Bottrop


Bottrop 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, was chartered as a city in 1921, and bombed during the Oil Campaign of World War II. 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. It is also twinned with Blackpool, England.

Boroughs

The total area of the municipal territory is about. The longest north-south distance is, and from west to east. The highest peak within the city's territory is, the lowest one being above sea level.
Bottrop is divided into 3 boroughs, they are: Bottrop-Mitte, Bottrop-Süd 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 :
For statistical reasons, Bottrop is also divided into statistical boroughs. They are

Kirchhellen

From 1919 until 1976 Kirchhellen was its own town. From 1976 until 1978 it was a part of "GlaBotKi".
In 1978 Kirchhellen became part of Bottrop.
Most of Kirchhellen is Catholic - there are three churches there.
There is one Lutheran church.

Culture and attractions

Theaters, museums and buildings

Bottrop is twinned with: