Waltrop

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Coat of arms of the city of Waltrop
Waltrop
Map of Germany, position of the city of Waltrop highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Circle : Recklinghausen
Height : 67 m above sea level NHN
Area : 47.09 km 2
Residents: 29,328 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 623 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 45731
Primaries : 02309, 02363
License plate : RE, CAS, GLA
Community key : 05 5 62 036
LOCODE : DE WTP

City administration address : 		Munsterstrasse 1
45731 Waltrop
Website : www.waltrop.de
Mayoress : Nicole Moenikes ( CDU )
Location of the city of Waltrop in the Recklinghausen district
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The city Waltrop [ 'val.tʀɔp ] located in the northern Ruhr area in the northwest of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a middle district town of the district of Recklinghausen in the administrative district of Münster .

geography

Geographical location

Map of the German Empire (1: 100,000) of today's Waltrop area at the end of the 19th century

The city lies between the core zone of the Ruhr area and the rural Münsterland . Geographically, Waltrop is located in Westphalia, northwest of Dortmund in the Ruhr area between the Dortmund-Ems Canal in the southwest, the Lippe and the Datteln-Hamm Canal in the north.

City structure

The city of Waltrop is subdivided into 14 statistical districts, some of whose names are more recent and not shown on conventional maps. These are grouped informally by location below and the number of inhabitants as of January 31, 2014 is given (in brackets and small letters, if different, the names from the 1987 census and the population at that time) :

  • Core city north of Berliner / Dortmunder Straße from west to east:
    • Braßkamp - 3407 ("Area west of Münsterstrasse and north of Berliner Strasse"; 3225)
    • Stadtmitte - 2516 ("inner city between Am Moselbach and Berliner Straße"; 2336)
    • Im Berg - 2801 ("area north of Bahnhofstrasse including Im Berg"; 1641)
    • Neue Kolonie / Moselbachtal - 3682 ("area north of Berliner and Dortmunder Strasse"; 4124)
    • Industrial area in the vortex - 51 (63)
  • Core city immediately south of Berliner / Dortmunder Straße from west to east:
    • Hirschkamp settlement - 3237 ("Im Hirschkamp settlement including flower settlement"; 3039)
    • Old Colony - 3541 ("Area south of Berliner and Dortmunder Strasse"; 3138)
  • Southern core city from west to east:
    • Klöcknersiedlung - 1558 (1725)
    • Egelmeer - 2670 ("Siedlung Egelmeer"; 2340)
    • Kettelersiedlung - 2223 (2786)
  • Outskirts clockwise, starting in the northeast:
    • Holthausen-Lippe - 844 ("Farmers Holthausen and Lippe"; 883)
    • Brockenscheidt - 1153 ("Farmers Brockenscheidt and Elmenhorst"; 1221)
    • Leveringhausen - 913 ("Leveringhausen farmers"; 806)
    • Oberwiese - 679 ("Oberwiese Farmers"; 746)

Historically, Waltrop consists of the core town or the farmers' community of Waltrop and six outwardly outlying old farmers who have belonged to the place since time immemorial (clockwise, starting in the north):

These are grouped into four by the above city structure (Elmenhorst is assigned to the statistical district Brockenscheidt, Holthausen and Lippe are combined), but the boundaries in particular do not correspond to those of the old farmers. In the breakdown by statistical districts, Holthausen-Lippe is mainly the part of the city that lies north of the settlement boundary or, in the east, the Lippe side canal , Brockenscheidt is the (south) east edge located south of the side canal, Leveringhausen is the one through the Dortmund branch canal (south-easternmost stage of the Dortmund-Ems Canal ) separated the south-west edge and Oberwiese from the west edge. Of these, only the industrial area in the north of Brockenscheid is built up to a significant extent, which, similar to the industrial area Im Wirridge separated by the railway, connects to the northeast, to the east of the Neue Kolonie / Moselbachtal and thus to the core city.

