The Midlands

The Midlands

The Midlands is in the middle in England between the south of England, east England, the North Sea and the north of England as well as Wales on the Westside with the Cambrian mountains. The climate is mild. There are high precipitation, strong hoist and low differences between the temperature in the summer and the winter, on the day and at night. The landscape is hilly. In the Midlands the source of the river is Thames. One of the values of the region is the fact that revolution in the iron bridge began the industrielle, a city in the Westmidlands.

1709 were melted iron with the coal, which was used there during as fuel for heating - this paved the way for the use of the iron and the steel in many sectors of the industriellen of life. In the former times the region lost much its industry because of the world-wide recession and too expensive production. Now it is one of the largest industrial areas in the world. The Midlands is very famous for their industries. In the counties Yorkshire, are Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire the largest coal - pits. There is many iron work, a quantity of steel industry, mechanical engineering nature and cotton - industry. Like that the Midlands is the emphasis of the English metallurgy.

In England are two Midlands, which are called west and east inland. Westmidlands is one of the smallest regions of England. It has a surface of 13000 square kilometers. A large region is used in the west and in the north for agriculture. The population amounts to approx.. 5 million. 80% of it live in a city. Many cities have important industries agrakultur of the machines, the Potterys and the carpets. East inland is not famous as Westmidlands as, but it is a beautiful region, where many tourists travel, in order to search after some old churches or other one. It is a region, in which the religion plays a large role.

Cities of the Midlands:

Birmingham is it an important city, because it is the secondly largest city and an important metropolis of the industry and culture in the Westmidlands. There 1.014.000 inhabitants live. Birmingham BRUM. is called by them. It is industrialcenter world-wide the largest city of Great Britain to London and the largest. Industries are steel, mechanical engineering nature, car - production for example vagabond, jewelry and food. The name of Birmingham comes from the Famlie De Birmingham. This city was already in the year 1538 an industry - city.

During the industriellen revolution was Birmingham the largest industrielle business center of England. The city has many shopping centres, is the central library, one of the largest libraries, largest Shakespeare - compilation from the USA with 50.000 volumes in 90 languages and the famous city hall. It is the musical center of Birmingham with one of the world-best organs and it looks like a Roman elbow.

Oxford is a part of the county Oxfordshire. The city has approximately 116,600 inhabitants. It is a well-known university town in Europe. In 912 it was mentioned first in a letter. 1264, when people began to establish the first universities. 1355 were there a large controversy between the inhabitants and the professional men. The second woman university was established in 1878. Now the city has 40 different universities with some yards, a chapel, feeding - resounds, to a library and levels. The oldest university is Merton.

Leicester is in the county Leicestershire. There 324,400 inhabitants live. It is a modern industry and a business centre. The city location for mechanical engineering natures and textile industry. In the former times was it roem. City. From 780 to 896 it was the Hauptquatier bishop. Leicester received its names from the count von Leicester, the father of the English parliament was. Today you can see, the last part the roem to the Jews barrier. City, the pc. Nicolas, the oldest church and the bell tower, which were established 1866. It is the center of the city with its large bell tower.

Nottingham is the capital of the county Nottinghamshire. 280,000 people live there. Sometimes it is called Queen of the Midlands because of its many parks. The industrial city has a long tradition. The industries are chemistry, fabric, machines and carriers. It is important to pits for coal -. The city was one of the first industrial cities in England. Nottingham is famous for the legend of Robin Hood, which lived in the Sherwood forest. The city centre is the largest market in England.

Derby lies in the county Derbyshire. There 218,000 people live. It is an industrial city with roll - Royce, porcelain, silk and carriers. 1715 gave it first silks to industry. The first porzellanindustrie was created in 1751. The city grew very fast because of the industrialization. Cars were built there since 1902 Now you can see a quantity of shopping centres and cathedral of Derby with the national park point district.