Gelsenkirchen alder
Alder is a district of the city of Gelsenkirchen . On December 31, 2018, Erle had a total of 25,827 inhabitants on an area of 7.73 km², which corresponds to a population density of 3,341 inhabitants / km².
Location and history
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Gelsenkirchen-Erle is north of the Rhein-Herne Canal and the Emscher . In the southeast it borders directly on the forest of the Resser Mark. The district is divided into the locations Erle, Berger Feld and Middelich. Several streams flow through the district, such as B. the Leither Mühlenbach and the Knabenbach.
The district is surrounded exclusively by other districts of the city of Gelsenkirchen . In the west, Erle borders on Beckhausen , in the northwest on Buer , in the northeast on Resse and in the east on Resser Mark . With Resse and Resser Mark, alder forms the Gelsenkirchen district east. All of these districts were historically part of the former city of Buer , like Alder ; the Resser Mark used to belong to the immediate outer area of the village of Erle. In the south, the Erle district borders on Bismarck and, to the west, on Schalke-Nord , both on the other side of the Emscher.
In the Middle Ages, since 1230, large parts of the peasants adjoining Buer to the south-east in what is now Erler's territory were farmed from the manor house Leythe, which is reinforced with battlements and surrounded by a moat . The Graf Bismarck colliery later acquired large parts of the property and began mining coal in shaft 3 in the immediate vicinity of the estate in 1894. After the colliery closed early in the 1960s, green spaces were created there. All shafts except shaft 1/4 (in Schalke-Nord on the other side of the Emscher) as well as the main administration of this important Gelsenkirchen colliery were in Erle (including today's Resser Mark).
A small bunker from the Second World War has been preserved near the hospital on Cranger Strasse , Erles' main street .
population
As of December 31, 2019, 25,686 inhabitants lived in Erle.
- Share of the female population: 51.6% (Gelsenkirchen average: 50.4%)
- Share of the male population: 48.4% (Gelsenkirchen average: 49.6%)
- Proportion of foreigners: 11.5% (Gelsenkirchen average: 21.7%)
economy
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A weekly market takes place two days a week on the Erler Marktplatz . The main shopping street in Erles is Cranger Straße (also Bundesstraße 226). In the south of the district on the canal bank is a large commercial area. Furniture stores, department stores and large grocery stores are located here. The Verkehrshof Ruhrgebiet and TÜV Gelsenkirchen are located in Daimlerstrasse . Since May 2015, the Gelsenkirchen tax office has been located in Middelich north of the Autobahn 2 on a newly developed building area at Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 7 , which includes the two previously existing tax offices Gelsenkirchen-Süd (in the old town on Zeppelinallee ) and Gelsenkirchen-Nord ( in Buer) merged and replaced.
traffic
Gelsenkirchen-Erle is connected to the main train station and the districts of Schalke, Bismarck, Buer, Beckhausen and Horst by tram line 301 . Buses go to Resser Mark, Resse, Buer, Beckhausen, Schaffrath and to Wanne-Eickel main station. The B 226 runs through Alder and crosses with the B 227 at the Forsthaus . In the north, the A 2, which runs at a low altitude and is partially roofed, cuts through the district area.
education
In Erle there are four community elementary schools that operate all day. There is also the Erle Comprehensive School (formerly Gerhart Hauptmann Realschule), the Berger Feld Comprehensive School and the Surkampstrasse Secondary School. The Michael-Ende-Schule, a special school with a focus on learning and emotional and social development, is located in Erle-Middelich. The Gelsenkirchen City Library also operates a branch in Erle. The mobile library also stops on several streets in Erle.
Parks
There are several parks and green spaces in Alder. B. the Bear Park, which is in the west of Erle-Berger Feld. This park is also called "Berger Aue" and is colloquially called "Entenpark" because it surrounds the Erler Ententeich. In the east of the district there are green spaces near the Haus Leythe golf course. A special feature is the "Tunnel Erle" park, which lies above the motorway tunnel built in the early 2000s on the cover of the alder enclosure .
In the north (no longer part of Gelsenkirchen-Erle) are the Berger facilities, with the Berger See and Berge Castle . In the southeast, just behind the city limits at the Erle forest house, the extensive forest areas of the Resser Mark begin . The main entrance of the Gelsenkirchen Zoo is in the immediate vicinity of the forester's house on the other side of the canal .
leisure
The following leisure facilities are available in Gelsenkirchen-Erle:
- Golf course Haus Leythe
- Apollo Cinemas (Gelsenkirchen's largest cinema with nine halls, also 3D)
- Sports paradise (indoor swimming pools, outdoor pool, ice rink, other events, shooting, bowling and a sports bar)
- Veltins-Arena ( FC Schalke 04 stadium with football matches, events, biathlon, etc.)