Neighboring communities

Dates Selm
Neighboring communities Luenen
Castrop-Rauxel Dortmund

The following cities border the city of Waltrop - clockwise , starting in the north : Selm , Lünen (both Unna district ), Dortmund (independent city), Castrop-Rauxel and Datteln (both Recklinghausen district ).

Ostvest

Together with Datteln, Oer-Erkenschwick and the Haltern district of Flaesheim , Waltrop unofficially forms the Ostvest region .

Curiosities

One part of the Provinzialstraße belongs to Waltrop on one side, the other half is in the Datteln city ​​area. The stretch of street belonging to Waltrop includes the houses on the southern side of the street. There are two place-name signs at the entrance to Recklinghausen. The left one in the direction of travel points to Waltrop, the right one to Datteln.

The street on the city limits to the Brambauer district of Lüner has two names: the northern side of the street is on the Waltrop urban area and is called Grenzstraße, the southern side of the street is on the Lüner urban area and is called Friedhofstraße. The houses belonging to Waltroper Grenzstraße are served by the Lüner garbage disposal. The Waltrop side of the street has the Waltrop telephone code, while the Lüner street side (like all of Brambauer) can be reached via the Dortmund telephone code.

The house Kanonenstraße 89, which belongs to Waltrop, is not on Kanonenstraße, but on the extension of Lüner Straße Im Freistuhl. The house can only be reached with vehicles via the Lüner area. The house is served by the Waltrop garbage disposal.

In the Brambauer district of Lüner, driving on Waltroper Straße is forbidden for trucks, trucks and articulated lorries, with the exception of local traffic. However, there is no sign beforehand in the area of ​​the town of Waltrop informing the drivers. They only find out when they reach the town entrance. Turning around is not possible there, but turning right into Rottstrasse. However, the passage of heavy vehicles through this street is also prohibited.

In addition, many inner-city entrance and exit signs often cause confusion for those unfamiliar with the area.

climate

Precipitation diagram

The annual precipitation is 813 mm and is therefore comparatively normal, as it falls in the middle third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 66% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in December. In December there is 1.7 times more rainfall than in February. The rainfall varies moderately. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at 40% of the measuring stations.

history

Like the entire country between Emscher and Lippe , Waltrop was settled early on after excavations. In the 8th century BC The Germanic peoples occupied the area. The Sugambrians lived here, who lived around 9 BC. Were displaced to the left bank of the Rhine by Tiberius, stepson of Emperor Augustus. In the now empty land, the Brukterer settled on individual farms. It originated with the time an association of farmers - the peasantry . Seven farmers formed in today's Waltrop area: Leveringhausen, Elmenhorst , Brockenscheidt, Waltrop, Oberwiese (formerly Döttelbeck), Holthausen, Lippe (formerly Behem). The oldest information about the number of farms in the seven farmers comes from the year 1561, the number of farms in the individual farmers was between 16 and 22 farms. In total there were 129 courtyards, so that one can assume 1000 to 1300 residents.

In this context, the two imperial courts of Elmenhorst (first mentioned in a document in 1292, existing until 1806) and Abdinghof (had lost its imperial immediacy at an early stage) should be mentioned as special features. The Reichshof Elmenhorst was not a closed property, but belonged to it over 30 farms in different farmers, z. B. also in Eving (Dortmund) and Hagem (Datteln).

The Vogteihof (Vogedinghof, Veiinghof) occupied a prominent position in the Waltrop farming community. Initially this peasantry consisted of nine farms; in 1561 there were 17 farms. The further development of Waltrop took place on the grounds of the Vogteihof. The Archbishop of Cologne built his own church here, today's St. Petrus Parish Church. The founding of the church dates back to around the 10th century (around 950). The church was among other churches in the year 1032 without attribution from Cologne Archbishop Pilgrim of Deutz Abbey given as an economic basis. This donation was made on July 13, 1147 in a bull by Pope Eugene III. confirmed and therein the name Waltrop (as Waldorp, later also Vualtohorp, Waltorpe) is mentioned in a document for the first time.

