Linden (Bochum)

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Linden
district of Bochum
Location of Linden in the south-west
Coordinates 51 ° 25 '34 "  N , 7 ° 9' 38"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '34 "  N , 7 ° 9' 38"  E
height 120  m above sea level NHN
surface 4.33 km²
Residents 14,123 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Population density 3262 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Aug 1, 1929
Post Code 44879
district Southwest
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Linden is a district in the southwest of Bochum . The former independent parish "Linden" was first incorporated into the new parish Linden-Dahlhausen in 1921, and in 1929 together with it to Bochum.

history

Linden is located in the south of the city along an old trade route or today's federal highway 51 , which crosses the Ruhr to Hattingen further south . The Horkenstein is one of the oldest relics .

Bochum and Linden, map by Le Coq, 1805

Like its neighboring district of Dahlhausen , Linden was originally characterized by agriculture. Both localities then advanced to become the first larger coal mining area of ​​today's city of Bochum. Many small studs mines consolidated with advancing technology to large mines such as the colliery Baaker dump , mine Peaceful neighbor or mine Hasenwinkel .

Between 1819 and 1870 the population increased from 400 to 2,600. The Catholic Church of Our Lady was built from 1865 to 1866 by the Barmer architect Gerhard August Fischer and until 1901 by Hilger Hertel the Elder. J. expanded. The Protestant Christ Church was built from 1874 to 1877 according to plans by the Witten master builder Friedrich Ellinghaus ; it burned down in the last days of World War II and was rebuilt from 1950 to 1953. In 1876 the Linden-Dahlhauser Turnverein was founded. In 1885 the St. Josefs-Hospital Bochum-Linden was opened, in 1897 the Evangelical Hospital . The Linden-Dahlhauser swimming club 1921 was founded in 1921.

Formerly a municipality in the district of Hattingen , Linden and Dahlhausen formed the new municipality of Linden-Dahlhausen in 1921, which was incorporated into Bochum on August 1, 1929. Königsstrasse was renamed Hattinger Strasse in 1929.

population

On December 31, 2019, 14,078 residents lived in Linden.

Structural data of the population in Linden:

  • Minor quota: 14.4% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
  • Old age rate (60 years and older): 32.7% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
  • Proportion of foreigners: 6.6% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
  • Unemployment rate: 6.2% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

Personalities

Ferdinand Krüger , the secret medical adviser, was one of the personalities . The working-class poet Heinrich Kämpchen was a full-time miner at the Hasenwinkel colliery. The journalist and writer Wilhelm Herbert Koch was born in Linden, he created the character mate Anton.

Infrastructure

Today there are a variety of retail stores along Hattinger Straße, the Catholic Church of Our Lady, the Evangelical Christ Church and the market square. The Südbad with indoor and outdoor pools is located close to the town center .

The infrastructure also includes two hospitals. The St. Josefs-Hospital Bochum-Linden was opened in 1885 and is a general care hospital. The other hospital , which belongs to the Augusta Evangelical Foundation, has now specialized in gerontology .

The tram lines 308 and 318 run through Linden from Gerthe or Bochum main station to Hattingen and Dahlhausen , operated by the Bogestra . In addition to this, bus lines 352 and 357 also run in the Linden area, the latter also providing a connection to the train station in Dahlhausen.

media

A district newspaper called VorOrt has been established for Linden and Dahlhausen.

Sports

The following football clubs have their venues in Linden:

The SV Waldesrand Linden got its name from the location of the neighboring settlement on the edge of the Weitmarer Holz.

The SG Linden-Dahlhausen was created in 1998 from the VfB Linden and the SG Bochum-Süd . The latter, in turn, was formed in 1972 from two well-known clubs, the SC Dahlhausen and the MBV Linden 05 , which failed three times in the 1930s to gain promotion to the Gauliga Westfalen , the top division at the time. SG LiDa shares the Lewacker venue in Linden-Mitte with SC Amacspor Dahlhausen .

CSV Sportfreunde Linden (until it was renamed DJK Sportfreunde Linden in 2010) is the association of the Catholic parish and, like DJK Adler Dahlhausen, plays on the In der Hei area on Hasenwinkeler Strasse, where SC Dahlhausen and SG Bochum-Süd used to be were at home. In the Hei lies in a gorge on the local border between Linden and Dahlhausen and was created on the site of the former garbage dump of the two communities, right next to the Hasenwinkel mine.

photos

  • Hattinger Strasse

  • Historic tram

  • tram

  • Linden trees in the evening

Web links

Commons : Bochum-Linden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. 258 .
  4. ↑ Lindane is now on site