Gelsenkirchen-Horst

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horst
City of Gelsenkirchen
Horst coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 10 "  N , 7 ° 1 ′ 29"  E
Height : 28 m
Area : 6.69 km²
Residents : 19,568  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density : 2,927 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1928
Postal code : 45899
Area code : 0209
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Location of Horst in Gelsenkirchen

Horst is a district of the independent city of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is mainly caused by Horst Castle , as well as, after lying in the district Nordstern named, Nordsternpark known.

geography

Horst is located in the west of Gelsenkirchen and is bounded in the north by the Gelsenkirchen district of Beckhausen and in the east and south by the districts of Schalke-Nord and Hessler . To the west, Horst borders the city of Essen . Together with the Beckhausen district, Horst forms the Gelsenkirchen-West district .

history

The area north of the Emscher was swampy until the Middle Ages. Around 1200, a presumably Saxon nobleman settled on a farm , built the forerunner of today's Horst Castle and from then on called himself "from Horst im Broiche". The family was first mentioned in a document in 1349, the settlement itself is mentioned as freedom in 1411 . The coat of arms of the Lords of Horst, three horseflies and finds in the castle area indicate that the trade in horses that lived in the Emscherbruch was the main source of income. Rütger von der Horst , as the administrator of the Recklinghausen Castle , to which Horst belonged, gained greater influence in the service of Cologne and, together with his wife Anna von Palandt, had the Horst Castle expanded into today's Renaissance complex. In 1706 the castle was sold to the Fürstenberg family. With the rest of Vest Recklinghausen, Horst came to the Grand Duchy of Berg in 1811 , and in 1815 it fell to Prussia .

The small rural community experienced an upswing with the industrial revolution, in 1857 the first shaft of a hard coal mine was sunk. In 1891 the Horsters succeeded in being dismissed from the office of Buer and in forming their own office. On April 1, 1928, Horst was merged with Buer and Gelsenkirchen to form the town of Gelsenkirchen-Buer , which has been called Gelsenkirchen since May 21, 1930 .

As an industrial location, Horst suffered considerably from bombing during World War II , and large parts of the district were destroyed. On February 9, 1946, the Emscher dike broke , which was now higher than street level due to subsidence in the district, which led to a flood in which the water was sometimes six meters high.

With the decline of heavy industry, the district also fell into a crisis. The Nordstern colliery was closed in 1993. After the 1997 Federal Horticultural Show was awarded to Gelsenkirchen, for which the colliery area was converted into Nordsternpark , and the city decided to buy and renovate Horst Castle, the crisis was overcome.

population

As of December 31, 2019, 20,118 residents lived in Horst.

  • Share of the female population: 50.8% (Gelsenkirchen average: 50.4%)
  • Share of the male population: 49.2% (Gelsenkirchen average: 49.6%)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 21.6% (Gelsenkirchen average: 21.7%)

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Sports

The best-known sports club in the Horst district is the STV Horst-Emscher , which played its football matches in the Fürstenberg Stadium. Since the insolvency of the club, the Fürstenberg Stadium has been home to BV Horst Süd in 1962 . In addition to STV Horst-Emscher, the club SV Horst-Emscher 08 , whose first team plays in the Westphalia League, is known for its youth work and active sports program.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Gelsenkirchen-Horst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817 - 1967 . Aschendorff, Münster (Westphalia) 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .
  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