Bitter pulp

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Bittermark (disambiguation) .

Bitter pulp City of Dortmund Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 48 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 52 ″  E
Height :	199 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.63 km²
Residents :	2692  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	743 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1929
Postcodes :	44227, 44229
Area code :	0231
Statistical District :	62
Location of Bittermark in Dortmund

The Bittermark Memorial

Bittermark is the statistical district 62 and at the same time a southern part of the city of Dortmund . It is located in the district of Hombruch , has an area of ​​363 hectares and has around 2700 inhabitants. The residential development of the Bittermark is primarily characterized by single-family houses and a low settlement density. The forest near Bittermark is considered an upscale residential area with corresponding real estate and land prices. The federal motorway 45 runs through the district .

history

For centuries, the Bittermark was a pure forest area on the northern slopes of the Ardey Mountains . The first settlement began after 1770 through clearing and the construction of isolated cottages . The Bittermark area was administered by the parish of Kirchhörde .

Part of the Wellinghofen office in the Hörde district , the Bittermark fell in 1925 as part of the incorporation into the city of Dortmund.

Industrialization moved into Bittermark with the opening of the Gottessegen mine . Today the colliery is reminiscent of a workshop for the disabled with the same name and the colliery's former extinguishing water ponds .

Towards the end of the Second World War, crimes at the end of the war were committed in the city ​​forest of Bittermark . At Easter 1945, from March 7th to April 12th, around 300 people were murdered by the Gestapo in a clearing in the Bittermark, in Rombergpark and on the railway site between Hörde and Berghofen . The Bittermark memorial has been a reminder of the crimes since 1960 . Every year on Good Friday there is a memorial service in honor of the victims.

population

On December 31, 2019, there were 2,692 residents in Bittermark.

Structure of the bitter marker population:

• Share of the population under 18-year-olds: 13.3% [Dortmund average: 16.2% (2018)]
• Population share of at least 65-year-olds: 25.4% [Dortmund average: 20.2% (2018)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 5.2% [Dortmund average: 18.8% (2019)]
• Unemployment rate: 4.1% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income in Bittermark is around 85% above the Dortmund average.

Population development

year	Pop.
1987	2297
2003	2518
2008	2563
2010	2581
2013	2639
2016	2711
2018	2706

Web links

Commons : Dortmund-Bittermark  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF)
2. ↑ Jan Niko Kirschbaum: memorials as signs of time. National Socialism in the culture of remembrance in North Rhine-Westphalia . transcript, Bielefeld 2020, ISBN 978-3-8376-5064-8 , pp. 156-184.
3. ↑ Population share of the under 18 year olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
4. ↑ Population share of at least 65-year-olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
5. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF file)
6. ↑ 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)