Black Heath (Oberhausen)

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Black heather
City of Oberhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 38 ″  N , 6 ° 50 ′ 12 ″  E
Height : 33 m
Area : 1.74 km²
Residents : 6954  (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 3,997 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1929
Postal code : 46149
Area code : 0208

The Schwarze Heide is a district of Oberhausen and the district of Sterkrade , which at the end of 2012 had 6,954 inhabitants (excluding Weierheide , approx. 1800 Ew.) On an area of ​​174 hectares.

The Schwarze Heide is bordered in the north and east by the Oberhausen-Arnheim railway line (border with Alsfeld and Sterkrade- Mitte), in the south by Buschhausen and in the west by Biefang and the Weierstrasse to Weierheide .

history

The Schwarze Heide is one of four Oberhausen districts that have Heide in their place name. They pay tribute to the landscape that shaped this area until the end of the 19th century. Until then, apart from a few farms, the heath was sparsely populated. It was only when the population of Sterkrad's city center grew more and more that simple rural citizens and workers settled west of the Sterkrad train station. At that time there was only one parish in Sterkrade, that of St. Clemens. At the 1900 census, the population of Sterkrade was 15,000, of which 12,000 were Catholic.

Against this background, under the chairmanship of the farmer Wilhelm Hagedorn, a committee met in May 1896 to build a church on the Black Heath. Since the conceivable future congregation was composed predominantly of workers, the assembly was skeptical as to whether the congregation could raise the funds for the church and clergy. So the idea arose to approach a monastery community and ask them to take over pastoral care. The St. Josef-Kirchbau-Verein was founded and the Provincial of the Capuchins in Münster , Father Matthias von Bermscheid, was asked to set up a religious establishment on the Black Heath. Support was found with the Bishop of Münster, Hermann Dingelstad (1889–1911). The Capuchin order was willing to build a monastery with a church. The farmers Wilhelm Hagedorn and Heinrich Schäfer, known as Roßkamp, ​​donated a total of 2.5 acres of land to be used to build a church. In October 1900 the foundation stone for the church was laid by the Bishop of Münster. The consecration of the St. Marien Monastery was in June 1902. In 1946 the Capuchin Monastery was renamed the Liebfrauen. Even before the 100th anniversary in 2002, however, the dissolution of the monastery, which was only managed as a branch, was initiated. In 2004 the community said goodbye to the six remaining monks under the leadership of Prior Richard with great regret.

Infrastructure

The Black Heath is predominantly characterized by residential areas. The development is dense, but mostly characterized by one to three-story houses. There are no tenements or large residential complexes here. There are also two schools and several church and municipal kindergartens. There is also a small park and a large open space that belongs to one of the last active farms in Oberhausen. There are shops on Neumühler Straße and some small businesses spread across the district. The district is well connected to the transport network through the Oberhausen-Sterkrade train station on the Oberhausen – Arnheim line and the Oberhausen-Holten / Sterkrade motorway exit on the A3 . With the bus lines SB94, SB97, 908, 935, 954, 955, 956 and 957 from STOAG , Schwarze Heide is integrated into the local transport network. The Schwarze Heide airfield is close, but at a different location.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The population in Oberhausen on December 31, 2012 (PDF; 8 kB)
  2. ^ History of the Black Heath (PDF; 378 kB)

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