In the Gelnhausen deed of 1180, the award of part of the Saxon duchy including Vest Recklinghausen to the Archbishop of Cologne was laid down. Waltrop's ecclesiastical affiliation to the Archdiocese of Cologne only changed in 1823 when he became a member of the Diocese of Münster.

In the course of time this church also became the economic center of the surrounding country. Traders and artisans settled around the church. Already before 1500 there was a closed settlement of traders within the Waltrop peasantry, opposite the rest of the Waltrop peasantry with scattered individual farms. This settlement was called "the village of Waltrop" to distinguish it from the Waltrop farmers.

The village formation took place over many decades. During this period, the lord of the Vogteihof dissolved the new settlement from the association of the Waltrop farmers and raised it to an independent municipality with clearly defined boundaries - the "Freedom Waltrop" (first in 1428 in a document) by granting administration and jurisdiction.

The first major war complaints in Waltrop are known from the Great Dortmund Feud (1388–1399) and the Soester Feud (1444–1449). The Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547) and the Spanish-Dutch War (1568–1648) also caused considerable damage to the residents. The Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648 was particularly horrific in the local area. At the end of this war, Waltrop was devastated, desolate and impoverished. The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) also left heavy marks.

At the beginning of the 1800s there was a fundamental change in land ownership: the division of the Waltrop nasties . For centuries the meadows, pastures and forests that were available to the general public (here: authorized persons) for grazing (also called Mark, from Latin margo / original forest wilderness; in Germanic times, the wilderness cleared for settlement purposes) have been named with meanness ). As a result of this state division of the so-called nasties in Waltrop in 1809, according to a special calculation, over 60 hectares of land were assigned to the original beneficiaries as new property. In the other peasant communities these divisions took place in the following decades.

In the village of Waltrop, 1,099 people lived in 148 houses in 1820; in 1840 there were 1,177 people in 173 houses. Overall, the parish of Waltrop (the village of Waltrop and the seven farmers) had exactly 2966 inhabitants in 1840 with 441 houses and 341 stables and barns.

In addition to agriculture and livestock farming, the trade statistics from 1840 show the following professions for Waltrop: 9 bakers, 3 butchers, 2 tanners, 16 shoemakers, 3 saddlers, 1 rope maker, 21 tailors, 10 carpenters, 14 carpenters, 1 wheel maker, 4 coopers, 1 turner, 2 bricklayers, 1 glazier, 6 blacksmiths, 1 brick baker, 4 stocking weavers, 63 linen weavers, 4 dyers, 1 merchant, 23 shopkeepers and peddlers, 2 innkeepers, 8 innkeepers, furthermore 5 mills, but no factories. In the second half of the century, it was mainly the timber trade and wood processing that gained in importance (1857 timber dealership with sawmill Overthun and carpenter's shop with furniture store Mußhoff, 1859 timber dealership with sawmill Nierhoff). The Beckmann distillery (now Bröggelhoff) was founded as early as 1850.

The big change in the village character came at the beginning of the 20th century: In 1903 the Waltrop colliery was sunk by the Prussian state. First coal production in 1906, completion of the coking plant in 1909 . After a water ingress in February 1909, production could not be resumed until the end of 1912. An average of 700 foreign forced laborers were used during World War II. The highest number of employees in the colliery in 1957 was a total of 2817 employees, including 171 salaried employees. On January 1, 1978, the two plant departments in Waltrop and Achenbach (Lünen-Brambauer) were merged. The last coal production took place on June 29, 1979. In 1984, Ruhrkohle AG sold the colliery area to the Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft (real estate fund Ruhr) for further use as an industrial area.

On January 30, 1939, Waltrop received city rights. In the course of the municipal reform, the Waltrop office, which had existed since 1844, was dissolved on January 1, 1975 , the municipalities Horneburg and Henrichenburg were incorporated into Datteln and Castrop-Rauxel, respectively, and Waltrop was vacant.