- District sports facility Oststraße (training ground for women's and girls' football in popular sports)
church
In Gelsenkirchen-Erle there are the following churches:
Catholic:
- St. Barbara Church
- St. Bonifatius Church (closed since November 2007, profaned in 2014 )
- St. Suitbert Church
- St. Konrad Church
The first three churches mentioned have belonged to the parish of St. Barbara since 2001, which also includes the church of St. Ida in the Resser Mark district. It has around 9500 parishioners and has belonged to the parish of St. Urbanus since August 2007 due to the restructuring of the Essen diocese.
The Church of St. Konrad and the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Buer form the parish of St. Mary of the Assumption, which also belongs to the parish of St. Urbanus.
Evangelical:
- Trinity Church
- Matthew Church
- Thomaskirche with a distinctive bow shape of the choir, built 1963–1965
Free municipalities:
- Christliche-Gemeinde-Erle eV
New Apostolic:
- New Apostolic Church Congregation Erle
Jehovah's Witnesses:
- Congress hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Gelsenkirchen
The youth cellar of the YMCA Erle is located at the Thomaskirche.
Health and social services
The St. Elisabeth Hospital is located on Cranger Strasse and includes general medical facilities and a geriatric psychiatric ward. A hospital park and a cafeteria are connected here.
The Erler medical center on Kalthofstrasse includes several practices of doctors from various fields. The Frankampstraße health center houses doctors' practices, a pharmacy and rooms for health services.
In Gelsenkirchen-Erle there are three nursing homes and retirement homes, the retirement and nursing home of the city of Gelsenkirchen on Haunerfeldstrasse, the Catholic retirement and nursing home “St. Josef ”and the senior center of the Gelsenkirchen Workers' Welfare Association (AWO for short). There is also a home for the disabled and a children's home. The Emscher workshops for people with disabilities of the St. Georg welfare organization are located in the industrial park on Emscherstraße .
In Erle there are the Catholic kindergartens St. Konrad, St. Barbara, St. Suitbert and St. Bonifatius, the Protestant kindergartens Kinderhaus Breite Straße, Kinderinsel Hedwigplatz, Thomaskindergarten and the Matthäus Kindergarten as well as the municipal kindergartens Ovellackerweg, Forsthauswinkel and Schulstraße.
In the southeast of the district there is a large animal shelter that attracts with events every year.
Sports
In addition to the well-known football club (and basketball team) FC Schalke 04, there is SpVgg in Erle. Erle 19, Erler SV 08 and DJK Eintracht Erle .
Furthermore, in 2007 the Budo-Sportcenter Bushido-Ryu eV established itself in Erle, which offers Jiu Jitsu , Ju-Jutsu, Kick-Boxing and Power Workout and whose athletes are successful at the state level. Since 2010, the Jiu-Jitsu club has been featured at international tournaments, such as the European Youth Championship in Vienna.
There is also ice hockey in Erle, the EHC Gelsenkirchen 2000, the Schalker Haie.
Events
The Erler City Festival and the Erler Potato Festival take place every year. The Erler Bürgerfest or Erler Stadtfest is celebrated for two days on the market square. On Rose Monday one of the largest and most visited Rose Monday procession in the Ruhr area has been held on Cranger Strasse since 1970 . In 2006 the 4th "National Walking Day" was held in Erle.
Personalities
- Fritz Symanek (1897–1953), politician (SPD)
- Hermann Strangemann (1912–1985), businessman, held numerous honorary positions and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for this.
- Hanno Kesting (1925–1975), sociologist
- Christa Williams (1926–2012), pop singer
- Elmar Windthorst (1930–2018), manager
- Adolphe Lechtenberg (* 1952), painter and draftsman
- Rüdiger Abramczik (* 1956), football player
- Michael Kopzog (* 1960), boxer
- Volker Abramczik (* 1964), football player
- Sebastian Ernst (athlete) (* 1984), athlete
Web links
- Gelsenkirchen alder in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2018 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
- ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
- ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
- ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
- ↑ Share of foreigners in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - Data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
- ^ LWL : Monument of the Month April in: LWL - Monument of the Month (2004) ( Memento from May 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Christian Scholz: The legend lives. In: WAZ , February 4, 2008, accessed June 8, 2020.
Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ' N , 7 ° 5' E