Eppendorf (Bochum)

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Eppendorf
district of Bochum
Location of Eppendorf in Wattenscheid
Coordinates 51 ° 27 '18 "  N , 7 ° 10' 26"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '18 "  N , 7 ° 10' 26"  E
height 104  m above sea level NHN
surface 2.95 km²
Residents 9539 (December 31, 2016)
Population density 3234 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Jan. 1, 1975
Post Code 44869
district Wattenscheid
Source:
Eppendorfer Center

Eppendorf is a southern part of the Wattenscheid district of Bochum .

history

Eppendorf goes back to an old farming community called Abbingthorpe, which was characterized by two large farms (Thiemann and Beckhaus) and some cottages . The abbot of the Werden monastery owned the tithe and distributed the wood righteous in the Eppendorfer Mark.

In the Middle Ages, Eppendorf was part of the Bochum office and was the location of one of the three places of execution (Galberg) of the office on Thie , the old meeting place.

Around 1816, Eppendorf became part of the Wattenscheid office in the Prussian province of Westphalia . A census in 1838 showed that Eppendorf had developed into a place with 713 inhabitants and 195 houses. Today's primary school was opened in 1887. On July 29, 1891, 39 community members founded the Eppendorf Volunteer Fire Brigade .

With the dissolution of the Bochum district through the law on the reorganization of communal borders in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial districts , Eppendorf was divided into the independent cities of Wattenscheid (2.95 km 2 ) and Bochum (1.33 km 2 ) on April 1, 1926 . With the incorporation of Wattenscheid on January 1, 1975, Eppendorf became part of the city of Bochum, but is still administered via the Wattenscheid district (district 2).

population

On December 31, 2019, 9,484 people lived in Eppendorf.

Structural data of the population in Eppendorf:

  • Minor quota: 12.6% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
  • Old age quota (60 years and older): 36.0% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
  • Proportion of foreigners: 4.6% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
  • Unemployment rate: 4.5% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

Infrastructure

Today Eppendorf has a well developed infrastructure for everyday goods and is one of the good residential areas in Bochum.

The BOGESTRA bus routes 345, 354, 365, 390 and 394 run in the district . There are different sports clubs. SV Schwarz Weiß Eppendorf 1935 rose to the district league in the 2006/2007 season, and then rose to the regional league in 2009/2010. Other clubs are the FC Neuruhrort and the sports association Eppendorf 1885, the Eppendorfer Heimatverein eV, which organizes the Eppendorf local history museum and the annual Easter bonfire, as well as a Kolping family and, since 1953, a scout tribe of the German Scouts St. Georg (DPSG) .

The mining hiking trail runs along Wattenscheid between Eppendorf and Höntrop .

In August 2007, a retirement home was opened in Eppendorf, the "Elsa Brändström House" named after Elsa Brändström .

At the moment (2018) a roundabout is being built in the town center.

Web links

Commons : Eppendorf (Bochum)  - 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. 232 .
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 329 .