Kirchderne

Kirchderne City of Dortmund Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	approx. 65 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.45 km²
Residents :	4120  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	1,682 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1928
Postal code :	44329
Area code :	0231
Statistical District :	23
Location of Kirchderne in Dortmund

Kirchderne is the statistical district 23 and at the same time a north-eastern part of the city of Dortmund . It is located in the Scharnhorst district .

geography

The place is about six kilometers northeast of downtown Dortmund. Today the place is divided into two settlement areas by the federal highway 236 .

In the larger western settlement area there are predominantly single and two-family houses, as well as the high-rise estate between Derner Strasse and the embankment of the U42 line .

In the smaller eastern settlement area, on the other hand, there are mostly smaller apartment buildings and colliery houses.

history

Until industrialization, Kirchderne, like the neighboring town of Derne, was characterized by agriculture. After the advent of the coal and steel industry, Kirchderne lay in the shadow of the Westfalenhütte to the south and was bordered in the north by the Gneisenau colliery . A memorial in Kirchderne commemorates one of the greatest disasters in German mining. On February 11, 1925, 136 miners died in a firedamp explosion at the Minister Stein colliery .

On April 1, 1928, Kirchderne was incorporated into Dortmund.

In June 1989 Michail Gorbatschow traveled to Kirchderne to visit the Westfalenhütte .

population

Structure of the Kirchderner population:

• Share of the population under 18-year-olds: 19.0% [Dortmund average: 16.2% (2018)]
• Population share of at least 65-year-olds: 20.3% [Dortmund average: 20.2% (2018)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 16.3% [Dortmund average: 18.8% (2019)]
• Unemployment rate: 9.6% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income in Kirchderne is around 20% below the Dortmund average.

Population development

year	1987	2003	2008	2010	2013	2016	2018
Residents	4011	4070	3893	3953	3994	4088	4074

religion

Dionysius Church Kirchderne

In the center of the district is the historic Dionysius Church , which was first mentioned on August 6, 1032.

Today there are three parishes in Kirchderne:

• Catholic parish of St. Boniface
• Evangelical parish of St. Dionysius Kirchderne
• New Apostolic Church Kirchderne

traffic

Kirchderne is connected to the railway network via the Kirchderne station on the Westmünsterland railway (Dortmund – Enschede) and the Der Lüner railway (Dortmund – Münster). With the rail line U42 of DSW21 you reach the inner city within minutes. Railway and light rail cross in the eastern part of Kirchdernes in the Karmschen Heide, but have no connection there.

Sports

The team of the integration sports club Viktoria Dortmund-Kirchderne is a founding member of the blind soccer Bundesliga and vice-European cup winner 2007 in goal ball .

Web links

Commons : Dortmund-Kirchderne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF)
2. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 253 .
3. ↑ https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/dortmund/vor-30-jahren-der-tag-an-dem-michail-gorbatschow-nach-kirchderne-kam-plus-1417120.html
4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/wdrlokalzeitdortmund/videos/372446103628070/
5. ↑ Population share of the under 18 year olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
6. ↑ Population share of at least 65-year-olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
7. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF file)
8. ↑ Unemployment rates according to statistical districts on June 30, 2017 ( memento of the original from June 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file)