Scharnhorst district

Scharnhorst district City of Dortmund
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	71 m above sea level NN
Area :	31.44 km²
Residents :	46,128  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	1,467 inhabitants / km²
Postcodes :	44139, 44319, 44328, 44329
Area code :	0231
Location of the Scharnhorst district within Dortmund.

Scharnhorst is a district in Dortmund .

statistics

As of December 31, 2018, there were 46,128 residents in the Scharnhorst district.

Structure of the population:

• Minor quota: 24.3% [Dortmund average: 19.4% (2016)]
• Old age quota: 34.0% [Dortmund average: 30.0% (2016)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 17.7% [Dortmund average: 18.2% (2018)]
• Unemployment rate: 12.1% [Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

From a socio-economic perspective, the urban district has very different districts. As part of the generally poorer north of Dortmund , the district, like the other outer northern districts of Eving and Mengede, includes many districts with high unemployment rates and low average income. This applies in particular to the large housing estate Scharnhorst-Ost and the Derne district . However, with the districts of Kurl , Husen and Grevel , as well as the south of Lanstrop, there are also some affluent areas in the district with relatively low unemployment rates and high income averages.

In the center of Neu-Scharnhorst

Geographical location

The city district of Scharnhorst is located in the northeast of Dortmund at an altitude of 71  m above sea level. NN and borders in the north on the city of Lünen and in the east on the city of Kamen . Scharnhorst borders on the boroughs of Eving in the west, downtown-north in the south-west and Brackel in the south.

The district of Scharnhorst includes the following districts:

• Alt-Scharnhorst
• That
• Fleier
• Grevel
• Hostedde
• Cough
• Kirchderne
• Kurl
• Lanstrop
• Scharnhorst-Ost

With an area of ​​31.44 km², Scharnhorst is the second largest district of Dortmund, but with 45,464 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2007) it has comparatively few inhabitants. Therefore, the population density of 1446 inhabitants / km² for Dortmund is low.

Origin of name

The name is derived from the old Scharnhorst colliery , and thus indirectly from General Gerhard von Scharnhorst , the name giver of the colliery, which began mining hard coal in August 1901.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Triptych in honor of General Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst.

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in the Scharnhorst district

The list of monuments of the city of Dortmund includes 34 monuments in the Dortmund-Scharnhorst district, including ten agricultural buildings, five residential buildings or housing estates and residential and commercial buildings, four sacred buildings, small monuments and industrial facilities as well as one aristocratic residence and one transport facility.

Attractions

On the occasion of the 250th birthday of the namesake of the district of Scharnhorst, a triptych was created in his honor, which was unveiled on November 12, 2005 as part of a ceremony in the wedding room of the district of Scharnhorst and has its place there.

Personalities

• Kurt Goldstein (born 1914 in Scharnhorst; died 2007 in Berlin), journalist and broadcast director

Web links

Commons : Dortmund-Scharnhorst district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Portal: Dortmund  - Overview of Wikipedia content on Dortmund

• http://www.scharnhorst.dortmund.de/
• http://www.do-scharnhorst.de/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2018 (PDF)
2. ↑ Population structures annual report 2016 (PDF file)
3. ↑ Population structures annual report 2016 (PDF file)
4. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts as of December 31, 2018 (PDF file)
5. ↑ Unemployment rates by statistical district on June 30, 2017 (PDF file)
6. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Dortmund. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: dortmund.de - Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Monument Authority of the City of Dortmund, April 14, 2014, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; Retrieved June 18, 2014 (size: 180 KB). 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.