an der Ruhr, Oberhausen und Bottrop, the 7th World Games took place. 2006 – Essen is chosen as the European City of Culture 2010. Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen stage games during the World Cup. 2007 – In January, the Federal Government announced the intention to subsidize the German coal industry until 2018. The Land government announce that aid from them will cease in 2015. 2007 – In August the Loveparade takes place in. The first staging of the event since its move from Berlin to the Ruhr carries the motto Love Is Everywhere. 2008 – The Nokia factory in Bochum is closed. 2008 – The Loveparade is celebrated in Dortmund with 1.6 million participants – a record. 2008 – Foundation of the Ruhr University Hospitals in Bochum and metropolitan area. 2009 – Opel is in crisis following the insolvency of General Motors. 2010 – Essen and the rest of the Ruhr stage RUHR.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt Europas. See also History of Westphalia Ruhr Mining Ruhr Shipping List of Mines in North Rhine-Westphalia Histories of individual Ruhr towns/cities: Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Hamm, Hattingen, Herne, Kamen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Oberhausen, Recklinghausen, Unna und Wesel. Timeline of Essen history Bibliography for References Menne, Bernhard, Blood and Steel – The Rise of the Krupps (2008) Parent, Thomas, Das Ruhrgebiet, Kultur und Geschichte in >Revier< zwischen Ruhr und Lippe (1984) References External links Ruhr Museum, Natural, cultural history and industrial museum Bombing raids on the Ruhr 1939–1945 Daniel A. Rehbein: Das Eisenbahnnetz im Ruhrgebiet (the post-war development of the railways) Engels on the Ruhr Coal Strike of 1889 Reproduction of the call to miners in support of the strike in the Ruhr, 7 January 1905 Contemporary report on the strike of 1905 Literature Dietmar Bleidick/Manfred Rasch (ed.): Technikgeschichte im Ruhrgebiet. Technikgeschichte für das Ruhrgebiet. (Technological History of the Ruhr District) Klartext Verlag, Essen; 2004; Ernst Dossmann: Auf den Spuren der Grafen von der Mark. Wissenswertes über das Werden und Wachsen der ehemaligen Grafschaft Mark und über den Märkischen Kreis; (On the Trail of the Grafs of the Mark) Verlag Mönnig Iserlohn; 1983; Doris Freer (concept); Stadt Duisburg, Frauenbüro (Hrsg.): Von Griet zu Emma. Beiträge zur Geschichte von Frauen in Duisburg vom Mittelalter bis heute. 2. (Contributions to History from Duisburg Females, from the Middle Ages to the Present) Duisburger Frauengeschichtsbuch, Duisburg 2000. (pdf Teil 1 (1 Mb); pdf Teil 2 (3,25 Mb))