North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia , commonly shortened to NRW (German: [ɛnʔɛʁˈveː] ), is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state … See more

North Rhine-Westphalia has a population of approximately 18.1 million inhabitants (more than the entire former East Germany, and slightly more than the Netherlands) and is centred around the polycentric Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, which includes the … See more

Architecture and building monuments
• The state is known for the most castles and fortresses in Germany.
• North Rhine-Westphalia has a high concentration of … See more

Creation
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia was established by the British military administration's "Operation Marriage" on 23 August 1946 by … See more

The flag of North Rhine-Westphalia is green-white-red with the combined coats of arms of the Rhineland (white line before green background, … See more

The politics of North Rhine-Westphalia takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. The two main parties are, as on the federal level, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the centre-left Social Democratic Party See more

North Rhine-Westphalia has always been Germany's powerhouse with the largest economy among the German states by GDP figures See more