From 1943 to 1945, Waltrop-Holthausen was a central maternity camp for female forced laborers . Pregnant Eastern workers from all over Westphalia were brought to Holthausen and forced to have an abortion up to the fifth month of pregnancy. Of the children born in the camp in 1273, many died soon after birth. A memorial plaque in the cemetery, " stumbling blocks " in the pedestrian zone and a memorial in Holthausen are reminiscent of the maternity camp.

religion

St. Peter, Waltrop

The three Catholic parishes St. Ludgerus, St. Marien and St. Peter have merged into the parish of St. Peter since the 1st of Advent 2008. As a result of the merger, the St. Ludgerus Church was torn down and the slightly separated church tower was redesigned into a chapel.

The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Center is located at the Evangelical Trinity Church.

The New Apostolic Church owned two parishes in Waltrop (Waltrop North and South). In November 2014, both were merged to form the municipality of Waltrop.

There are also two mosques of the umbrella organizations VIKZ and DITIB in Waltrop : the Mimar Sinan Mosque and the Waltrop Mosque.

politics

City council

The council of the city of Waltrop has been composed as follows since the local elections on May 25, 2014 :

list SPD CDU FDP GREEN Waltrop Departure (WA) LEFT Green List Waltrop (GLW) Non-attached
Seats 13 13 2 3 2 2 0 1
difference −1 +1 −1 +1 ± 0 ± 0 −1 +1

Difference = difference to the 2009 election

Local election results from 1975

Only parties and voter communities that received at least 1.95 percent of the votes in the respective election are shown in the list.

year SPD CDU Green WA FDP left UBP GLW
1975 50.3 41.8 6.4
1979 51.2 38.5 4.9 5.3
1984 53.8 34.0 4.5 7.6
1989 54.1 33.0 5.5 7.4
1994 49.0 33.8 6.9 3.1 7.3
1999 34.3 45.8 8.1 4.3 7.5
2004 39.0 36.8 8.4 7.7 8.1
2009 38.6 34.6 05.14 05.10 7.2 5.9 3.5
2014 37.6 36.2 7.9 6.2 04.31 04.29 2.2

Mayoress

After the local elections in 2004, Anne Heck-Guthe ( SPD ) replaced the former mayor Willi Scheffers ( CDU ). She was confirmed in office in the local elections in 2009 , but was replaced in 2014 by the current mayor Nicole Moenikes (CDU).

Mayor since 1857

  • 1857–1863: Karl Leppelmann (bailiff)
  • 1866–1895: Alexander Cherouny (bailiff)
  • 1895–1919: Bernard Schwarthoff (bailiff)
  • 1919–1934: Alfred Brockhausen (bailiff)
  • 1934–1940: August Apffelstaedt, NSDAP
  • 1940–1945: Paul Lassoff, NSDAP
  • between May 1945 and 1946: Wilhelm Burbaum, Hermann Press, Fritz Dellwig
  • 1946–1949: Wilhelm Predeck, center
  • 1949–1952: Oskar Timm, SPD
  • 1952–1953: Wilhelm Predeck, CDU
  • 1953–1964: Heinrich Ferkinghoff, CDU
  • 1964–1969: Reinhold Mittelstaedt, SPD
  • 1969–1971: Theodor Surmann, CDU
  • 1971–1975: Hermann Keuter, CDU
  • 1975–1999: Hans-Joachim Münzner, SPD
  • 1999–2004: Wilhelm Scheffers, CDU
  • 2004–2014: Anne Heck-Guthe, SPD
  • since 2014: Nicole Moenikes, CDU

Children's and youth parliament

In 2001 a children's and youth parliament was founded in Waltrop on the suggestion of an initiative consisting of eight young people from three secondary schools. The concept, the statutes and the rules of procedure were developed by the young people themselves. Probably the most frequently mentioned success of the KiJuPas is the establishment of a night bus line (NE 14) in the first legislative period.

coat of arms

In the golden shield there is a black, red armored eagle. The center of the coat of arms represents a heart shield , which shows a golden, shortened tip in a black field. Waltrop received town charter in 1939. The imperial eagle in the coat of arms goes back to the seal of the old imperial court Elmenhorst. This was located in the area of ​​the city of Waltrop and was originally founded by Charlemagne . The settlement of the “village in the forest” - historically “Wallthorpe” - also fell during this period. The shortened spearhead is reminiscent of the Goy family, who lived in the community in the 15th and 16th centuries. She carried this symbol in her shield.

