List of streets in Oberhausen-Borbeck

The list of streets in Oberhausen-Borbeck describes the street system in the Borbeck district of Oberhausen with the corresponding historical references.

overview

8,169 people live in Borbeck (as of December 31, 2014). Borbeck, together with Osterfeld , Osterfeld-Heide and Vonderort, forms the postcode district 46117.

Starting in the north, the district is bounded clockwise as follows: Rhine-Herne Canal to Osterfeld and Vonderort, Vondernstrasse, Duisburg-Wedau-Bottrop Süd and Ripshorster Strasse to the Dellwig district of Essen and Wedau-Bottrop Süd and Osterfelder Strasse to Neuen Middle Oberhausen .

There are 19 designated traffic areas in Borbeck, including no space. Of these, three streets are only partially in the district:
Einbleckstraße will be continued in Osterfeld, Tunnel and Ripshorster Straße in Essen-Dellwig.

There are no federal, state or county roads through Borbeck.

Overview of streets and squares

The following table gives an overview of the existing streets, paths and squares in the district as well as some related information.

• Name : current name of the street or square.
• Length / dimensions in meters:
• The length information contained in the overview are rounded overview values ​​that were determined in Google Earth using the local scale. They are used for comparison purposes and, if official values ​​are known, are exchanged and marked separately.
  For squares, the dimensions are given in the form a × b.
• The addition in the district indicates that the length is that of the street section within Borbeck, provided that the street continues into neighboring districts.
• The addition without spur streets indicates the length of the "main street" for branched streets.
• The addition (all street sections together) indicates that the street is so winding that there is no “main street”. Instead, the length of all road sections is added together.
• Derivation : origin or reference of the name
• Notes : additional information
• Image : Photo of the street or an adjacent object

Surname	Length / dimensions (in meters)	Derivation	Date of designation	Remarks	image
At the Barchembach	550 without access roads: 300	Barchembach , formerly an open watercourse		The Barchembach is now piped and serves as a sewer. The street Am Barchembach is a branched settlement in the northwest of Borbeck between Klaumer Bruch and Scheppmannstraße.
Ankerstrasse	600 without spur roads: 300	Anchor , memory of the former lock III	1940	Lock III on the Rhine-Herne Canal used to be located here. That is why Ankerstraße was called An der Schleuse until 1940 . Today the street names Ankerstrasse and Hafenstrasse are reminiscent of the former lock. The Ankerstraße leads from the Quellstraße as a continuation of the Tunnelstraße to the canal. A spur street parallel to the canal and an arched side street to the source street are also assigned to it.
On the eyrie	230	old cadastral designation		In 1823, "on the Horst" referred to an area which, as a residual area from geological incursions, was significantly higher than the surrounding area of ​​the Klaumerbruch. The street Auf dem Horst is a dead end to Einbleckstraße.
Bushmen	400	old cadastral designation, "fields delimited with protective bushes"	1915	On the map from 1823, the Buschkempchen was to the east of the Klaumerbruch , an area with fields (fighting) that were delimited with protective bushes. Buschkämpen street connects Einbleckstraße with In der Sandgathe. Until 1915 it was called Eisenstrasse .
Einbleckstrasse	550	old cadastral designation, "contiguous field area"		On the map from 1825–1866 the field name Das Einbleck is entered in the area of ​​Einbleckstraße , which means a contiguous field area, in this case the broken meadows through which the streets lead. Einbleckstraße leads north from Ripshorster Straße to over the canal, where it continues in Vonderort. On it is the Catholic Church of St. Judas Thaddäus from 1960, which is now a branch church of St. Pankratius in Osterfeld.
Hafenstrasse	490 without access roads: 290	Memory of the former lock III		Together with Ankerstraße, Hafenstraße is reminiscent of the former lock III of the Rhine-Herne Canal, which used to be here. Hafenstraße leads away from Ankerstraße and back to it in an arched manner; several access roads are assigned to it.
In the Sandgathe	400	"Narrow, sandy passage"		The Sandgathe was on the map of 1823, a small, sandy ravine , lying on Essen area between the Klaumerbruch and Rahmanns field. The street In der Sandgathe leads east from Einbleckstraße, makes a right-angled curve and then leads to Quellstraße.
Klaumer break	420 without access roads: 250	old hall name ("Klaumer Bruch")	1934	The Klaumer Bruch was a wetland in Dellwig. The Klaumer Bruch road connects Quellstraße and Am Barchembach. Until 1934 it was called Jacobistraße .
Küppers Hof	250		2007	Küppers Hof street connects Sühlstrasse and Ripshorster Strasse. The Havenstein School from 1926 is located here. The street was named Huyssenstraße until 1936 , then initially Karl-Peters-Straße , after the German African explorer and colonialist Carl Peters . Because of its racist and imperialist attitudes, the street was renamed in 2007.
Oberbruch	100	lies in the old Großer Klaumer Bruch		Based on the older Unterbruch street, the Oberbruch was named after its location in the Großer Klaumer Bruch. The road connects In der Sandgathe and Buschkämpen parallel to the interruption.
Source road	800	former headwaters		There used to be a large headwaters here, which has now dried up or drained away due to the interventions in the Emscher and Rhine-Herne Canal. The spring road crosses the entire populated area of ​​Borbeck, it leads from behind the Sühlstraße to the city limits to Essen. The Evangelical Community Center is located here on Quellstrasse, which belongs to the Evangelical Church Community of Dellwig-Frintrop-Gerschede.
Ripshorster Street	1900 in the district	leads through the fields of the Ripshorst house	1915	The road leads through the fields of the Ripshorst house, a former estate on the Emscher, which is now used as an information center. Ripshorster Strasse crosses Borbeck, it begins at Osterfelder Strasse and leads to the interruption, where it continues in Dellwig under the same name. Part of the Riwetho settlement of Gutehoffnungshütte is located at the intersection with Werkstrasse . Until 1915 the street was called Osterfelder Straße .
Scheppmannstrasse	450 without access roads: 240	Scheppmanns Hof , old farm	1915	The road was laid out in a field that belonged to Scheppmanns Hof. Scheppmannstraße leads from Einbleckstraße to Klaumer Bruch, three connections to Am Barchembach are also assigned to it. Until 1915 the street was called Hanielstraße .
Sühlstrasse	1060 without access roads: 800	old field name, "mud valley, pool"	1915	The Sühlstraße is located in the area of ​​the old field name "Ripshorster Sühl". The name suggests that cattle or game have wallowed here. The road leads from Ripshorster Strasse northeast to Einbleckstrasse. Until 1915 it was called Kanalstrasse .
Thomasstrasse	90	Sidney Thomas , 1850–1885, important British metallurgist		Thomasstrasse is a small cul-de-sac to Werkstrasse. Together with this and some houses on Ripshorster Straße, it forms the Riwetho settlement.
Tunnel road	140	leads through a tunnel		The Tunnelstrasse connects the Ripshorster Strasse in Essen-Dellwig with the Quellstrasse in Oberhausen-Borbeck and crosses under the Wedau – Bottrop-Süd railway line. The name Tunnelstrasse is derived from this underpass.
Interruption	270	lies in the deeper part of the old Großer Klaumer Bruch	1915	The Unterbruch street leads north from Ripshorster Straße to the Quellstraße. Until 1915 it was called Hammerstrasse .
Werkstrasse	300	Gutehoffnungshütte plant colony	1915	Werkstrasse is a cul-de-sac to Ripshorster Strasse and, together with a few houses on this and Thomasstrasse, forms the former Gutehoffnungshütte factory colony, after which it is named, the Riwetho settlement. Until 1915 it was called Koloniestraße .

