Oestrich (Dortmund)

Oestrich City of Dortmund Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	66 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.71 km²
Residents :	5994  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	2.211 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	October 27, 1917
Incorporated into:	Amount of money
Postcodes :	44357, 44359
Area code :	0231
Statistical District :	94
Location of Oestrich in Dortmund
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Oestrich is the statistical district 94 and at the same time a district in the north-west of the urban city of Dortmund . It belongs to the Mengede district .

Today's Dortmund district of Oestrich was first mentioned in documents in 1379 as Oystrik or Osterwyk. The district, which today has grown together with the Mengede district, was a purely agricultural area until the construction of the Adolf von Hansemann colliery in the middle of the 19th century and later the Gustav mine.

On October 27, 1917, Östrich - as it was spelled at the time - was incorporated into Mengede and on April 1, 1928, it was finally incorporated into the city of Dortmund together with Mengede.

Geography and traffic

The place is at an altitude of 66  m above sea level. NHN .

Oestrich is located directly on the 45 and 42 motorways . There is also an S-Bahn station called Dortmund-Nette / Oestrich on line S 2 in the direction of Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and Dortmund-Mengede. A very mixed development characterizes the district: smaller apartment buildings and colliery houses predominate. There are also individual high-rises on the edge of the town center. There are also newer single-family houses and an industrial park on the southern outskirts.

population

Structure of the Oestrich population:

• Share of the population under 18-year-olds: 17.9% [Dortmund average: 16.2% (2018)]
• Share of the population of at least 65-year-olds: 18.0% [Dortmund average: 20.2% (2018)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 16.8% [Dortmund average: 18.8% (2019)]
• Unemployment rate: 13.8% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income in Oestrich is around 10% below the Dortmund average.

Population development

year	1987	2003	2008	2013	2016	2018
Residents	6330	6023	5998	6034	6327	6152

Personalities

• Konrad Schragmüller (1895–1934), officer, manor owner, SA group leader, police president of Magdeburg and member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP , was born in Oestrich
• Karl-Heinz Heimann (1924–2010), sports journalist, was born in Oestrich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF)
2. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 270 .
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 by statistical district on June 30, 2017 (PDF file)