Blackburn

53.7475 - 2.4830555555556Koordinaten: 53 ° 45 ' N, 2 ° 29 ' W

Blackburn is a town in the unitary authority Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire in the North West of England and has 105,085 inhabitants ( 2001).

The city's name derives from the River Blake Water. The name comes from the period after the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain; the place was but before. Through him, led the Roman road that connected Manchester with Ribchester. The situation on this road made ​​Blackburn at the time of the Danes and Saxons to the most important place in the northeastern Lancashire and was known as Blackburn dog reds.

In the Domesday Book of 1086 Blackburn is listed with the Church of St. Mary; it is assumed that the first church was built as early as 596. Therefore, in 1996 the 1400th anniversary of Christianity was celebrated. The present church was consecrated in 1826 and, after Blackburn had been elevated to a diocese in 1926 for the Cathedral of Blackburn.

The industrial revolution changed Blackburn. 1750, the city was no more than a village, but in 1850, the population had increased tenfold. Blackburn became an international center of the cotton mill. With the completion of the Leeds - Liverpool Canal in 1816 and the connection to the railroad in 1846 decreased transportation costs for cotton, which was imported from the U.S., significantly; this resulted in a further increase in both the city and the local industry.

Blackburn has long been a center of football. Blackburn Olympic won the 1883 FA Cup. However, this club was not long, but the founded in 1875 Blackburn Rovers play again today in the Premier League and have been there in 1995 with the English top scorer Alan Shearer champion.

In the 20th century the textile industry shrank at their place, mechanical engineering and electronics companies. Since 1997, Blackburn is connected via the M65 Motorway to the UK motorway network.

After the Second World War many Poles and Ukrainians moved to Blackburn; in the last 30 years, the proportion of Indian and Pakistani population grew. The Muslim population of the city is 25% and is the highest throughout the UK outside of London.

Blackburn is twinned with Altena (North Rhine- Westphalia), Pegnitz (Bavaria) and Peronne (France).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Keith Duckworth (1933-2005), Engineer
• Carl Fogarty (* 1965), motorcycle racer
• Will Greenwood (born 1972 ), rugby players
• Ian McShane ( b. 1942 ), actor
• William Townley (1866-1950), football player and coach
• Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), author and illustrator
• Michael Winterbottom ( born 1961 ), film director
• Diana Vickers (* 1991), singer and actress

Trivia

Blackburn is mentioned in the Beatles song " A Day in the Life". An article in the Daily Mail about the plan, there to fill potholes, the John Lennon was reading when he wrote the song that inspired him to write the text " I read the news today oh boy / 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire / And though the holes were rather small / They had to count them all / Now They Know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. "