Gladbeck () is a town in the district of

Recklinghausen Recklinghausen (; Westphalian: ''Riäkelhusen'') is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and indust ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

, Germany. Gladbeck is quite a young town, first recognised 21 July 1919 when it was given town rights. The town established itself around five farming villages, Brauck, Butendorf, Ellinghorst, Rentfort and Zweckel.

Geography

Gladbeck is located in the northern part of the

Ruhr Area The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

and belongs to the so-called Emscherzone in which mining started late in relation to other towns of this area. Gladbeck is predominantly surrounded by

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 cent ...

Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...

Dorsten Dorsten (; Westphalian: ''Dössen'') is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and has a population of about 75,000. Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its hist ...

and by

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 Do ...

in the south.

History

Pre-industrial society

Early archeological finds prove a population in the region of Gladbeck already in about 2000 BC. It was first mentioned in 1020 as Gladbeki and was originally a small village of 300 inhabitants. The village with its five peasantries (Butendorf, Brauck, Rentfort, Ellinghorst and Zweckel, now quarters of Gladbeck) was arranged around St. Lamberti cathedral. From 1180 to 1802 Gladbeck belonged to the

Vest Recklinghausen Vest Recklinghausen was an ecclesiastical territory in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the center of today's North Rhine-Westphalia. The rivers Emscher and Lippe formed the border with the County of Mark and Essen Abbey in the south, and to t ...

and was thus linked with the

Electorate of Cologne The Electorate of Cologne (german: Kurfürstentum Köln), sometimes referred to as Electoral Cologne (german: Kurköln, links=no), was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the 10th to the early 19th century. ...

. A certificate from 1236 mentions

Knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood ...

Ludolfus de Wittering who is most likely to have erected

Wittringen Castle Wittringen Castle or Wittringen House (German: ''Schloss Wittringen'' or ''Haus Wittringen'') is a moated castle in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History The noble family ''von Wittringen'' was first mentioned in an official docume ...

around that time. Especially during the first years of the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of batt ...

(1618–48) many cornfields in and around Gladbeck were destroyed by marauding soldiers. Additionally, the

Black Death The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...

killed many inhabitants of Gladbeck in the Thirty Years' War. At the 1815

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon ...

the

Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. ...

acquired the area and administered it within the

Province of Westphalia The Province of Westphalia () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946. In turn, Prussia was the largest component state of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, of the Weimar Republic and from 191 ...

. Before the

Revolutions of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europ ...

there were three bad food crises in Gladbeck in 1816/17, 1830/31 and 1846/47. However, the "March Revolution" had no consequences on Gladbeck.

Time of coal mining

Coal was found in the 1870s and the first coal was produced in 1878. Depending on additional workers, the coal mines attracted many people. Therefore, Gladbeck rapidly grew by immigration from surrounding Westphalia, the

Rhine Province The Rhine Province (german: Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia () or synonymous with the Rhineland (), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1946. ...

, and from the eastern provinces of Prussia including citizens with Polish as their native language. The little village quickly turned into an establishment of industry and was given town privilege in July 1919. Also Gladbeck benefited from the general boom in the years 1925 to 1929 when important building projects were realised in spite of all troubles, such as the open-air bath as well as the stadium, in which

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and the ...

delivered a speech in 1932. As with all German towns, Gladbeck was brought into line after Adolf Hitler was named

Reichskanzler The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,; often shortened to ''Bundeskanzler''/''Bundeskanzlerin'', / is the head of the federal government of Germany and the commander in chief of the Ge ...

. This took place under the earlier elected conservative mayor Bernhard Hackenberg, immediately joining the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

. In

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Gladbeck was heavily damaged and around 43% of the buildings in the center were destroyed, making it as one of the most destroyed towns in the

. After the war the town became part of the new state of

. During the 1960s the coal industry went into a substantial crisis, resulting in widespread unemployment. Apart from this Gladbeck's population reached 85,927 inhabitants in 1969, which is unique in the history of this town. Since the last coal mine was closed in 1971 Gladbeck is fighting against a high rate of unemployment, activating the structural change.

