Beek (quarter)

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Beek (24)
district of Wuppertal
Location Beek in Wuppertal
Coordinates 51 ° 15 '58 "  N , 7 ° 6' 26"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '58 "  N , 7 ° 6' 26"  E.
height 200– 267  m above sea level NHN
surface 1.75 km²
Residents 2945 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Population density 1683 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners 5.3% (Dec. 31, 2016)
Post Code 42113
prefix 02 02
Borough Uellendahl-Katernberg
Transport links
Highway A46
bus 611 613 AST13
Source: Wuppertal statistics - spatial data

Beek is a 1.75 km² residential area in the west of the Wuppertal district of Uellendahl-Katernberg and belongs to the area of ​​the old town of Elberfeld .

geography

The residential area is in the northwest by the street In den Birken , in the northeast by the streets Katernberger Schulweg , Herberts Katernberg and August-Jung-Weg , in the south by the Wuppertaler Nordbahn and Katernberger Straße as well as the border to the Elberfeld-West and the Steinberger Bach limited. In a clockwise direction, the residential quarters Eckbusch , Nevigeser Strasse , Nordstadt , Brill , Nützenberg and Varresbeck surround the residential quarter.

The half-settled residential area is used for agriculture in the west and is interspersed with several small forests. It is crossed by the central thoroughfare In der Beek , which follows the eponymous brook (Middle Low German Beek, Beke, Becke or Bäke ), the Varresbeck , which leaves the residential area at Hof Beek . The highest point is the Falkenberg , which is 267 meters above sea level .

The Wuppertal-Katernberg junction of federal motorway 46 is to the west of the residential area .

The suburbs, locations and courtyards in the residential area include Am Hagen , Am Baum , Am Krötelnfeld , An der Straße , Bergerheide , Dorp , Falkenberg , Häuschen , In der Hülsbeck , In der Beek , Herberts Katernberg , Hosfelds Katernberg , König , Nüll and Steinberg .

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