Riemke

Bochum- Riemke is a district of Bochum in Bochum City District Center with about 7,500 inhabitants ( 2012).

Location and townscape

Riemke is located north of Bochum and meets there with the city of Herne. In Bochum Riemke area adjoins the districts of Bergen, Hiltrop, Grumme and Hofstede.

In the center of Riemke is the marketplace where for decades takes place weekly market. Around him, there are also plenty of shops and restaurants.

Worth seeing is the Grade II listed parish church of St. Francis

In Riemke lies with the Tippelsberg one of the highest elevations of Bochum. The Tippelsberg marks a last foothills of the Ardeygebirges. To the north- west, there are almost no natural elevations more. On the already high mountain a heap of rubble was dumped, which was shut down in late 2004. From the mountain, you have excellent vision. Thus, for recognize parts of the inner city to the east. To the west, the city of Essen and the tetrahedron in Bottrop be recognized. The north, the view extends to Haltern. The mountain is used for kite flying and is a popular meeting place for New Years Eve.

To the east of Riemke lies the nature reserve of the Zillertal.

Riemke has access to the underground Stadtbahn line U35 ( Bochum -Herne ) and to the highway 51 and highway 43 Riemke terminal addition has on the railway network with a breakpoint at the track Bochum- Gelsenkirchen ( Gluckauf -Bahn ).

History

The first documentary mention was the village " Rymbecke " in a lifting registers from the late 9th century (c. 880 ) Will of the monastery, had to be delivered to the kind.

Riemke was known by numerous pits of the mine Constantine the Great and the large freight depot on the railway main line Bochum- Gelsenkirchen. Directly north following the freight station was formerly the mine train station of the mines Constantine the Great and Hannibal.

On April 1, 1926, the community was incorporated into Riemke Bochum. 43 ha have been reclassified to Herne.

From 1957 televisions were produced until the company was taken over by the Finnish group Nokia 1987 in Riemke of Graetz. In 1991 the conversion to the manufacturing of mobile phones; In January 2008, Nokia announced the closure of the plant without replacement, which was implemented on 1 July 2008.

Was a large fire in the early hours of 25 June 2007 which was built around 1920 warehouse of the former main workshop of the colliery railway station Constantine the Great / Hannibal is burned at the Schöllmann road. A few weeks later, on 16 July 2007, broke into a warehouse of recovery Kost from a fire that put the entire building on fire and was only brought under control after three hours. According to information from the company, the damage caused is approximately 1.8 million euros. In August 2013 there was another major fire on the premises of the company EGR DAR GmbH.

Station

The transit station Bochum- Riemke (formerly Bochum- NOKIA, before Bochum -Graetz ) lies on the railway line Bochum- Gelsenkirchen. With two tracks on two platforms, both of which are scheduled for regular regional services, it belongs to the Railway Station Category 5 The breakpoint with the abbreviation can EBRI weekend recorded about 40 train trips on weekdays there are twice as many. In addition, freight trains on the track.