Communal realignment and history since 1975

In the course of the communal realignment in North Rhine-Westphalia (1975) Gladbeck, original a county borough, and the village

Kirchhellen 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 cent ...

were incorporated into the neighbouring town

. Opponents of the realignment criticized the low population density at the border between Gladbeck and

and emphasized that

was not much bigger than Gladbeck. ´GlaBotKi is nich´ (Glabotki is not) was their catchphrase. With the help of a court decision Gladbeck successfully left

, thereby cancelling the merger. Since July 1976 Gladbeck is part of the district of

. On 16 August 1988, the town received international attention when two thieves robbed a branch of the

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York St ...

in Gladbeck. They kidnapped two bank employees and held them hostage, along with 32 people in a transport bus in

Bremen Bremen ( Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state cons ...

and drove through

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

and the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. In what was called the

Gladbeck hostage crisis The Gladbeck hostage crisis or Gladbeck hostage drama was a bank robbery and hostage-taking that took place in West Germany from 16 to 18 August 1988. Two men with prior criminal records – Hans-Jürgen Rösner and Dieter Degowski – robbed ...

, the crisis ended in just over 2 days, with one police officer and two victims dead, and the arrest of the three individuals (Hans-Jürgen Rösner & Dieter Degowski, along with Marion Löblich for her involvement in the crime as an accomplice).

Politics

The current mayor of Gladbeck is Bettina Weist of the Socila Democratic Party (SPD) since 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate ! rowspan=2, Party ! colspan=2, First round ! colspan=2, Second round , - ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Bettina Weist , align=left,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

, 11,452 , 42.6 , 10,728 , 62.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Dietmar Drosdzol , align=left, Christian Democratic Union , 6,308 , 23.4 , 6,357 , 37.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Steffens , align=left,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

, 2,423 , 9.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Gräber , align=left,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. ...

, 2,110 , 7.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Markus Kellermann , align=left,

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ...

, 1,460 , 5.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Jung , align=left, The Left , 771 , 2.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tack , align=left, Free Democratic Party , 686 , 2.6 , - , , align=left, Ay , align=left, Alternative Citizens' Initiative , 608 , 2.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Ulas Polat , align=left,

, 379 , 1.4 , - , , align=left, Flach , align=left, Citizens in Gladbeck , 365 , 1.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Dorka , align=left,

German Communist Party The German Communist Party (german: Deutsche Kommunistische Partei, ) is a communist party in Germany. The DKP supports left positions and was an observer member of the European Left. At the end of February 2016 it left the European party. His ...

, 355 , 1.3 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 26,917 ! 99.3 ! 17,085 ! 99.0 , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 204 ! 0.7 ! 172 ! 1.0 , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 27,121 ! 100.0 ! 17,257 ! 100.0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 56,978 ! 47.6 ! 56,947 ! 30.3 , - , colspan=7, Source: City of Gladbeck
1st round

List of mayors

Gladbeck possesses a mayor since it gained town privilege in July 1919. Yet, the official term was lord mayor as Gladbeck was a county borough by 1974. Since then it has a mayor and since 1994 the position as Gladbeck's mayor is a full-time function. The mayor is the chairman of the town council and employer of administration. Gladbeck has had the following mayors: *1919-1931: Michael Jovy, non party *1931-?: Bernhard Hackenberg, in 1933 he joined the

NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

*1948–1952: Johann Harnischfeger, CDU *1946–1958: Friedrich Lange, SPD *1958–1963: Heinrich Kliem, SPD *1963-1965: Hans Wuwer, SPD *1965–1971: Günter Kalinowski, SPD *1971–1974: Norbert Aust, SPD *1976–1994: Wolfgang Röken, SPD *1994–2004: Eckhard Schwerhoff, CDU *2004-2020: Ulrich Roland, SPD *since 2020: Bettina Weist, SPD In 1994 Eckhard Schwerhoff was elected mayor by the town council after the SPD had governed Gladbeck for 48 years. The SPD failed the absolute majority only barely and because the mayor has one voice too it would have led to a stalemate. As a result, the

Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

and a new founded local party (BIG) made the decision to support Eckhard Schwerhoff, a CDU party member but not involved in the politics of Gladbeck until then. In 1999 Eckhard Schwerhoff was re-elected after a reform according to which mayors should be elected directly. In the ballot on 10 October 2004 he no longer stood for the mayor and thereupon Ulrich Roland (SPD) was elected mayor.

