Scharnhorst-Ost

Scharnhorst-Ost City of Dortmund Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 11 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 41 ″  E
Height :	71 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.9 km²
Residents :	12,764  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	4,400 inhabitants / km²
Postcodes :	44328, 44329
Area code :	0231
Statistical District :	27
Location of Scharnhorst-Ost in Dortmund
View into the center of Neu-Scharnhorst with EKS and tram stop (U42)

Scharnhorst-Ost is a district in the north-east of Dortmund in the Scharnhorst district . The place consists of the large housing estate of the same name and the Scharnhorst school center.

history

In 1965, construction of a new large housing estate began on the site east of Flughafenstrasse to alleviate the acute housing shortage. 5250 apartments, also and above all for large families, were built by nine housing associations under the leadership of Neue Heimat . In contrast to Alt-Scharnhorst , which was originally built on the municipal area of Wambel and Brackel (today's district is Kirchderne), Scharnhorst-Ost is located on the former municipality of Grevel .

population

Population structure of Scharnhorst-Ost:

• Share of the population under 18-year-olds: 25.0% [Dortmund average: 16.2% (2018)]
• Share of the population of at least 65 year olds: 19.3% [Dortmund average: 20.2% (2018)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 29.9% [Dortmund average: 18.8% (2019)]
• Unemployment rate: 18.9% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income in Scharnhorst-Ost is around 35% below the Dortmund average.

Population development

year	1987	2003	2008	2010	2013	2016	2019
Residents	14,862	13,143	12,485	12,219	12,237	12,589	12,764

Infrastructure

Sunday afternoon in the pedestrian zone of Neu-Scharnhorst

After only a provisional infrastructure existed in the first few years, Scharnhorst-Ost now has good transport connections and a wide range of shopping opportunities.

With the stops Droote, Scharnhorst-Zentrum and Flughafenstraße, 3 of 28 stops on the U42 from Grevel to Hombruch are in Scharnhorst-Ost.

The Droote shopping street and the Scharnhorst shopping center, known as "EKS" for short, are home to almost all shops for daily needs.

Social difficulties

Since Scharnhorst-Ost was increasingly becoming the focus of social problems, it was included in the “ Districts with Special Need for Renewal ” program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the mid-1990s (until 2005). Reports of young people rioting have been circulating in the media to this day.

Like Alt-Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst-Ost is one of the 13 socially disadvantaged districts.

Geographical location

Scharnhorst lies at an altitude of 71  m above sea level. NHN .

Web links

• City district portal
• Profile of Scharnhorst-Ost in the district funding project of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Scharnhorst-Ost - A settlement in Dortmund ( Memento from August 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF)
2. ↑ Population share of the under 18 year olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
3. ↑ Population share of at least 65-year-olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
4. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF file)
5. ↑ Unemployment rates by statistical district on June 30, 2017 (PDF file)