The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Castrop-Rauxel
(käs´trôp-rouk´sl) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 79,100), North RhineWestphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine-Herne Canal, an industrial city of the Ruhr district. Chemicals and other light industrial goods are produced there, and coal mining is a major industry.