duisburg . Rhenus Gesellschaft für Schifffahrt, Spedition und Lagerei
7120-714: Was made part of the Prussian Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg from 1815 to 1822, after which it became part of the Prussian Rhine Province until its dissolution in 1946. During the German Revolution of 1918–19 , Essen was the home of the Essen Tendency ( Essener Richtung ) within the Communist Workers' Party of Germany . In 1922 they founded the Communist Workers' International . Essen became one of
7209-468: Was meant to care for women of the higher Saxon nobility. This abbey was not an abbey in the ordinary sense, but rather intended as a residence and educational institution for the daughters and widows of the higher nobility; led by an abbess, the members other than the abbess herself were not obliged to take vows of chastity . Around 852, construction of the collegiate church of the abbey began, to be completed in 870. A major fire in 946 heavily damaged both
7298-515: Was moved to the capital Berlin. In light of the Energy transition in Germany , Germany's largest electric utility E.ON announced that, after restructuring and splitting off its conventional electricity generation division (coal, gas, atomic energy), it will move its headquarters to Essen in 2016, becoming a sole provider of renewable energy . The DAX -listed chemical distribution company Brenntag announced it would move its headquarters to Essen at
7387-402: Was not mentioned until 1371, and coal mining only began in 1450. At the end of the 16th century, many coal mines had opened in Essen, and the city earned a name as a centre of the weapons industry. Around 1570, gunsmiths made high profits and in 1620, they produced 14,000 rifles and pistols a year. The city became increasingly important strategically. Resident in Essen since the 16th century,
7476-488: Was placed in charge of the treasury. In 1377, Essen was granted imperial immediacy but had to abandon this privilege later on. Between the early 15th and 20th centuries, the political system of Essen underwent several changes, most importantly the introduction of the Protestant Reformation in 1563, the annexation of 1802 by Prussia , and the subsequent secularization of the principality in 1803. The territory
7565-603: Was purchased. Through the acquisition of Interspe Hamann Group (IHG) in 2006, Rhenus gained access to the company's land transport network and global freight services. Rhenus acquired Transport Management International Holding (TMI) , Hoofddorp (Netherlands), in July 2007, which supplemented Rhenus IHG's European network in the freight logistics division, particularly in the Benelux countries, and contributed further contract logistics sites. The takeover of TMI also led to an expansion of
7654-596: Was the fifth largest German city at that time) due to its booming industrial era of the Ruhr Area and the West German Wirtschaftswunder . Since 1970s, the population of Essen declined due to loss of jobs by coal and mining. Essen has a large migrant population, most of them are from Turkey , Syria and Poland . The City of Monessen, Pennsylvania , situated along the Monongahela River , was named after
7743-537: Was transferred from the Langenscheidt Publishing Group to Rhenus Medien Logistik . Additionally, Rhenus took over the forwarding companies Weckerle GmbH Spedition + Logistik , IFS Inter Freight System Internationale Spedition GmbH and Grossmann Sea & Air Logistics . Rhenus and Mierka Donauhafen Krems agreed a strategic partnership to expand the Danube activities, which led to the acquisition of
7832-505: Was transformed into Rhenus AG , based in Mannheim. The company was renamed again in 1976 when a joint venture was formed between Rhenus AG, Fendel-Stinnes-Schifffahrt AG and Westfälische Transport-Actien-Gesellschaft (WTAG) . The new company under the name Rhenus-WTAG had its headquarters in Dortmund , with 40 branch offices throughout Germany. The subsidiary CCS Combined Container Service
7921-471: Was under the reign of Teophanu that Essen, which had been called a city since 1003, received the right to hold markets in 1041. Ten years later, Teophanu had the eastern part of Essen Abbey constructed. Its crypt contains the tombs of St. Altfrid, Mathilde II, and Teophanu herself. In 1216, the abbey, which had only been an important landowner until then, gained the status of a princely residence when Emperor Frederick II called abbess Elisabeth I "Princess of
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