City council

The Gladbeck city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 9,783 , 36.5 , 10.8 , 19 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 7,044 , 26.3 , 1.1 , 14 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(Grüne) , 3,285 , 12.3 , 6.5 , 7 , 4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(AfD) , 2,595 , 9.7 , New , 5 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (Die Linke) , 1,121 , 4.2 , 1.8 , 2 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 899 , 3.4 , 0.7 , 2 , 1 , - , , align=left, Alternative Citizens' Initiative (ABI) , 663 , 2.5 , 0.9 , 1 , ±0 , - , , align=left, Citzens in Gladbeck , 617 , 2.3 , 0.3 , 1 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(DKP) , 385 , 1.4 , 0.1 , 1 , ±0 , - , colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , , align=left, Gladbeck Citizens' List , 267 , 1.0 , 0.3 , 0 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Independent Markus Kellermann , 144 , 0.5 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Independent Nilüfer Akcay , 12 , 0.0 , New , 0 , New , - ! colspan=2, Valid votes ! 26,815 ! 98.9 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Invalid votes ! 301 ! 1.1 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Total ! 27,116 ! 100.0 ! ! 52 ! 6 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 56,978 ! 47.6 ! 0.5 ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source
City of Gladbeck
The list below gives an overview about the results of the last eight council elections:

Coat of arms

Gladbeck's city arms is portrayed in black, red and yellow and has a red bettlement as a sign of the received

municipal law Municipal law is the national, domestic, or internal law of a sovereign state and is defined in opposition to international law. Municipal law includes many levels of law: not only national law but also state, provincial, territorial, regional, ...

from 1919. The black field and the yellow hammer as well as the yellow beater on the left side represent the coal that had a major position in Gladbeck's history. The black clasps on the right side are taken from the blazon of the Lords of Brabeck, having possessed the moated castle Wittringen at the end of the 14th century.

Demographics

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

: ** 1575: 1,500 ** 1800: 2,000 ** 1900: 11,704 ** 1916: 48,302 ** 1945: 59,439 ** 1965: 84,097 ** 2006: 77,436

Culture and sights

Museum

The moated castle Wittringen houses the town's museum. It contains collections and exhibitions on the history of Gladbeck. The museum shows the development of the region from the

geological Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other E ...

origins of its rich coal supplies to the first inhabitants and the present days. A major exhibit is a skeleton of a bison found in the district of Brauck. Other exhibits are: * A coin collection and an offertory of

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

coins. * A cemetery of the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

. * Several rooms inform about the time of the

coal mining Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

. * Moreover, the museum collects modern art, such as works by

Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...

Religious communities

According to information of the town council 30,906 of 77,436 inhabitants were

Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

and 22,121 inhabitants were

Protestants Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

in December 2006. There are 11 churches, 5 are

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

and 6 are

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. In school pupils are allowed to choose between Catholic and Protestant lessons. Alternatively, pupils can be taught in Philosophy likewise if they want to. Visits to churches are included to the lessons in basic school. However, there is a Muslim minority in Gladbeck due to the immigration of the 1960s.

Theater and music

Several events, for example jazz festivals, take place regularly. There is also one library in Gladbeck and theater courses are normally offered in the three grammar schools. From time to time theater plays can be visited in the municipal hall, even well known plays like

Emilia Galotti ''Emilia Galotti'' () is a play in five acts by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), which premiered on 8 March 1772 in Brunswick ("Braunschweig" in German). The work is a classic example of German '' bürgerliches Trauerspiel'' (bourgeois ...

written by

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (, ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the develop ...

. There is one school of music where one can participate in different courses.

Transport

Roads

Gladbeck is connected to the network of trunk roads through the following

Autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track' ...

: * A 2: Oberhausen–Dortmund–Hannover–Berlin * A 31: Bottrop–Gronau–Emden * A 52: Marl-North–Gelsenkirchen–Gladbeck * B 224: Raesfeld–Erle–Dorsten–Gladbeck–Essen–Velbert–Wuppertal–Solingen

Rail

Gladbeck has three railway stations: *the centrally located

Gladbeck West station Gladbeck West station is located in the German city of Gladbeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station was opened 1 ...

on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm line, which includes a bike parking facility, *Gladbeck Ost station on the Winterswijk–Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck line, *Gladbeck-Zweckel station on the Winterswijk–Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck line. The Gladbeck stations are served by the following services: * the

Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at ...

14 " Emscher-Münsterland-Express":
Essen – Bottrop – Gladbeck West – Gladbeck-Zweckel – Dorsten – (Coesfeld (Westf)* / Borken (Westf)* ) *Flügelzug * the Regionalbahn 43 " Emschertal-Bahn":
Dortmund – Herne - Wanne-Eickel – Gladbeck Ost – Gladbeck-Zweckel – Dorsten * and

Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-train network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and ...

line S 9:
Recklinghausen / Haltern am See – Gladbeck West – Bottrop – Essen – Velbert - Wuppertal - Hagen

Notable people

Jean-Henri Riesener Jean-Henri Riesener (german: Johann Heinrich Riesener; 4 July 1734 – 6 January 1806) was a famous German ''ébéniste'' (cabinetmaker), working in Paris, whose work exemplified the early neoclassical "Louis XVI style". Life and career Riesene ...

