Gelsenkirchen-Beckhausen

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Coat of arms of Gelsenkirchen
Beckhausen
district of Gelsenkirchen
Map of Gelsenkirchen with Beckhausen highlighted.
Coordinates 51 ° 32 '59 "  N , 7 ° 2' 34"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '59 "  N , 7 ° 2' 34"  E.
Residents 14,408 (Dec. 31, 2009)
Postcodes 45894-99, 45968
prefix 0209
structure
Borough west
Districts

Beckhausen, Horst

politics
District Head Joachim Gill ( SPD )
Transport links
Highway A2
Train RB43
tram 301
bus 342, 396, NE14
Source: Gelsenkirchen statistical office, Rhein-Ruhr transport association

Beckhausen is a district of the city of Gelsenkirchen with 14,402 inhabitants on an area of ​​6,144 km².

geography

The beginning of the Lanferbach at the foot of the Rungenberg dump
Local recreation area Halde Rungenberg

The Gelsenkirchen-Beckhausen district is located in the area of ​​the former farmers' communities Holthausen (northwest, GE-Schaffrath ), Sutum (east, sub-district of the same name in the southeast) and Beckhausen (middle, formerly south) of the former municipality of Buer . The south-west of the district flows in an ECA settlement from the 1950s into Gladbeck - Rosenhügel . Part of this settlement around Otto-Hue-Strasse, which has retained its name in Gladbeck, cannot be reached directly via Gelsenkirchener Strasse.

In the north the district borders on Buer , in the east on Erle (separated by Kurt-Schumacher-Straße), in the south on Horst and in the west on the neighboring town of Gladbeck .

Through Beckhausen u. a. the Lanferbach , which canalised after the site of the former Hugo colliery, is also known as "Köttelbecke" and flows into the Emscher .

In Beckhausen there is also a small part of the former and now greened overburden dump Rungenberg , which today serves as a local recreation area.

population

As of December 31, 2019, 14,286 people lived in Gelsenkirchen-Beckhausen.

  • Share of the female population: 50.5% (Gelsenkirchen average: 50.4%)
  • Share of the male population: 49.5% (Gelsenkirchen average: 49.6%)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 12.6% (Gelsenkirchen average: 21.7%)

economy

One of the most important main thoroughfares is Horster Strasse. Starting from Buer, it leads via Beckhausen in the direction of the Horst district, where it turns into the Kärntener Ring. In the city of Gladbeck , the same route becomes Horster Strasse again. There are several shops on it. There are other shops, banks and supermarkets in Schaffrath and Sutum, as well as several industrial areas, including one on Kampstrasse and in Sutum. General practitioners and specialists have also settled here.

There is a market day twice a week from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays on the Beckhausen market square (at the Catholic Liebfrauengemeinde) on Horster Straße.

The "Gelsenkirchen workshops for adapted work" built their first workshop in 1974 on Braukämperstrasse.

traffic

The tram line 301 connects the city districts Zentrum, Schalke , Bismarck , Buer, Erle and Horst . The BOGESTRA bus lines 396 (Buer, Schaffrath, Beckhausen, Horst bus station) and 342 (from the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences, Schaffrath, Beckhausen, Sutum, Erle, Resse) to the neighboring town of Herne ( Wanne-Eickel Hbf ) continue. Through the district which runs A 2 . The RB 43 line ( Dorsten  - Wanne-Eickel - Dortmund ), which is currently operated by DB Regio , also stops at the Buer Süd stop on the Winterswijk – Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck railway line . Tram line 302 connects Gelsenkirchen with Buer and stops on the outskirts of Sutum (Emscherstr.).

education

There are several municipal and Catholic kindergartens and community elementary schools with corresponding gyms, a secondary school and two special schools.

  • Community elementary school on Albert-Schweitzer-Straße
  • Community elementary school on Gecksheide with a branch on Flurstrasse
  • Liebfrauenschule on Schwalbenstrasse (formerly Catholic primary school on Schwalbenstrasse)
  • Secondary school on Schwalbenstrasse
  • Special school at the Albert Schweitzer School
  • Conveyor system on Horster Strasse
  • Language school on the Gecksheide

The mobile library of the Gelsenkirchen City Library also stops on several streets in the Beckhausen district.

graveyards

There are two cemeteries in Beckhausen. A relatively small one that is no longer used for burials and a newer one, the Sutumer Friedhof.

church

There are the following churches in Gelsenkirchen-Beckhausen:

Catholic:

  • Filial church Heilig Geist in Schaffrath on Giebelstrasse (belonging to Sankt Ludgerus Buer , to the parish of Sankt Urbanus Gelsenkirchen-Buer; built in 1964)
  • Liebfrauenkirche in Beckhausen on Horster Strasse (to the parish of St. Hippolytus , Gelsenkirchen-Horst; built in 1898)
  • Clemens Maria Hofbauer in Sutum on Theodor-Otte-Straße (to the parish of St. Hippolytus, Gelsenkirchen-Horst; built in 1962)

Evangelical:

  • Christ Church on Bergstrasse (built in 1911)
  • The branch churches of the Christ Church in Schaffrath (Martin Luther Church on Stegemannsweg; built in 1966) and Sutum (Protestant Petrihaus on Pfeilstrasse) were closed in 2007.

New Apostolic:

  • New Apostolic Congregation Gelsenkirchen-Beckhausen on Weskampstrasse

Sports

In the district there are the following football clubs with corresponding sports fields:

  • SuS Beckhausen 05 e. V.
  • SC Schaffrath 1959
  • Sports club Preußen Sutum 1948 e. V.

In addition, there are other sports clubs such as shooting guilds, tennis clubs with tennis courts, etc.

  • Turnerbund Beckhausen 1928 e. V.

Newspapers

The Horster magazine publisher Gill-aktuell publishes the district newspaper "Beckhausener Kurier" as well as the monthly family mail.

Events

The Beckhausener Radnacht has been taking place once a year in June since 1994. This year for the 17th time. In addition to local amateurs from Gelsenkirchen cycling clubs, there are also racing professionals.

Daughters and sons of the city

The following personalities were born in Gelsenkirchen-Beckhausen:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2018 - 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. ↑ Population structure in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de
  5. ↑ Share of foreigners in Gelsenkirchen as of December 31, 2019 - Data source: City of Gelsenkirchen - opendata.gelsenkirchen.de