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Bochum () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area between the cities of Essen, Germany and
Dortmund.
History
The foundations of Bochum were started in the
9th century when Charlemagne set up a royal court at the junction of two important trade routes and it was first officially mentioned in 1041 by the name Cofbuokheim in a document of the archbishops of Cologne. In
1321 Count Engelbert II von der Marck granted Bochum a town charter, but the town remained insignificant until the
19th century, when coal mining and
steel industry emerged in the Ruhr area, leading to the growth of the entire region. The population of Bochum increased tenfold between 1850 and 1890.In World War II the city was heavily bombed by British and American bombers. Nearly the whole inner circle of the city was destroyed and many thousand citizens were killed.
Between 1960 and 1980, all the mines were closed. Other industries, such as
automobile industry, compensated for the loss of jobs. In
1965 the
Ruhr University was opened, the first
university in the Ruhr area and the first to be founded in Germany since
World War II.
In the course of a comprehensive community reform in
1975, Wattenscheid, a formerly independent city, was integrated into the urban area of Bochum. An exerted local referendum against the integration failed.
Main sights
Main sights include:
- The Town Hall
- Propsteikirche St. Peter und Paul, the most ancient church of the city, built in 785-800 by Charlemagne. It was rebuilt in the 11th century but had to be reconstructed starting from 1547, after a fire in 1517, in late-Gothic style. The 68 m-high bell tower is one of the landmarks of Bochum. the interior include a 1175 baptismal font, the relic shrine of St. Perpetua and her slave Felicitas, and a hig altar with a 1352 Crucifix.
- Pauluskirche, the main Protestant church of the city. It was built in the 1650 with donations from Northern Europe.
- Christuskirche.
- the neo-Gothic Marienkirche (1868-1872).
- Church of St. Vincent (c. 1000). Originally an example of Ottonian architecture, it was rebuilt in Romanesque style, and later turned into a Gothic edifice. In 1905 a neo-Gothic section was added. It houses a precious Baroque altar (1699) and a 16th century organ.
- Blankenstein Castle, built in the 13th century by Count Adolf I of Mark. Today the gate and a tower remain.
- Zeiss Planetary
Two castles from the
Middle Ages survive on the northern banks of the Ruhr river. Other points of interest include the German Mining Museum, the musical Starlight Express (opening show in
1988) and the nostalgic Train Museum in the borough of Dahlhausen.
Bochum has its own brewery, Moritz Fiege which produces pilsner, a low alcohol pilsner & hell style beers.
Sport
The
football (soccer) club VfL Bochum was 8th of the First Division (Fußball-Bundesliga) in the season of 2006/07. However, they are struggling against relegation from day 1 because of limited financial means due to the strong competition with the neighbourhood teams
Borussia Dortmund and
FC Schalke 04 of
Gelsenkirchen.
Transport
Bochum is connected to the
Autobahn network by the
Bundesautobahn 40, Bundesautobahn 43 and Bundesautobahn 44 autobahns. It has a
Bochum Hauptbahnhof situated on the line from
Duisburg to
Dortmund, connecting the city to the long-distance network of Deutsche Bahn as well as to the
S-Bahn network of Rhine-Ruhr.Local service is carried out by the
BOGESTRA, a joint venture between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen. There is a single underground
Stadtbahn line connecting the University of Bochum to Herne, Germany, and several tram lines connecting to Gelsenkirchen and
Witten. Public transport in the city is carried out according to the fare system of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association.
Educational Institutions
Universities
- Ruhr University founded 1965
- Fachhochschule Bochum
- TFH Georg Agricola
- Evangelische FH Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe
- Schauspielschule Bochum
Schools
- Albert-Einstein-Schule
- Goethe-Schule Bochum
- Graf-Engelbert-Schule
- Gymnasium am Ostring
- Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule
- Hellweg-Schule
- Hildegardis-Schule
- Lessing-Schule
- Märkische Schule
- Schiller-Schule
- Theodor-Körner-Schule
- Erich Kästner-Gesamtschule Schule
- Heinrich-Böll-Gesamtschule
- Maria Sibylla Merian-Gesamtschule
- Willy-Brandt-Gesamtschule und die
- Matthias-Claudius-Schulen
Twin towns
Bochum's
Town twinning are{|| valign="top" |
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, since 1950
- Oviedo, Spain, since 1980
- Donetsk, Ukraine, since 1987
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|}
People affiliated with Bochum
- Andrei Osterman, Russian Statesman
- Wolfgang Clement, former minister of economics and work
- Norbert Lammert, President (Speaker) of the German Parliament, Bundestag
- Herbert Grönemeyer, singer, wrote a popular song about Bochum in 1984.
- Frank Goosen, writer, wrote an epic story taking place in Bochum in the 1980s and 90's (liegen lernen)
- Otto Schily, former minister of the interior
- Mark Warnecke, breaststroke swimmer, won the world title at age 35
- André Tanneberger also known as ATB, electronic music producer
External links
- Official city website
- Memorials in Bochum at sites-of-memory.de
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Bochum () is a city in
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area between the cities of Essen, Germany and Dortmund.
