Harpen (Bochum)

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Harpen
district of Bochum
Location of Harpen in the north
Coordinates 51 ° 29 '35 "  N , 7 ° 16' 16"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '35 "  N , 7 ° 16' 16"  E
height 110  m above sea level NHN
surface 3.67 km²
Residents 8804 (December 31, 2016)
Population density 2399 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 44805
structure
district North
Markings

Harpen, Kirchharpen, Kornharpen

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Harpen (actually "Kirchharpen" to distinguish it from Kornharpen ) is a district in the northeast of Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia . The statistical district 38 Harpen / Rosenberg has around 8,800 inhabitants.

history

Harpen existed as a village community before the year 1000. The St. Vinzentius Church , with elements dated around the year 1000, proves this.

Harpen farmers were involved in an episode of the Great Dortmund Feud (1388/89), which led to the tradition of the annual Maischützenfest under the leadership of the Bochum May Evening Society .

Half a dozen mines ( Zeche Prinz von Preußen , Zeche Heinrich Gustav , Zeche Amalia and others) were built in and around the agrarian core around 1850 under the leadership of Harpener Bergbau AG , which later became one of the largest mining groups in the Ruhr.

Harpen was born on April 1, 1926 by the Law on the reorganization of municipal boundaries in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial districts by Gerthe incorporated. From 1965 the Auf dem Rosenberg settlement was built in the northern part of Harpen over a period of ten years to alleviate the housing shortage in Bochum. The settlement consists of around 1,300 apartments with over 4,000 residents.

Leisure and culture

In Harpen there are two football clubs, TuS Harpen and Blau Weiß Grümerbaum, which was initially founded in Hiltrop and then moved to Harpen.

There are two parishes, the Catholic Heilig-Geist-Gemeinde with the Heilig-Geist-Kirche and the Evangelical parish of Harpen with the over 1000 year old St. Vincent's Church.

In the border area between Harpen and the Bochum districts of Werne and Kornharpen is the Ruhr-Park , one of the largest German shopping centers.

population

On December 31, 2019, 8,611 residents lived in Harpen.

Structural data of the population in Harpen:

  • Minority rate: 13.5% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
  • Elderly rate (60 years and older): 35.7% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
  • Proportion of foreigners: 9.8% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
  • Unemployment rate: 6.3% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistical yearbook of the city of Bochum 2017 ( [1] )
  2. ↑ The population figures are given according to statistical districts and not according to the districts, the figures for this are in the article population development of Bochum
  3. ↑ [2]
  4. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 241 .