(german: Johann Heinrich Riesener, 1734–1806 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

), cabinetmaker having worked at the French household in the 18th century. A grammar school, a fountain in front of the townhall as well as a street are dedicated to him. * Hermann Nattkämper (1911–2005), footballer, won the German cup 1934 and 1935 as a player of the

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

Willy Kaiser Willy Kaiser (16 January 1912 – 24 July 1986) was a German boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Kaiser was born in Pudewitz, Province of Posen, German Empire. He won the gold medal in the flyweight class after winning th ...

(1912-1986), boxer, Olympic champion 1936 * Joseph Jadrzejczak (1918-1990), French football national player *

Harald Deilmann Harald Deilmann (30 August 1920 – 1 January 2008) was a German architect. Born in Gladbeck, Westphalia, Deilmann was best known for his work on public spaces, such as opera houses and museums, throughout Germany and worldwide. He was a ...

(1920-2008), architect * Heinz Wewers (1927-2008), footballer * Helmut Janz (1934-2000), athlete and Olympic athlete 1960 *

Gerhard Prokop Gerhard "Gerd" Prokop (18 May 1939 – 23 January 2002) was a German football player and manager. He played for SV Zweckel (1957–61), Sportfreunde Gladbeck (1961–63), Alemannia Aachen (1963–70 and 1974–76) and K.A.S. Eupen (1970–74) ...

(1939-2002), football goalkeeper * Sebastian Fricke (born 1987), Bronze Medal winner at the paralympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016 * Werner Müller (born 1946), historian * Claudia Lux (born 1950), librarian, General Director of the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin 1997-2012 * Berthold Possemeyer (born 1951), concert singer (baritone) and university lecturer *

Armin Rohde Armin Rohde (born 4 April 1955) is a German actor and voice actor. He was born in Gladbeck. Filmography Audiobooks * 1999: Roger Graf: Philip Maloney – ''Auf der Flucht'', ''Die Armbanduhr'' and ''Der Mörderhai'', publisher: Tandem Ve ...

(born 1955), actor *

Michael Kraus Michael Kraus may refer to: * Michael Kraus (soccer) (born 1984), American soccer player * Michael Kraus (field hockey) (born 1958), American Olympic hockey player * Michael Kraus (handballer) (born 1983), German handball player * Michael Kraus ( ...

(born 1955), swimmer *

Pierre-Michel Lasogga Pierre-Michel Lasogga (born 15 December 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays for Al-Khor as a centre-forward. He represented Germany U21s at international level, and was also called up to the German senior national team for a ...

(born 1991), German footballer *

Annika Drazek Annika Drazek (born 11 April 1995) is a German bobsledder and former track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes ...

(born 1995), athlete, Federal Policewoman, and Head of the German *

Caroline Masson Caroline Masson (born 14 May 1989) is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Amateur and college career Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf caree ...

, (born 1989), professional golfer *

Julian Draxler Julian Draxler (born 20 September 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the Germany national team. Draxler is known for ...

, (born 1993), footballer for

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and German national team

Twin towns – sister cities

Gladbeck is twinned with: *

Alanya Alanya (; ), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, east of the city of Antalya. As of Turkey's 2010 census, the city had a population ...

, Turkey *

Enfield Enfield may refer to: Places Australia * Enfield, New South Wales * Enfield, South Australia ** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb ** Enfield High School (South Australia) ...

, England, United Kingdom *

Fushun Fushun (, formerly romanised as ''Fouchouen'', using French spelling, also as Fuxi ()) is a prefecture level city in Liaoning province, China, about east of Shenyang, with a total area of , of which is the city proper. Situated on the Hun Rive ...

, China * Marcq-en-Barœul, France * Schwechat, Austria *

Wodzisław Śląski Wodzisław Śląski (; german: Loslau, cs, Vladislav, la, Vladislavia, yi, וואידסלוב, Voydislav, szl, Władźisłůw) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 47,992 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Wodzisław Cou ...

, Poland

Notes

References

* Weichelt, Rainer (2004), Geschichte der Stadt Gladbeck, Gudensberg-Gleichen :Wartberg Verlag

External links

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Information about and pictures of Gladbeck
{{Authority control Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Recklinghausen (district)