Südinnenstadt is a statistical area of the city of
Bochum in the
Ruhr area
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, an
agglomeration
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of about 5 million residents in
Germany
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. Up to the 19th century
Westphalian was spoken here. Südinnenstadt is a statistical area to the south of the central business district. Südinnenstadt includes the ''Schauspielhaus'', one of the most expensively funded theatres in the Ruhr area.
Südinnenstadt has one of the highest percentages of people living alone in the Ruhr area.
References
Bochum
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