Berghofen (Dortmund)

Berghofen City of Dortmund Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 42 "  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 47"  E
Height :	approx. 130 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.04 km²
Residents :	11,988  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	2,377 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1929
Postcodes :	44267-44269, 44287
Area code :	0231
Statistical District :	42
Location of Berghofen in Dortmund

Berghofen ( Low German : Beärghoawen) is the statistical district 42 and at the same time a district in the southeast of the city of Dortmund in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . It borders the city of Schwerte . Together with Schüren , Aplerbeck and Sölde, Berghofen formed the old parish of Aplerbeck, which - expanded to include part of the village of Lichtendorf  - has now risen up in the Dortmund district of Aplerbeck . Berghofen has an area of ​​503.9 hectares and around 12,000 inhabitants.

history

The oldest evidence of human presence on site is a burial mound in the Berghofer Wald, which can be dated to the end of the Stone Age or the beginning of the Bronze Age . Berghofen is first mentioned by name in one of the Isenberg bailiwick roles of Count Friedrich von Altena-Isenberg around 1220. In 1229, Theodericus de Berchoven was mentioned as the first representative of a noble family who named themselves after the place. In 1268 Adalbert von Berghofen acquired his feudal (loan) property in Berghofen from Count Gottfried II von Arnsberg as property. In the 14th century at the latest, however, the lords of Berghofen fell into the feudal dependence of the Counts of the Mark . In the feud of the Counts von der Mark against the imperial city of Dortmund in 1389, the Berghof farms were burned down by the Dortmunders. In 1425 the place suffered the same fate in a feud between the Counts of Kleve-Märkische and the Duke of Berg. In a tax list of the county of Mark in 1486 the names of the 13 taxable Berghof farms and 3 kötterstellen were recorded. At that time, the local noble court was already owned by the van Eyll family .

It can be assumed that the place on the road from Hörde to Schwerte suffered considerable damage during the Thirty Years' War . Haus Berghofen , the village's aristocratic court demolished in 1969, was rebuilt in 1684. Berghofen fell to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1609 with the county of Mark. In 1769, the unkempt brand areas of the farmers were divided at the request of the Prussian administration. In 1777 Berghofen had 197 inhabitants who lived mainly from agriculture. There were some craftsmen and there was mining in small collieries. For the neighboring village of Schüren, mining can be traced back to 1296. Since coal also emerges in Berghofen, earlier use of hard coal can also be expected. Systematic coal mining is documented for the first time in 1746 with the Feldbank colliery . The last coal was mined in Berghofen in two small mines in the 1950s. The main road from Herdecke via Aplerbeck was built in the 1890s to supply coal to the Königsborn saltworks . Since then, Berghof farmers have been transporting coal, thereby increasing their income. In addition, many small sandstone quarries were created in Berghofen. The liberation of the peasants in the course of the Napoleonic and Prussian reforms led to a fragmentation of the peasant property and an increasing settlement of the Marche. Since 1817 Berghofen belonged to the Aplerbeck office in the Dortmund district . In 1887 the Aplerbeck office was added to the Hörde district. The industrialization of the Ruhr area unfolded in Berghofen's neighboring towns of Aplerbeck and Hörde . The workers of the Hörder Bergwerks- und Hütten-Verein , the Aplerbecker Hütte and the Kohlentiefbau- und Eisensteinzechen needed apartments and some of them were settled in Berghofen. With this, a gradual change from a farming village to a dormitory city for industrial workers and service providers began.

Ev. Kreuzkirche in Berghofen

In 1852 the Berghofen community built its own school house after lessons had been held in a private home for about a century. In even earlier times, the children went to school in Aplerbeck in winter, mostly for a short time, rather occasionally. Berghofen had its own registry office from 1889 until it was incorporated into Dortmund. In 1895 the Evangelical Church Congregation became independent and built the Kreuzkirche in 1930. The Catholic Mass has been celebrated in Berghofen since 1903, and in 1906 the congregation was able to build the St. Joseph's Church. The Catholic parish became independent in 1919. In 1971 a new Catholic church was completed.

