Laer (Bochum)

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Laer
district of Bochum
Location of Laer in the middle, east, south
Coordinates 51 ° 28 '18 "  N , 7 ° 15' 54"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '18 "  N , 7 ° 15' 54"  E
height 115  m above sea level NHN
surface 5.67 km²
Residents 6211 (December 31, 2017)
Population density 1095 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Aug 1, 1929
Post Code 44803
structure
district Middle, East, South
Markings

Havkenscheid, Laer, Laerheide, Steinkuhl, Ümmingen

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Laer [ le: r ] is a district of Bochum , which was incorporated on August 1, 1929. He was already in the year 890 in the oldest lifting register the abbey are called.

The name Laer is derived from the Old High German lahari , which means "pasture place". Today's spelling with Westphalian expansion e is no longer pronounced [ laːr ], but mostly [ leːr ]. The inhabitants of Laer refer to themselves as Laersche.

From the 1960s onwards, Laer was shaped by the Opel Plant I located there , which was closed in 2014. Opel was the main employer in the district at the time.

Laer is inhabited by all social milieus and ethnic diversification is very high. The Laer district has a balanced development. The older buildings consist of single-family, terraced and multi-family houses. From the 1970s / 1980s, new apartment buildings were partly built as high-rise buildings as part of a district renovation. In recent years there has been an increase in densification due to the closure of existing building gaps.

Laer owned a Protestant and a Catholic church. After a structural reform in the diocese of Essen, the Catholic Corpus Christi church has been one of the so-called other churches since August 2008 and is no longer used for church services. After a renovation planned for 2017, advisory services and parts of the Caritas administration are to be accommodated there. The evangelical church was de- dedicated in 2012 and demolished in 2015. There are two kindergartens and a primary school , as well as the volunteer fire brigade , a youth club , an allotment garden , a football club (LFC Laer), a table tennis club (TTC Bochum-Laer 1954) and a small market square (Lahariplatz).

Laer is well served by local public transport. Various trams (302, 305, 310) and city ​​bus routes (345, 358, 372) connect the district to the city center and neighboring districts. There are direct connections to Bochum Central Station and the Ruhr University . Suburbs such as Langendreer , Querenburg , Altenbochum and Werne are also easy to reach. Laer is developed in the rail freight traffic. There is a connecting line that connects the Opel factory to the Langendreer marshalling yard. It is the last part of the former freight connection line from Dahlhausen via Weitmar to Langendreer that is in operation .

Haus Laer , a moated castle from the year 940, is of historical importance. The manor can be viewed and rented for parties and events.

The old noble house of Laer and the Opel factory I.

population

On December 31, 2019, 6,273 people lived in Laer.

Structural data of the population in Laer:

  • Minor quota: 17.1% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
  • Old age quota (60 years and older): 28.2% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
  • Proportion of foreigners: 17.5% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
  • Unemployment rate: 10.9% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

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. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 255 .
  4. ↑ Article on Haus Laer in the 7th Bochum Heimatbuch on the website of the city of Bochum
  5. ^ Gernot Noelle: Caritas dormitory in Bochum-Laer will be finished later. Retrieved January 30, 2017 .