Overbreak

Overbruch is a district of Duisburg on the right bank of the Rhine . It is located on the northern outskirts on the border with the neighboring town of Dinslaken and is part of the Walsum district . Overbruch has 5,049 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Geography and traffic

The district covers an area of 1.02 square kilometers and is located in the extreme north of the Duisburg urban area. Neighboring are the Vierlinden in the south and Alt-Walsum in the west. Overbruch borders the city of Dinslaken in the north and east. The distance to the Rhine , which flows further west, is around three kilometers. Another river is the Emscher, about a kilometer to the north .

State road 396 and federal road 8 on its eastern edge run through the district . In addition, the A 59 lies on the border with Dinslaken , which branches off from there onto the B 8 and runs through Duisburg as a city motorway in a north-south direction. In local public transport, the express bus line 40 runs through Overbruch to Franz-Lenze-Platz, Rathaus Walsum and then non-stop via the A59 to the main station , as well as the bus lines 915 to Dinslaken (hospitals, train station and Lohberg ) and 919 to Vierlinden, Stauffenbergstraße or Alt -Walsum Rheinufer, Fahrn and Marxloh Pollmann. You can change from line 919 at the Vierlinden stop to tram line 903, which is also a north-south connection from Dinslaken station via Vierlinden, Walsum, Fahrn, Marxloh, Hamborn , Meiderich , Duissern , city center ( main station ), Hochfeld , Wanheim -Angerhausen to Hüttenheim . All these lines with the exception of line 915 are operated by the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG) . NIAG operates on line 915 .

line	course
SB 40	Walsum Overbruch - Franz-Lenze-Platz - Vierlinden - Walsum Town Hall - Duisburg Hbf - Duisburg Hbf east entrance
905/906	Line 905 runs counterclockwise and line 906 clockwise : Marxloh Pollmann - Fahrn Schwan - Alt-Walsum Friedhof - Overbruchstraße - Franz-Lenze-Platz - Walsum Rathaus - Duisburg-Wehofen - Oberhausen - Holten Markt - Duisburg-Wehofen - Marxloh Pollmann
915	Dinslaken-Lohberg - Dinslaken industrial area Mitte - Dinslaken station - Dinslaken commercial schools - Duisburg-Overbruch - Walsum-Vierlinden, Franz-Lenze-Platz

History and culture

For an expanded historical context, see also the history of the city of Duisburg and the history of Walsum .

Little is known about the early history of the district, but the area was only sparsely populated until the early 20th century. Nevertheless, a first settlement was built in Franconian times and was first mentioned in writing around 850. In the Middle Ages , the Hückelhoven house existed as a residence for the nobility, which was fortified according to archaeological findings and surrounded by a moat. The property disappeared over the course of history, with the last buildings remaining until 1956.

The later development is mainly due to the expansion of the mining industry, with the Walsum colliery, which operated from 1927 to 2008, was an important employer. Because of this history of development, the miners' houses make up an essential part of the development. As an example of the development of Overbruch as a residential area, a settlement was built in 1934 along the street Auf dem Röttgen . In particular, it was new buildings in the 1950s that allowed the district to grow to its present size. Mining was at times the basis of life for almost the entire population. Due to the great importance of this industry, the district has always been a stronghold of the IG Bergbau trade union, and the SPD received a high proportion of the votes in elections .

Overbruch was not an independent municipality, but belonged to the city of Walsum, which until 1974 belonged to the Dinslaken district . On January 1, 1975 it was incorporated into Duisburg.

Local infrastructure and cityscape

There is a supermarket in Overbruch. Otherwise, however, only a few retail companies are based here, as the respective focus is on Dinslaken and the nearby Vierlinden. In the district there is the Sacred Heart Church, a religious building belonging to the Catholic parish of St. Dionysius. She is also responsible for the Sacred Heart Kindergarten established in the 1950s .

The development of the last decades and the decline of mining have initiated a structural change, through which Overbruch now has a significantly above-average proportion of older residents. The district is considered to be close to nature and has a large number of green spaces. In the north, the residential area merges directly into the development on the Dinslaken side, which divides some residential streets from the city limits.

Web links

Commons : Duisburg-Overbruch - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Information logistics of the city of Duisburg

↑ Walsum - Archeology and History of a Duisburg District ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , duisburg.de @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c Overbruch - the home of "Kohl-Goethe" , derwesten.de

↑ Settlers in Duisburg-Overbruch celebrate with their neighbors , derwesten.de

↑ The Walsum district ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 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. , duisburg.de @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b In Duisburg-Overbruch it is simply more beautiful to live , derwesten.de

↑ The Herz Jesu Kindergarten today , dionysius-walsum.de

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