List of former streets

Surname	from	to	renamed to (current)	Derivation	Remarks
At the lock		1940	→  Ankerstrasse	The road lay at lock III of the Rhine-Herne Canal .
Eisenstrasse		1915	→  Bush fighters
Hammerstrasse		1915	→  interruption
Hanielstrasse		1915	→  Scheppmannstrasse	named after the Haniel entrepreneurial family from Duisburg-Ruhrort, who were co-founders of the later Gutehoffnungshütte .	The street name was related to Huyssen and Jacobistraße. The three streets were named after the three founders of the Gutehoffnungshütte.
Huyssenstrasse		1936	→  Küppers Hof	Heinrich Arnold Huyssen , 1779–1870, German entrepreneur and co-founder of Gutehoffnungshütte	The street name was related to Huyssen and Jacobistraße. The three streets were named after the three founders of the Gutehoffnungshütte. After 1936, Huyssenstrasse was initially called Karl-Peters-Strasse .
Jacobistrasse		1934	→  Klaumer break	Gottlob Jacobi , 1770–1823, German entrepreneur and co-founder of Gutehoffnungshütte	The street name was related to Hanielstrasse and Huyssenstrasse. The three streets were named after the three founders of the Gutehoffnungshütte.
Canal Street		1915	→  Sühlstrasse	The road leads to the Rhine-Herne Canal .
Karl-Peters-Strasse	1936	2007	→  Küppers Hof	Carl Peters , 1856–1918, German Africa explorer and colonialist	The street was called Huyssenstraße until 1936 , when the National Socialists named it after their ideological model Karl Peters. Because of its racist and imperialist ideology, the street was renamed Küppers Hof in 2007.
Koloniestrasse		1915	→  Werkstrasse	The street lies in the factory colony of the Gutehoffnungshütte, today's Riwetho settlement.
Osterfelder Strasse		1915	→  Ripshorster Street	leads to Osterfeld

See also

• List of streets in Oberhausen
• List of streets in Oberhausen-Bermensfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the source used is: Alfred & Ulrich Lindemann: 500 Kilometer Oberhausener Strassegeschichte , 1997
2. ↑ ^{a b} The West: That can still drag on. Retrieved January 17, 2016 .