With Dr. Wulf practiced a doctor on site for the first time in 1896. In 1909 Lambertz opened a pharmacy. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Dortmund bought large areas of forest to set up high water tanks and designed a local recreation area for the city in the Berghofer Forest . The site was reached by stagecoach until 1899, then the tram ran until 1954, and since then the area has been served by buses. In 1910 there was the first electric light on site by the power station of the United Wiendahlsbank colliery near Kruckel . In 1913, after the groundwater level had dropped due to underground coal mining, the place was connected to the city's drinking water supply, the downpipes of which ran through the place anyway. During the First World War, in which 238 Berghofers lost their lives, more and more women found permanent jobs in the post office, train, tram and industry.

In connection with the Kapp Putsch in Berlin in 1920, there were clashes in the Ruhr area between the Red Ruhr Army and the Freikorps deployed against them . At the time, peace negotiations were being held in the Gockel house at Berghofer Wald. When the French and Belgians occupied the Ruhr area at the beginning of 1923, the border of the occupied area ran at what is now Wittbräucker Strasse. During the Ruhrkampf time, there were serious riots by the French occupation, especially since the path through the Berghofer Wald was used by those persecuted to flee. Because of the constant air raids during World War II, in which many soldiers from Berghofen lost their lives, the schools were closed in 1943 and the children evacuated.

The Berghofen water reservoir was demolished after 100 years of operation.

Berghofen today

North portal of the Berghofer tunnel

After the Second World War, constant building activity began in Berghofen. There are only two farms left in the former farming village. The traces of industrialization have largely disappeared. Only those who know the place will notice wooded heaps and the reservoirs of the water art of the old mining. In 1979 Berghofen celebrated its 750th anniversary with the participation of the entire "village". Ingo Fiedler, who was Dortmund's local home keeper and Berghof historian at the time, reminded Berghofen that he was first mentioned in his essay (in: Berghofer Blick 3/1993) that the name Berghofen can already be found in the “Große Vogteirolle” (see above). That is why Berghofen will be able to celebrate its 800th anniversary in 2020 (only 41 years after the 750th).

The connection of the town and the surrounding region to the network of federal motorways and federal highways, including the old traffic route from Hörde to Schwerte, Berghofer Straße, led to an enormous volume of traffic, which was caused by the Berghofen tunnel , which opened on July 14, 2008, along the B 236 was noticeably reduced.

The non-profit association "Unser Mitte Steigerturm eV" (founded in October 2015) has committed itself to preserving the fire brigade equipment house built in 1914 and to revitalizing the historic center of the village "Opm Suegemarkt".

population

As of December 31, 2018, 11,988 people lived in Berghofen.

Structure of the Berghof population:

• Minor quota: 19.5% [Dortmund average: 19.4% (2016)]
• Old age quota: 37.4% [Dortmund average: 30.0% (2016)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 7.6% [Dortmund average: 18.2% (2018)]
• Unemployment rate: 6.4% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income in Berghofen is around 10% above the Dortmund average.

Population development

year	Pop.
1987	12,030
2003	11,667
2008	11,811
2013	11,998
2016	11,895
2018	11,988

people

• Aki Schmidt , national soccer player
• Fritz Weikart , German wrestler
• Ulrich Straeter , writer and publisher

supporting documents

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2018 (PDF file)
2. ^ Wilhelm Schleef: Dortmund Dictionary, 1967 (PDF; 3.9 MB)
3. ^ Heimatpflege in Westfalen , Vol. 28 (2015), Issue 4–5, p. 21.
4. ↑ Population structures annual report 2016 (PDF file)
5. ↑ Population structures annual report 2016 (PDF file)
6. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts as of December 31, 2018 (PDF file)
7. ↑ Unemployment rates according to statistical districts on June 30, 2017 ( memento of the original from June 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file) 

Web links

• Steigerturm and fire department equipment house from 1914

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