Bergeborbeck is a northern borough of the city of

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

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, with a population of around 4,400. It was incorporated into the city in 1915, having previously been part of the Bürgermeisterei Borbeck (''Borbeck district''). S-Bahn trains have a stop at Bergeborbeck station, which is named after the borough, but located within the boundaries of nearby Bochold. The football stadium of

Georg-Melches-Stadion Georg-Melches-Stadion was a stadium in Essen, Germany. It was built in 1923, renovated to the former state in 1939, 1948 and 1954 and had a capacity of 30,000. Due to safety reasons this was reduced to 15,000 from 1994 onwards. It was used, mo ...

was located in Bergeborbeck before it was demolished and replaced by nearby

Stadion Essen Stadion (Greek , Latin ''stadium'', nominative plural ''stadia'' in both Greek and Latin) may refer to: People * Christoph von Stadion (1478–1543), Prince-Bishop of Augsburg * Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1763–1824), Austrian ...

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Frankfurter Allgemeine

Geography

Bergeborbeck borders the boroughs of Vogelheim to the east, Bochold to the south, and

Borbeck-Mitte Borbeck-Mitte is the central borough of ''Borbeck'', the fourth suburban district of Essen, Germany. Together with the other boroughs of the district, it was incorporated on April 1, 1915. Borbeck-Mitte has a population of roughly 13,500 people an ...

, Gerschede and Dellwig in the west.

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