Stiepel (Bochum)

Stiepel ; district of Bochum
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '42 " N , 7 ° 14' 33" E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '42 " N , 7 ° 14' 33" E
height	196 m above sea level NHN
surface	12.83 km²
Residents	11,367 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Population density	886 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Aug 1, 1929
Post Code	44797 and 44795
structure
district	south
Markings	Brockhausen, Haar, Schrick, Mittel-Stiepel, Ober-Stiepel, earlier also Buchholz
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Stiepel is a district in the south of Bochum , which is bordered to the southeast and south by the Ruhr to Witten and Hattingen . The total area of Stiepel is 12.46 km², making it the largest district of Bochum. At the Kemnader Straße 302 a lies the highest point in Bochum at 196 m above sea level . At the village church, Stiepel reaches a height of 110 m above sea level. NN, on the Ruhr 70 m above sea level. NN, so there are large differences in altitude over a short distance. The main traffic artery is Kemnader Straße, which, however, lies up to number 39 in the Weitmar district .

South-western part of Stiepel with Henkenberg, on the right halfway up the 1000-year-old Stiepel village church , in the foreground the Ruhr with water extraction zones . View from Blankenstein Castle in north direction, photo taken in 2008.

history

Stiepel was first mentioned in a document around 880. The Stiepeler village church was built around 1008 . Before that, Emperor Otto III. Donated the Stiepel farm (Stipenloh) to Count Liutger, the husband of Countess Imma . Imma bequeathed the Stiepel estate to the Bishop of Bremen. Over the centuries there were still the four noble residences Gut in der Becke , Haus Brüggeney , Haus Hasenkamp and Haus Munkenbeck . The Lords of Kemnade received the Oberhof in 1115. In 1393, Wennemar Dücker (from the Salhof in der Becke) was enfeoffed by Simon Edelherr zur Lippe with the Stiepel (Stypell) farm. In 1410, that of Romberg followed . From 1414 to 1647 the von der Recke were the court lords of the Stiepel High Court . They lived on House Kemnade . The last court lord was Baron Friedrich von Syberg († 1847).

The Reformation was introduced in 1596 by the pastor Henricus Kluvenbeck, but political conflicts arose later.

Mining recorded an upswing in the 18th century, and by 1755 there were already eight mines in Stiepel. The judge demanded a tenth of the coal production. For the use of the Ruhr shipping from 1783 Prussia raised a fifteenth of the coal as a tax.

In the 19th century, the miner Wilhelm Korte is said to have lived in Stiepel and founded an eight-member band of robbers, later fled to Holland and from there to America.

1000 years of Stiepeler village church - postage stamp by Heinz Schillinger (2008)

The rural community of Stiepel, which included the places Brockhausen, Haar, Mitte-, Oberstiepel and Schrick, belonged to the Blankenstein office , which until 1886 belonged to the Bochum district and since then to the Hattingen district . On August 1, 1929, Stiepel was incorporated into Bochum. A year earlier, the 325 m long bridge over the Ruhr near the moated castle Haus Kemnade was opened, which replaced a large cargo ferry.

In the course of the founding of the Ruhr University Bochum , a building boom occurred in the once rural Stiepel. Nevertheless, Stiepel kept a lot of open spaces. The population of Stiepel is currently around 11,500. Even today, Stiepel, with its wide south-facing slopes parallel to the Ruhr, is considered the most expensive residential area in Bochum.

The sights of Stiepel include the Kemnader See , the Stiepel village church , the Stiepel monastery of the Cistercians and Haus Kemnade, which today belongs to Hattingen but is owned by the city of Bochum . The golf course offers wide views, both over the Kemnader See towards Dortmund and over the Ruhr towards Witten and Blankenstein. Another attraction worth mentioning is the autumn fair with cattle market (harvest festival and death festival), known as the fly fair .

The waters include the Rantendeller Bach and the Knöselsbach .

Cistercian monastery Stiepel
Stiepeler village church (Protestant)
House Kemnade
Kemnader Strasse in Stiepel, January 2005
At the old ferry, April 2004
View from the north of Stiepeler Ruhrufer from An der Alten Fähre in south direction to Blankenstein Castle (2005)
View from Stiepel over the Ruhr valley, which is densely wooded in this section, towards the south to Blankenstein Castle (2005)

population

On December 31, 2019, 11,240 people lived in Stiepel.

Structural data of the population in Stiepel:

Minor quota: 14.4% [Bochum average: 14.6% (2019)]
Old age quota (60 years and older): 33.9% [Bochum average 28.3% (2019)]
Proportion of foreigners: 3.3% [Bochum average 14.4% (2019)]
Unemployment rate: 2.8% [Bochum average 8.9% (2017)]

With an average annual income of 53,400 euros, Stiepel is Bochum's richest district.

literature

Klaus Eichholz, Gerhard Hagenkötter, Hermann Monstadt: Between grain and coal - history of the farms in Stiepel . Stiepeler Verein für Heimatforschung eV (Ed.), 3satz-Verlag, Bochum 2012.
Heinz Winter: Kingdom of Stiepel . Hoose, Bochum 1987.
Heinz Winter: From stipula to Stiepel . 3rd expanded edition, 1998.
Stiepel yesterday and today . Information brochure of the Stiepeler Verein für Heimatforschung eV, Bochum, until 25.2004 (publication discontinued).

Web links

Commons : Bochum-Stiepel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Stiepeler Verein für Heimatforschung eV - district page from Stiepel
District side from Stiepel
1000 years of Stiepeler village church 1008 | 2008
Information about the Stiepel Monastery
On the history of the farms in Stiepel
Stiepel (Bochum) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

↑ The zip code 44795 is mainly assigned to Weitmar, but it was also assigned to the north-western area of Stiepels, which is adjacent to Weitmar.
↑ Statistical yearbook of the city of Bochum 2017 ( [1] )
↑ The population figures are given according to statistical districts and not according to the districts, the figures for this are in the article population development of Bochum
↑ Rudolf Kötzschke (Ed.): Die Urbare der Abtei Werden ad Ruhr (= Publications of the Society for Rhenish History XX: Rheinische Urbare). Vol. 2: A. The land register from 9.-13 Century. Edited by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978, vol. 3: B. Stock books, lifting and interest registers from the 14th to the 17th century , Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978, vol. 4, I: Introduction and register . I. Name register. Edited by Fritz Körholz, Düsseldorf 1978, Vol. 4, II: Introduction, Chapter IV: The economic constitution and administration of the great manor will. Subject index. Edited by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1958
↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 285 .

[1] The zip code 44795 is mainly assigned to Weitmar, but it was also assigned to the north-western area of Stiepels, which is adjacent to Weitmar.

[2] Statistical yearbook of the city of Bochum 2017 ( [1] )

[3] The population figures are given according to statistical districts and not according to the districts, the figures for this are in the article population development of Bochum

[4] Rudolf Kötzschke (Ed.): Die Urbare der Abtei Werden ad Ruhr (= Publications of the Society for Rhenish History XX: Rheinische Urbare). Vol. 2: A. The land register from 9.-13 Century. Edited by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978, vol. 3: B. Stock books, lifting and interest registers from the 14th to the 17th century , Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978, vol. 4, I: Introduction and register . I. Name register. Edited by Fritz Körholz, Düsseldorf 1978, Vol. 4, II: Introduction, Chapter IV: The economic constitution and administration of the great manor will. Subject index. Edited by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1958

[5] Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 285 .