Own (Bottrop)

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Own
City of Bottrop
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 52 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : approx. 45 m
Area : 12 km²
Residents : 12,664  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density : 1,055 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 46240
Area code : 02041
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Location of Eigen in Bottrop

Eigen (Platt: Egen) is one of 17 districts of the independent city of Bottrop .

The name Eigen was mentioned for the first time in 1410, colloquially "up dem Eigen", for the Schlagenholt farmers.

Residents

Around 12,500 people live in an area of ​​twelve square kilometers.

location

Within Bottrop, the Eigen borders the districts of Fuhlenbrock , Stadtmitte , Batenbrock , Boy and Grafenwald . There is also a border with the Ellinghorst district of Gladbeck .

Infrastructure

The district has its own market square , which was reopened in 2007 after renovations.

The district is on the highways A 2 and A 31 connected to the motorway network. Local road transport is mainly served by buses from Vestische Straßenbahnen GmbH , which operate a bus depot in the district.

Sports

Numerous sports clubs are located in the property. For example, the two football clubs SV Fortuna Bottrop (District League) and SV 1911 Bottrop (District League B) have their home here. Two tennis clubs (TC Eigen-Stadtwald & TC Blau-Gelb Eigen) are also located in Eigen. The archery club Bottrop is also in-house.

Companies

Web links

supporting documents

  1. Wenkerbogen 23053
  2. New own market opened to the public . Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2011.