Town twinning

Old Henrichenburg ship lift
Old shaft lock, Waltrop lock park

Culture and sights

Museums

The local history museum Riphaushof of the Heimatverein next to the outdoor pool documents the Waltrop history with numerous exhibits. The Henrichenburg ship lift from 1899 can now be viewed as a museum. It is part of the LWL Industrial Museum of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe and is part of the sluice Park Waltrop .

Buildings

temple
Site of the Waltrop colliery

The former Waltrop colliery has been converted into an industrial park. In Waltrop's center is the parish church of St. Peter from the 9th / 10th century with a 40 meter high church tower. Around the church there is a half-timbered ensemble, which also includes the "temple". It was probably built in 1576 and is considered the oldest half-timbered house in Waltrop. The St. Laurentius Chapel is located in Waltrop-Leveringhausen .

Parks

  • Rieselfelder (walking and cycling routes)
  • Canal system (rowing ports and marinas)
  • Moselbachpark (central city park) with a large duck pond
  • Allotment gardens Gartenstadt Waltrop (founded 1977), consisting of 96 gardens
  • Waltrop lock park (with the old Henrichenburg ship lift and the new lift as well as the historic and new lock)
  • Brockenscheidt business park (work in the park, former colliery with business in a park-like landscape) with Brockenscheidt dump
  • Stutenteichpark (located around a retirement home, small park)

art

See: List of works of art in public space in Waltrop

Events

  • Pajama ball of the Landjugend Waltrop (KLJB) audience between 16 and 50
  • Waltroper Parkfest (last weekend in August) with live concerts in Moselbachpark
  • Shooting festivals
  • Thanksgiving
  • Räppling the Catholic parishioners, on Good Friday and Saturday
  • Dance into Christmas (23 December), GV Waltop's Christmas party with three to four dance floors in the Waltrop town hall
  • Amore mio party (for everyone over 25 in the town hall)
  • Beach party with 30 tons of sand in the parish garden of the parish of St. Peter (every year shortly before the summer holidays)
  • Trecker trek, organized annually by the KLJB Waltrop on the Landjugendsportplatz in Löhken
  • Lawn mower race, organized annually by KLJB Waltrop
  • International motorcyclist meeting of the MRSC Waltrop (every year on the second weekend in September)
  • Fountain whispers from May to September on the last Thursday of the month

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

For all Waltrop street names and their meaning, see List of Streets in Waltrop

Waltrop can only be reached by road for passenger transport, since the Hamm-Osterfelder Bahn has been used exclusively for freight transport on its section through Waltrop since 1983 . The local train station is completely shut down.

A total of six bus lines of the Vestische trams run in Waltrop : Line 231 connects Waltrop with Recklinghausen, lines 283 and 285 run within the city, line 284 connects Waltrop with the Brambauer district of Lüner , where there is a connection to line U41 of the Dortmund Stadtbahn . The express bus line SB 24 runs between Recklinghausen and the Mengede district of Dortmund . Line 289 also commutes between Waltrop and Mengede. The NachtExpress line NE 14 (only on weekends) leads to Recklinghausen, Oer-Erkenschwick, Datteln and Mengede.

Waltrop is directly connected to the German motorway network via the A 2 and A 45 motorways (Dortmund-Mengede junction).

The B 474n is also being planned. It should extend from the Dortmund-Nordwest motorway junction to the A 43 and thus relieve the B 235 in Datteln and the L 609 in Waltrop.

Waltrop is on the two long -distance cycle routes Dortmund-Ems-Kanal-Route and Rundkurs Ruhrgebiet .

Companies

Waltrop Colliery Industrial Park

Manufactum : The headquarters and one of the eight department stores of the Manufactum retail chain are located on the site of the former Waltrop colliery.

