Bottrop
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Urban District
Mayor	Peter Noetzel (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	100.7 km² (38.9 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m  (197 ft)
Population	118,975  (31/12/2006)Landesamt für Statistik
- Density	1,181 /km² (3,060 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BOT
Postal codes	46236–46244
Area codes	02041, 02045
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Bottrop (help· info) (IPA: [ˈbɔtʁɔp]) is a city in west central Germany, on the Rhine-Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail center and contains factories producing coal-tar derivatives, chemicals, textiles, and machinery. Bottrop grew as a mining center beginning in the 1860s and was chartered as a city in 1921. In 1975 it unified with the neighbour communities of Gladbeck and Kirchhellen, but Gladbeck left it in 1976, leading to Kirchhellen becoming a district of Bottrop as Bottrop-Kirchhellen. Image File history File links Bottrop. ... Coat of arms Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DEA Capital Düsseldorf Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  34,084 km² (13,160 sq mi) Population 18,033,000... Ruhr Area within Germany Map of the Ruhr Area The Ruhr Area, also called simply Ruhr, (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large formerly industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to... Essen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Oberhausen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Gladbeck (IPA: ) is a city and municipality within the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Dorsten is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bottrop has the longest stretch of autobahn without junctions which is often used for testing vehicles at high speed, and is home to the famous Mercedes-Benz tuning company Brabus. This article is about the German, Austrian and Swiss road system. ... BRABUS Weber is a high-performance aftermarket tuning company which specializes in Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach vehicles, similar to Hamann which modifies Ferraris and BMW. Founded in 1977 by Bodo Buschmann, Brabus has since become the largest Mercedes tuner other than the DaimlerChrysler affiliate Mercedes-AMG. The company is...

Boroughs

Altmarkt in the city

The total area of the municipal territory is about 101 square kilometers. The longest north-south distance is 17 kilometers, and from west to east 9 kilometers. The highest peak within the city's territory is 78 m, the lowest one 26 m above NN. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 559 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 559 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...

Bottrop is divided into 3 boroughs, they are: Bottrop-Mitte (Bottrop-Center), Bottrop-Süd (Bottrop South) and Bottrop-Kirchhellen, each one having a borough representation and a borough ruler.

These boroughs are further subdivided into city parts, partly named after their traditional name, while the newly built parts are only recently named :

• Bottrop-Mitte: Eigen, Fuhlenbrock, Stadtmitte (City center)
  
• Bottrop-Süd: Batenbrock, Boy, Ebel, Lehmkuhle, Vonderort, Gartenstadt Welheim (Garden city Welheim) and Welheimer Mark (Welheim Market)
  
• Bottrop-Kirchhellen: Ekel, Feldhausen, Grafenwald, Hardinghausen, Holthausen, Im Loh, Kirchhellen, Kuhberg, Overhagen

For statistical reasons, Bottrop is also divided into statistical boroughs, they are (with their official numbering)

• 11 Altstadt
• 12 Nord-Ost (Northeast)
• 13 Süd-West (Southwest)
• 21 Fuhlenbrock-Heide (Fühlenbrock-Heath)
• 22 Fuhlenbrock-Wald (Fühlenbrock-Forest)

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Kirchhellen

From 1919 until 1976 Kirchhellen was its own town. From 1976 until 1978 it was a part of "GlaBotKi"(Gladbeck, Bottrop, Kirchhellen). 1978 Kirchhellen would a part of Bottrop. The Kirchhellner were very angry and today they aren't happy about it yet. Gladbeck (IPA: ) is a city and municipality within the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

Most of Kirchhellner are catholic (ca. 65%) - there are three churches their will be own on first of January in 2007. There is one Lutheran church (ca. 20% of the population is Lutheran and ca. 5% are Muslims). The rest is mostly without a religion.

Religious Demographics & Churches

Catholic church St. Cyriakus

Protestant Martinschurch

• Catholic: ~50% (19 churches)
• Protestant (Lutheran): ~20% (8 churches)
• Atheist/Agnostic: ~20%
• Muslim: ~5%

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Notable people from Bottrop

• Josef Albers (artist and mathematician)
• August Everding (opera director)
• Theo Jörgensmann (jazz musician and composer)
• Ludger Stratmann
• Ulla Kock am Brink
• Da Hool (DJ and music producer)

Josef Albers (born March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia (Germany) - died March 26, 1976 in New Haven, Connecticut), was a German artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... August Everding (born 31 October 1928 in Bottrop, Germany, died 26 January 1999) was a German opera director and administrator. ... Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 1948 in Bottrop, Germany) is a jazz and free-improvising Basset clarinet player and composer. ... Frank Tomiczek (born in Bottrop, Germany), better known as Da Hool, is a German DJ and producer. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...

Notable Locations

• Alpincenter - Indoor ski slope
• Tetraeder - a 60 m high Tetrahedron, placed on a 90 m slag heap
• Movie Park Germany - theme park (in Bottrop-Kirchhellen)
• Schloss Beck - castle turned into an amusement park (in Bottrop-Kirchhellen)

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Twin towns

Bottrop is twinned with: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

• Tourcoing, France, since 1967
• Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
• Berlin-Mitte (Germany, since 1983 (first with Berlin-Wedding, which fusioned with Berlin-Tiergarten and Berlin-Mitte)
• Veszprém (Hungary, since 1987
• Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt,Germany), since 1989
• Gliwice, Poland

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Photos of Bottrop

Tetraeder Steps Leading to Tetraeder Steel Works Near Alpin Center

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