Bockum-Hövel

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Bockum-Hövel
City of Hamm
Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 50 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 54"  E
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59075
Area code : 02381

Bockum-Hövel was an independent town until the regional reform in 1975, which belonged to the Lüdinghausen district . Now their area belongs to the Westphalian city ​​of Hamm , where it forms the larger part of the city district of the same name .

geography

location

The former city of Bockum-Hövel is located in the northwest of the city of Hamm. In the south it borders on the Lippe .

structure

Bockum

The municipality of Bockum originally belonged to the Drensteinfurt office in the Lüdinghausen district . On April 1, 1939, Bockum was merged with Hövel to form the municipality of Bockum-Hövel and was its western district.

Hövel

The municipality Hövel originally belonged to the Drensteinfurt office in the Lüdinghausen district. On April 1, 1939, Hövel was merged with Bockum to form the municipality of Bockum-Hövel and was its eastern district.

More settlements

The settlements Merschhoven (in the south), Holsen (in the west) and Barsen (in the north) belong to Bockum. Hövel includes Hölter (in the north) and Geinegge (in the east).

Neighboring communities

In 1974, Bockum-Hövel bordered clockwise to the west, beginning with the communities of Stockum and Herbern and the city of Drensteinfurt (then all in the district of Lüdinghausen ), the city of Heessen (then in the district of Beckum ), the city of Hamm and the community Herringen (then in the Unna district ).

history

On May 20, 1956, Bockum-Hövel was named a town. This was incorporated on January 1, 1975 together with the city of Heessen and with the communities Pelkum , Rhynern (excluding the Hilbeck district ) and Uentrop in the independent city of Hamm. Until December 31, 1974, Bockum-Hövel belonged to the Lüdinghausen district.

Population numbers

year Residents
1961 24,346
1970 25.143
1974 26,210

traffic

rail

Bahnhof Hamm-Bockum-Hoevel , 2012

The Hamm-Bockum-Hoevel station is located at the Münster-Hamm railway . Until 1985, passenger trains ran on a small scale on the Werne – Bockum-Höveler Railway .

Transportation

Bockum and Hövel are connected to the Hamm city ​​center by lines 2 (terminus Hövel / Uhlenfeld), 4 (terminus Barsener Strasse) and 9 (terminus Horster Strasse) of Stadtwerke Hamm . The express bus line 10 and the regional line 14 of the Verkehrsgesellschaft Kreis Unna travel from Hamm via Hövel and Bockum on different routes to Werne and Lünen.

Streets

The federal highway 63 connects the east of Bockum-Hövel with Walstedde and Drensteinfurt. The state road  507 leads to Werne and Selm in the west, to Dolberg and Beckum in the east . The state road  518 also leads to Werne. Landesstraße  844 brings the Höveler and Bockumer in a north-westerly direction to Herbern , Ascheberg , Davensberg , Ottmarsbocholt , Senden and Appelhülsen . Then it goes on in the federal highway 525 .

Several district roads lead through Bockum and Hövel .

Attractions

The Evangelical Kreuzkirche from 1912 has been on the list of architectural monuments in the city of Hamm since 1985.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and municipalities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 217, 247, 325 .
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 124 .