Langendreer is the largest and most populous district of the city of

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

in the

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, with a population of 25,438 as of 31 December 2023. The district is located between the cities

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, the largest city of

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, to the east and

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to the south, and four other districts of Bochum to the north and west — Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof, Bochum-Laer, , and Bochum-Werne. Langendreer is the easternmost district of Bochum. The district includes, among others, , a mainly residential area, , and . Bochum-Langendreer station is one of the largest railway stations in Bochum and the district is also served by Bochum-Langendreer West station. The freight station in Langendreer was one of the reasons why the village and administrative district of Langendreer was incorporated into the city of Bochum on 1 August 1929, as Bochum did not have comparable capacities. Langendreer used to be one of the main centers of the

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n minority in Western Germany. In the early 20th century coal mining and steel manufacturing were the primary employers in Langendreer. Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof is a statistical district and monument area of the city of Bochum. Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof is in the east side of the city, between Bochum-Querenburg and Bochum-Werne. It used to be, and to some extent, still is a business district that accommodated the needs of the mines and railway, while the rest of Langendreer is more of a "village" with residential areas. Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof is south of the main

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of the Ruhr, A 40.

Notable people

* Bastian Pastewka, German actor and comedian * Paul Nieder-Westermann, Nazi official * Fritz Katzmann, SS-Gruppenführer and war criminal

References

External links

*http://www.langendreer-info.de *http://www.heimatstube-langendreer.de Boroughs of Bochum {{Bochum-geo-stub