Hase : Also in the buildings of the former colliery are the manufacture and the offices of the company Hase , one of the world market leaders in the field of recumbent bikes .

Langendorf : The manufacturer of semi-trailers and trailers Langendorf , founded in 1889, has its headquarters and production facility in Waltrop, but has been part of the Polish Wielton Group since 2017 .

Pharbil : The contract manufacturer of the pharmaceutical industry Pharbil is based in Waltrop, but belongs to the Nextpharma group of companies .

Mining

There was a mine in Waltrop, the Waltrop colliery built by the Prussian state . As an exception among the other mines in the Ruhr area, the colliery bears the name of its own city. The sinking of the shafts I and II took place in 1903, the first coal production in 1905. From February 1909 until the end of 1912 was to promote interrupted by massive flooding. At this time the coking plant was built . Occupied by the French army in April / May 1923 as part of the Ruhr occupation . Between 1940 and 1945 an average of 700 foreign forced laborers were deployed annually. In 1956 the coking plant was shut down, and a year later the highest number of employees was reached with 2,817 employees, 171 of them salaried. From 1978 onwards, it joined forces with the Minister Achenbach colliery in Lünen-Brambauer, followed by the last coal production at the Waltrop colliery on June 29, 1979.

In addition, there were two external shafts of the mining union Victor-Ickern / Castrop-Rauxel in Waltrop . The shafts Ickern III (cable car and material shaft) and Ickern IV (weather shaft) were sunk in 1938 and 1949 respectively. Associated with the Minister Achenbach mine at the end of 1972 - like Waltrop - Achenbach was closed in 1992.

media

The daily newspapers in Waltrop are the “ Waltroper Zeitung ” of the Bauer media company and the local edition “Unser Vest” of the “ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung ” (WAZ). Two advertising papers appear every week : the “ Stadtspiegel ” published by WVW Verlag and the “Kurier zum Sonntag”. The local station " Radio Vest " offers radio programs for the entire Recklinghausen district except for Gladbeck.

Healthcare

In the city there is a range of general practitioners and dentists in general practice that is appropriate for the size of the population. In addition, specialists in the following disciplines also ensure supra- local care: cardiology, sports medicine, ENT medicine, urology, chiropractic, allergology, dermatology, orthodontics, ophthalmology and obstetrics.

The Catholic Hospital St. Laurentius Stift is located to the west of the city center on Hochstrasse . The house with more than 150 (planned) beds is divided into the specialist clinics for geriatrics, early rehabilitation and palliative medicine, a clinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy and an institute outpatient department. The hospital is responsible for the compulsory psychiatric care of the cities of Datteln, Oer-Erkenschwick and Waltrop. The emergency doctor for the municipal rescue service in Waltrop is available around the clock .

There are three residential complexes and homes for senior citizens run by private and church organizations.

education

Sports

Soccer

Other sports

  • TTV Waltrop 99 (table tennis)
  • RV Waltrop (Breeding, Riding and Driving Association Waltrop)
  • GV Waltrop (basketball, inline hockey, volleyball, etc.)
  • SV DJK Teutonia Waltrop (swimming, water polo)
  • DLRG local group Waltrop (swimming, lifeguarding)
  • DJK Teutonia Waltrop (athletics)
  • HV Waltrop (handball, seniors)
  • JSG OstVEST Waltrop / Datteln (Handball »Youth)
  • RV Waltrop (rowing)
  • KC Waltrop 1932 (canoeing)
  • TC Rot-Weiß Waltrop (tennis)
  • TV Unity Waltrop (Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Jazz and Modern Dance, Aerobics)
  • TK Preußen Waltrop ( Tipp Kick , German champion 1995, German cup winner 1990 and 1991)
  • ASV Waltrop 1922 (fishing)
  • SV Waltrop 1922 (chess)
  • Sports Academy Lee (Martial Arts)
  • RC Sprinter Waltrop (cycling)

