Population development in Witten
This article shows the population development of the city of Witten in the southern Ruhr area in tabular and graphical form.
Population development
In the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the modern age , only a few hundred people lived in Witten. Due to numerous wars , epidemics and famine , the population rose only slowly. In the 19th century, with the onset of industrialization , Witten saw strong population growth. In 1817 only 1,534 people lived in the city, in 1900 there were already more than 33,000. The city's population also grew through numerous incorporations.
The incorporation of Heven on July 1, 1921 brought an increase of around 8,000 people to 46,292. On August 1, 1929, the communities of Annen (with Rüdinghausen , which was incorporated on April 1, 1922 ), Stockum , Düren , parts of Bommern and parts of Langendreer ( Krone ) were incorporated into the city of Witten. As a result, the population increased by 27,728 people to 73,288 inhabitants.
During the Second World War , Witten was the target of almost 100 destructive air raids because of its industrial importance. The entire city area, especially the area around the Ruhr bridges, was the scene of a bitter defensive battle between US troops and Wehrmacht units . The population fell from 73,365 in May 1939 to 69,384 in October 1946. Due to the influx of refugees and displaced persons from the German eastern regions, the population rose to over 96,000 by 1961.
In the course of the incorporation of Herbede (15,021 inhabitants 1974), the population of the city of Witten exceeded the limit of 100,000 on January 1, 1975, making it a major city . At the same time, the population reached its historical high of 109,554. On December 31, 2011, the " official population " for Witten was 98,330 (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices).
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1796 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates by the city administration (until 1970) and the State Statistical Office (from 1971). From 1840 the information relates to the “customs clearance population”, from 1871 to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1987 to the “population at the place of the main residence”. Before 1840, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.
From 1739 to 1944
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
From 1945 to 1970
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¹ census result
Source: city administration
From 1971
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Sources: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia and City of Witten
Population forecast
In its 2006 “Guide to Demographic Change 2020”, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provides data on the development of the population of 2,959 municipalities in Germany, a population decline of 7.0 percent (7,095 people) is predicted for Witten between 2003 and 2020.
Absolute population development 2003-2020 - forecast for Witten (main residences):
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Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2006 |
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| Residents with main residence | 100,248 |
| of which male | 48.033 |
| Female | 52,215 |
| German | 91,676 |
| of which male | 43,836 |
| Female | 47,840 |
| Foreigners | 8,572 |
| of which male | 4,197 |
| Female | 4,375 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 8.6 |
Source: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2006 (main residences).
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Source: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia
Districts
The population figures in the following table refer to December 31, 2006 (main residences).
| Surname | Area in km² | population | Inhabitants per km² |
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| Anne | 12.10 | 18,874 | 1,560 |
| Bommern | 6.13 | 8,711 | 1,421 |
| Düren / Stockum | 5.44 | 6,543 | 1,203 |
| Herbede | 23.97 | 14,099 | 588 |
| Heven | 5.97 | 11,926 | 1,998 |
| Witten center | 11.41 | 34,137 | 2,992 |
| Rudinghausen | 7.35 | 6,761 | 920 |
| Witten | 72.37 | 101.051 | 1,396 |
Source: City of Witten
See also
literature
- Imperial Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Statistical yearbook for the German Empire. 1880-1918
- Statistisches Reichsamt (Ed.): Statistical yearbook for the German Reich. 1919–1941 / 42
- German Association of Cities (Hrsg.): Statistical yearbook of German municipalities. 1890 ff.
- Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Statistical yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany. 1952 ff.
- Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.): Guide to Demographic Change 2020. Analyzes and action plans for cities and municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung Publishing House, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-89204-875-4 .
Web links
- City administration Witten: structural data population
- Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to Demographic Change
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Witten: structural data on the population ( Memento from June 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: witten.de, accessed on May 6, 2012.
- ^ City of Witten: Population by districts ( Memento from August 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: wittencms.de, accessed on September 13, 2019.