Gelsenkirchen old town

Old town district of Gelsenkirchen
Coordinates	51 ° 30 '30 "  N , 7 ° 5' 52"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '30 "  N , 7 ° 5' 52"  E.
height	44  m above sea level NN
surface	1.574 km²
Residents	8793 (Dec 31, 2009)
Population density	5586 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	45879
prefix	0209
structure
Borough	center
Districts	Old town, Bismarck , Bulmke-Hüllen , Feldmark, Heßler , Schalke , Schalke-Nord
politics
District Head	Preuss, Detlev ( SPD )
Source: Gelsenkirchen statistical office

Gelsenkirchen-Altstadt is mainly the city ​​center of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia , which is located north of the Cologne-Mindener railway line and forms the southern focus of the city in the Ruhr area . However , there is hardly a (historical) old town anymore. The northern center of Gelsenkirchen, on the other hand, is the district of Buer as the core of the former city of Buer , which was an independent urban district until 1928.

The old town has an area of ​​1.574 km².

The Protestant old town church is named after the district, as it otherwise has no other name. Nearby is the Provost Church of St. Augustine , the main Catholic church in Gelsenkirchen.

population

As of December 31, 2019, 10,158 people lived in Gelsenkirchen's old town.

• Share of the female population: 49.4% (Gelsenkirchen average: 50.4%)
• Share of the male population: 50.6% (Gelsenkirchen average: 49.6%)
• Proportion of foreigners: 37.5% (Gelsenkirchen average: 21.7%)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
2. ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
3. ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
4. ↑ Share of foreigners in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - Data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de