Leithe (Bochum)

Leithe ; district of Bochum
Coordinates	51 ° 28 ′ 54 " N , 7 ° 6 ′ 40" E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 54 " N , 7 ° 6 ′ 40" E
height	63 m above sea level NHN
surface	0.85 km²
Residents	7677 (December 31, 2016)
Population density	9032 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Jan. 1, 1975
Post Code	44866
district	Wattenscheid
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Weststrasse in Bochum-Leithe

Leithe is a district of Bochum in the Wattenscheid district .

Before it was incorporated into Wattenscheid on April 1, 1926, the district was officially referred to as Leithe (Westf.) And in documents often also referred to as Westphalian Leithe . Part of the dissolved community was reclassified to Gelsenkirchen. Through the incorporation of Wattenscheid, Leithe came to Bochum on January 1, 1975. The Rhenish Leithe is on the other side of the Leither Bach .

The former Schulte Kemna grain distillery is located on the outskirts of Essen and produced, among other things, the Westphalian clear wheat schnapps .

On Gelsenkirchener Strasse, in the front garden of the Evangelical Congregation, there is a 1.5-ton monument of the steel casting process of bells, with which the Bochum Association gained its great fame. The "Auguste Viktoria" bell was cast in 1893 and exhibited at the 1894 World's Fair in Chicago. It was later donated by its namesake, Empress Auguste Viktoria, to the Berlin Gnadenskirche for inauguration. Thanks to the Berlin pastor Merkel, the bell escaped destruction in a junkyard where it landed after the Second World War and after the destruction of the church. The bell came to Leithe on March 2, 1990, via detours through private property in Berlin and Thuringia.

The local soccer club Rot Weiß Leithe currently plays in the district league.

population

On December 31, 2019, 7,723 people lived in Leithe.

Structural data of the population in Leithe:

Minor quota: 16.6% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
Old age rate (60 years and older): 26.4% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
Proportion of foreigners: 18.7% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
Unemployment rate: 10.6% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

Web links

Film about the former Schulte Kemna grain distillery

Individual evidence

↑ Statistical yearbook of the city of Bochum 2017 ( [1] ).
↑ 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 .
↑ 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 .
↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 256 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 329 .

[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] 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 .

[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. 256 .

[5] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 329 .