Personalities

Born in Waltrop

Grew up in Waltrop

  • Hermann Schulte-Sasse (* 1948), doctor and former full-time city councilor in Munich, State Secretary in Berlin and since December 2012 Senator in Bremen
  • Michael Steinbrecher (* 1965), presenter at ZDF (including the current sportstudio ), professor for television and video journalism at the Institute for Journalism at TU Dortmund University
  • Torsten Sträter (* 1966 in Dortmund); Writer, slam poet and cabaret artist
  • Mario Plechaty (* 1972), former soccer player (including VfB Waltrop, Borussia Dortmund)
  • Holger Stromberg (* 1972), chef for the German national soccer team
  • Michael Masberg (* 1982), director and author

Honorary citizen of the city of Waltrop

  • Heinrich Ferkinghoff †, Mayor of Waltrop 1951–1964, honorary citizen since October 8, 1965
  • Käthe Engelhaupt †, AWO chairwoman, honorary citizen since March 29, 1990
  • Jochen Münzner († 2010), former mayor, honorary citizen since December 27, 2007

Winner of the Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Waltrop

  • Arthur Kalaba † January 6, 1978
  • Fritz Schänzer †, August 30, 1984
  • Pastor Wilhelm Lammers †, October 20, 1993
  • Karl-Heinz Merl †, September 22, 1997
  • Käthe Engelhaupt †, May 19, 2005

Web links

Commons : Waltrop  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Waltrop  - Travel Guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .  ( Help on this )
  2. ↑ Waltrop Center Concept 2008 , map of the statistical districts on page 7; Leveringhausen is drawn incorrectly or the border between Leveringhausen and Brockenscheidt is not drawn at all, cf. Map of the population development in the districts of the Recklinghausen district 1998–2004 ; Map (PDF; 840 kB)
  3. ↑ Population figures of Waltrop as of December 31, 2014 according to information provided by email from the Waltrop Citizens' Office; a difference of 14 inhabitants to the total number of 29,289 results from the fact that these could not yet be assigned to an area.
  4. ↑ In the Prussian first recording around 1840, around the already clearly defined core location, which is labeled as a settlement, “Bft. Waltrop ”
  5. ↑ Collection dates of the Lüner garbage disposal in the Grenzstraße (2017)
  6. ↑ Waltrop maternity camp at www.routemigration.nrw.de.
  7. ↑ http://www.st-peter-waltrop.de/ , accessed on June 15, 2010.
  8. ↑ http://www.vikz.de/index.php/liste-gemeinden.html?selectedRegion=Waltrop
  9. ↑ http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=12&lang=de&12&filter=alphabet&abc=W
  10. ↑ State Returning Officer NRW, municipal elections 2014, final result for Waltrop
  11. ↑ Directories of the results of the local elections for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDS NRW) from 1975 to 2009.
  12. ↑ election profile of the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics northwest. ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.it.nrw.de
  13. ↑ Election results 1999.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.9 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / webshop.it.nrw.de  
  14. ↑ Election results 2004.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.0 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / webshop.it.nrw.de  
  15. ↑ Election results 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.5 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / webshop.it.nrw.de  
  16. ↑ Leppelmann was wanted in June 1863 on suspicion of forgery of documents, see scan of the University of Düsseldorf
  17. ↑ http://www.heimatverein-waltrop.de/heimatmuseum_index.php
  18. ↑ http://www.gartenstadt-waltrop.de/%C3%BCber-uns/
  19. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 9, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.waltroper-parkfest.de
  20. ↑ Events | City of Waltrop. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
  21. ↑ “Brunnengeflüster” is entering its third season .
  22. ↑ Joachim Huske: The coal mine in the Ruhr area . Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum, 3rd edition 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 , p. 1010.
  23. ↑ http://www.laurentius-stift.de/st-laurentius-stift/das-st-laurentius-stift/
  24. ^ City of Waltrop: Education & Social - Special Schools. City of Waltrop, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Markus Weßling: Topic: Phoenix School. In: Waltroper Zeitung. Verlag J. Bauer KG, September 26, 2017, accessed on October 1, 2018 .