Düren is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, capital of the district Düren. With eighteen million inhabitants inhabiting 34,080 km² in western-northwestern Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia (German Nordrhein-Westfalen) is largest in population though only fourth in area among Germanys sixteen federal states, and contains about 22% of Germanys GDP. The capital is Düsseldorf. ... Düren is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...