History
The foundations of Bochum were started in the
9th century when
Charlemagne set up a royal court at the junction of two important trade routes and it was first officially mentioned in 1041 by the name Cofbuokheim in a document of the archbishops of Cologne. In 1321 Count Engelbert II von der Marck granted Bochum a town charter, but the town remained insignificant until the
19th century, when
coal mining and
steel industry emerged in the Ruhr area, leading to the growth of the entire region. The population of Bochum increased tenfold between 1850 and
1890.In World War II the city was heavily bombed by British and American bombers. Nearly the whole inner circle of the city was destroyed and many thousand citizens were killed.
Between 1960 and
1980, all the mines were closed. Other industries, such as automobile industry, compensated for the loss of jobs. In 1965 the Ruhr University was opened, the first university in the Ruhr area and the first to be founded in Germany since
World War II.
In the course of a comprehensive community reform in
1975, Wattenscheid, a formerly independent city, was integrated into the urban area of Bochum. An exerted local referendum against the integration failed.
Main sights
Main sights include:
- The Town Hall
- Propsteikirche St. Peter und Paul, the most ancient church of the city, built in 785-800 by Charlemagne. It was rebuilt in the 11th century but had to be reconstructed starting from 1547, after a fire in 1517, in late-Gothic style. The 68 m-high bell tower is one of the landmarks of Bochum. the interior include a 1175 baptismal font, the relic shrine of St. Perpetua and her slave Felicitas, and a hig altar with a 1352 Crucifix.
- Pauluskirche, the main Protestant church of the city. It was built in the 1650 with donations from Northern Europe.
- Christuskirche.
- the neo-Gothic Marienkirche (1868-1872).
- Church of St. Vincent (c. 1000). Originally an example of Ottonian architecture, it was rebuilt in Romanesque style, and later turned into a Gothic edifice. In 1905 a neo-Gothic section was added. It houses a precious Baroque altar (1699) and a 16th century organ.
- Blankenstein Castle, built in the 13th century by Count Adolf I of Mark. Today the gate and a tower remain.
- Zeiss Planetary
Two
castles from the
Middle Ages survive on the northern banks of the Ruhr river. Other points of interest include the German Mining Museum, the musical Starlight Express (opening show in
1988) and the nostalgic Train Museum in the borough of Dahlhausen.
Bochum has its own brewery, Moritz Fiege which produces pilsner, a low alcohol pilsner & hell style beers.
Sport
The football (soccer) club
VfL Bochum was 8th of the First Division (Fußball-Bundesliga) in the season of 2006/07. However, they are struggling against relegation from day 1 because of limited financial means due to the strong competition with the neighbourhood teams Borussia Dortmund and
FC Schalke 04 of
Gelsenkirchen.
Transport
Bochum is connected to the
Autobahn network by the
Bundesautobahn 40,
Bundesautobahn 43 and Bundesautobahn 44 autobahns. It has a
Bochum Hauptbahnhof situated on the line from Duisburg to Dortmund, connecting the city to the long-distance network of
Deutsche Bahn as well as to the
S-Bahn network of Rhine-Ruhr.Local service is carried out by the
BOGESTRA, a joint venture between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen. There is a single underground
Stadtbahn line connecting the University of Bochum to
Herne, Germany, and several tram lines connecting to Gelsenkirchen and Witten. Public transport in the city is carried out according to the fare system of the
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association.
Educational Institutions
Universities
Schools
- Albert-Einstein-Schule
- Goethe-Schule Bochum
- Graf-Engelbert-Schule
- Gymnasium am Ostring
- Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule
- Hellweg-Schule
- Hildegardis-Schule
- Lessing-Schule
- Märkische Schule
- Schiller-Schule
- Theodor-Körner-Schule
- Erich Kästner-Gesamtschule Schule
- Heinrich-Böll-Gesamtschule
- Maria Sibylla Merian-Gesamtschule
- Willy-Brandt-Gesamtschule und die
- Matthias-Claudius-Schulen
Twin towns
Bochum's
Town twinning are{|| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |
|}
People affiliated with Bochum
- Andrei Osterman, Russian Statesman
- Wolfgang Clement, former minister of economics and work
- Norbert Lammert, President (Speaker) of the German Parliament, Bundestag
- Herbert Grönemeyer, singer, wrote a popular song about Bochum in 1984.
- Frank Goosen, writer, wrote an epic story taking place in Bochum in the 1980s and 90's (liegen lernen)
- Otto Schily, former minister of the interior
- Mark Warnecke, breaststroke swimmer, won the world title at age 35
- André Tanneberger also known as ATB, electronic music producer
External links
- Official city website
- Memorials in Bochum at sites-of-memory.de
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