Höntrop

Höntrop district of Bochum
Coordinates	51 ° 27 '50 "  N , 7 ° 9' 7"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '50 "  N , 7 ° 9' 7"  E
height	95  m above sea level NHN
surface	4.70 km²
Residents	17,117 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Population density	3642 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	44869
district	Wattenscheid
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Höntrop is a district of Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia . With around 17,000 inhabitants, it is one of the largest districts in the Wattenscheid district .

Höntrop borders on the districts of Westenfeld , Sevinghausen and Eppendorf , which together with Höntrop belonged to the independent town of Wattenscheid until the end of 1974, and is now in the west of Bochum. The Essen district of Freisenbruch and the Bochum districts of Linden and Dahlhausen are in the immediate vicinity .

history

Höntrop was first mentioned around the year 880 as "Hogingthorpe" in lifting Register was founded in 802 Werden Abbey . The neighboring towns of Eppendorf (Abbingthorpe) and Westenfeld (Westanfelda) were also mentioned .

The place experienced an upswing through the Ruhr mining . The Wattenscheid-Höntrop station from the 19th century is on the S1 S-Bahn line of the VRR from Dortmund to Solingen . The old Höntrop brewery was built around 1900 .

The municipality of Höntrop was incorporated into Wattenscheid on April 1, 1926, when the law on the new regulation of municipal borders in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial districts came into force. A small part was reclassified to Bochum.

Abraham David Christian erected the “Stahlwerk” monument on the traffic island.

Höntrop around 1930

With several carnival societies and its own parade next to Linden, Höntrop is one of the carnival strongholds in the otherwise less carnivalist Bochum, because in Wattenscheid the carnival in turn plays a major role: the big move from Wattenscheid-Günnigfeld to Wattenscheid-Mitte (in even calendar years) under good circumstances up to 100,000 visitors. For comparison: Wattenscheid has a total of just over 72,000 inhabitants.

Traditionally, goose riding takes place in Höntrop every year at carnival as a folk festival, it has a tradition that goes back over 400 years. According to tradition, it was taken over by Spanish soldiers who wintered nearby during the Eighty Years' War (17th century). From 2018, a real goose will no longer be used for goose riding, which was then eaten together, but a dummy.

Höntrop has two football clubs: In the state league, the traditional SV Höntrop 1916 , which has existed since 1916 and played between 1933 and 1939 in the Gauliga Westfalen , the highest German football class at the time, and the young FC Höntrop 80, which only existed since 1980 currently plays in the district league C.

In the year 2000 Höntrop became known through a mountain damage , the so-called Höntroper Loch . This surprising quarry , which developed from January 2, 2000 as a result of a cavity in the United Maria Anna Steinbank colliery and in which a garage sank, had to be filled with concrete .

The Kleinzeche Zeche Zollstraße was also located in the west of Höntrop from 1949 to 1963.

population

On December 31, 2019, 17,068 people lived in Höntrop.

Structural data of the population in Höntrop:

• Minor quota: 15.7% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
• Old age quota (60 years and older): 32.3% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 9.2% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
• Unemployment rate: 7.6% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

fire Department

Höntrop has had a volunteer fire brigade since October 18, 1902 , which is known today as the Höntrop fire engine . The fire-fighting train was instrumental in securing the quarry that occurred in 2000 on Emilstrasse.

At the beginning of October 2012, a new fire station for the Höntrop and Eppendorf fire engines was inaugurated. In addition, the Höntrop, Eppendorf, Heide, Dahlhausen volunteer fire brigades and the fire school received five new LF 10/6 fire fighting vehicles, which were blessed on this occasion.

Web links

• History of Höntrop ( Memento from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Höntrop in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistical yearbook of the city of Bochum 2017 ( [1] ).
2. ↑ The population figures are given according to statistical districts and not according to the districts, the figures for this are in the article population development of Bochum .
3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 329 .
4. ↑ Rudolf Kötzschke (Ed.): Die Urbare der Abtei Werden ad Ruhr (= Publications of the Society for Rhenish History XX: Rheinische Urbare). Vol. 2: A. The land register from 9. – 13. Century. Edited by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978, vol. 3: B. Stock books, lifting and interest registers from the 14th to the 17th century, Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978, vol. 4, I: Introduction and register . I. Name register. Edited by Fritz Körholz, Düsseldorf 1978, Vol. 4, II: Introduction, Chapter IV: The economic constitution and administration of the great manor will. Subject index. Edited by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1958
5. ↑ VRR online timetable table ( PDF ( Memento of the original dated February 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) 
6. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 247 .