Bottrop

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Bottrop
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Bottrop
Bottrop (Germany)
Bottrop
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Urban District
Mayor Peter Noetzel (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 100.7 km² (38.9 sq mi)
Elevation 60 m  (197 ft)
Population  118,975  (31/12/2006)Landesamt für Statistik
 - Density 1,181 /km² (3,060 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BOT
Postal codes 46236–46244
Area codes 02041, 02045
Website bottrop.de

Coordinates: 51°31′29″N 06°55′22″E / 51.52472, 6.92278

Bottrop (help·info) (IPA: [ˈbɔtʁɔp]) is a city in west central Germany, on the Rhine-Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail center and contains factories producing coal-tar derivatives, chemicals, textiles, and machinery. Bottrop grew as a mining center beginning in the 1860s and was chartered as a city in 1921. In 1975 it unified with the neighbour communities of Gladbeck and Kirchhellen, but Gladbeck left it in 1976, leading to Kirchhellen becoming a district of Bottrop as Bottrop-Kirchhellen.

Bottrop has the longest stretch of autobahn without junctions which is often used for testing vehicles at high speed, and is home to the famous Mercedes-Benz tuning company Brabus.

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[edit] Boroughs

Altmarkt in the city
Altmarkt in the city

The total area of the municipal territory is about 101 square kilometers. The longest north-south distance is 17 kilometers, and from west to east 9 kilometers. The highest peak within the city's territory is 78 m, the lowest one 26 m above NN.

Bottrop is divided into 3 boroughs, they are: Bottrop-Mitte (Bottrop-Center), Bottrop-Süd (Bottrop South) and Bottrop-Kirchhellen, each one having a borough representation and a borough ruler.

These boroughs are further subdivided into city parts, partly named after their traditional name, while the newly built parts are only recently named :

  • Bottrop-Mitte: Eigen, Fuhlenbrock, Stadtmitte (City center)
  • Bottrop-Süd: Batenbrock, Boy, Ebel, Lehmkuhle, Vonderort, Gartenstadt Welheim (Garden city Welheim) and Welheimer Mark (Welheim Market)
  • Bottrop-Kirchhellen: Ekel, Feldhausen, Grafenwald, Hardinghausen, Holthausen, Im Loh, Kirchhellen, Kuhberg, Overhagen

For statistical reasons, Bottrop is also divided into statistical boroughs, they are (with their official numbering)

  • 11 Altstadt
  • 12 Nord-Ost (Northeast)
  • 13 Süd-West (Southwest)
  • 21 Fuhlenbrock-Heide (Fühlenbrock-Heath)
  • 22 Fuhlenbrock-Wald (Fühlenbrock-Forest)
  • 31 Stadtwald (City forest)
  • 32 Eigen
  • 41 Batenbrock-Nord (Batenbrock-North)
  • 42 Batenbrock-Süd (Batenbrock-South)
  • 51 Boy
  • 52 Welheim
  • 61 Ebel/Welheimer Mark (Ebel-Welheim Market)
  • 62 Süd (South)
  • 71 Kirchhellen-Mitte (Kirchhellen-Center)
  • 72 Kirchhellen-Süd/Grafenwald (Kirchhellen-South/Grafenwald)
  • 73 Kirchhellen-Süd-West (Kirchhellen-Southwest)
  • 74 Kirchhellen-Nord-Ost (Kirchhellen-Northwest)

[edit] Kirchhellen

From 1919 until 1976 Kirchhellen was its own town. From 1976 until 1978 it was a part of "GlaBotKi"(Gladbeck, Bottrop, Kirchhellen). 1978 Kirchhellen would a part of Bottrop. The Kirchhellner were very angry and today they aren't happy about it yet.

Most of Kirchhellner are catholic (ca. 65%) - there are three churches their will be own on first of January in 2007. There is one Lutheran church (ca. 20% of the population is Lutheran and ca. 5% are Muslims). The rest is mostly without a religion.

[edit] Religious Demographics & Churches

Catholic church St. Cyriakus
Catholic church St. Cyriakus
Protestant Martinschurch
Protestant Martinschurch
  • Catholic: ~50% (19 churches)
  • Protestant (Lutheran): ~20% (8 churches)
  • Atheist/Agnostic: ~20%
  • Muslim: ~5%

[edit] Notable people from Bottrop

[edit] Notable Locations

[edit] Twin towns

Bottrop is twinned with:

[edit] Photos of Bottrop

Tetraeder Steps Leading to Tetraeder Steel Works Near Alpin Center


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