Ruhrort

Ruhrort is a right of the Rhine district of Duisburg. It lies just north of the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr, and has 5,224 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013). The district belongs to the municipality 400 Homberg -Ruhrort - Baerl.

Origin of the name

Already more than 100 years before the founding in 1371 of the Ruhr town now rechtsrheinische Homberger Werth was called " Ruhr- oort ". By the end of the 13th century, the Rhine made ​​at the site of today's Ruhr place a wide eastern loop, which was then cut off by the Rhine breakthrough from south to north. The former left-bank Homberger Werth - later location Ruhr local - as well as the Cassler field ( Kasslerfeld ) had thus become the right bank. Most likely dates from this time the name " Ruhr- oort ", where " Oort " high German "place" means peak, and thus the "Ruhr top " names as headland. The coming of East Ruhr flowing around the value first in the South as in the North, so that he remained an island. Later, the main stream of the Ruhr silted north of Werth. About all waters shifts away there was always at the respective Ruhr mouth of a headland between the Ruhr and Rhine, which were each called " Ruhr- oort " or just high German as " Ruhr place ". The so- called settlement was also the actual tip are opposite on the other side of the mouth.

History

The town was founded in 1371 klevian on the formerly left and to the Rhine breakthrough rechtsrheinischen " Homberger value " on which the counts of Moers built a Rhine customs office. Count Johann von Moers had been previously authorized by the Emperor Charles IV on April 28, 1371 in Prague by deed to build anywhere in the reign Moers a new customs. On the grounds of the castle freedom quickly developed an urban settlement in the amount of Ruhrorter Old Town. The customs rights were soon pledged to the Dukes of Cleves and the Counts of Mark. They also built the Kasteel - at that time the house Ruhr place - and fortified the city, where they have been committed in 1437 to gain duty-free for the Ruhrorter on the Rhine. The city charter was denied due to lack of attachment for the time being. Towards the end of the 15th century the church was allowed to hold their worship in their own walls, which quickly led to the construction of a small church on the Ruhrorter marketplace. 1551 joined the church closed converted to the Protestant faith.

Since 1551 this settlement was designated as a city.

Pursuant to the Treaty of Xanten in 1614 and the matters regulated Jülich- Kleve inheritance, which ended in a preliminary division of the duchies, the territories of Cleves - Mark went to the Elector of Brandenburg.

1636, the command to complete removal of the military technically become useless " Kasteel " was commissioned by the Elector of Brandenburg. Two tower stumps remained until the first city extension 1754/1756 received, as well as the urban system up to that time remained in their small dimensions. Remains of the " Kasteel " have been discovered in basements Ruhrorter houses, nor end of the 20th century.

In Ruhrort 1665 was a sailors guild whose members acted as coal dealers in the Rhine towns and cities.

Ruhrort came in 1701 to Prussia. 1712 was the first shipyard in Ruhrort. Following a decision of the magistrate created in 1716, the first proper harbor. The first house outside the city walls in 1756 Ruhrorter the packing house called, the parent company of the Haniel family built. 1808 Meiderich is incorporated to Ruhr place. 1828 Franz Haniel opened a shipyard for the construction of steamboats. There, in 1830 was the first Rhine steamer from the stack, the city of Mainz. From this Haniel shipyard is still a magazine building from 1862 obtained.

Since 1766 the Ruhrorter port was administered by the Prussian government, which made ​​for a purposeful expansion of ports. In the years 1837-1842 the lock port was built, which was connected by a puncture with the island's harbor.

The Ruhrorter ports were connected in 1848 by the Cologne -Minden Railway Company through a branch connection to Oberhausen. By 1850, the Ruhrorter rail port was built on the 1852, the Cologne -Minden Railway Company, together with the Ruhr place - Crefeld circle Gladbach Railway Company the ferry Ruhrort -Homberg built and thus the connection across the Rhine to Aachen Hohenbudberg - Krefeld - Viersen - Mönchengladbach produced.

In the years 1860-1867 the construction of the North and South Harbour in Ruhrort followed.

1874 Meiderich separates from out of town Ruhrort and is independent mayor.

1901 a Schifferbörse in Ruhrort was established. On April 1, 1904, Beeck mayoralty was incorporated into Ruhrort. 18 months later, on October 1, 1905 Ruhr place was incorporated into a city, together with Duisburg and Meiderich and their ports together through a unified administration.

Built in 1924 the Rhenish Steel Works her administration building in the monumental brick expressionism, the house Ruhrort, also popularly known Tausendfensterhaus.

1974 saw the opening of the museum of the German inland navigation. It reminds us of the long tradition of navigation Ruhr town. In the 1990s it was relocated to the old swimming pool in the district Laar, because the old building was no longer able to surface requirements.

The Aletta Haniel Gesamtschule ( comprehensive school formerly Ruhrort ) is the only secondary school in the district. It offers degrees at all through high school.

Ruhrort is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage - Duisburg: Town and harbor.

Calvinist church

Between the years 1898 and 1904, four Dutch municipalities, two of which were strictly Calvinistic and two aligned moderately developed in Duisburg, Ruhr place. From 1902 to 1903, built Karl Siebold the prayer room in the Dr.- Hammacher -Straße. At that time, at the end of the 19th century settled in the Lower Rhine and Ruhr place in search of work in Dutch. The building belongs since 2008 to an architect. Since May 2013 there will in the Theme Route 26 - listed religious buildings of the Route of Industrial Heritage.

Personalities

• Franz Haniel (1779-1868)
• Eugen Ferdinand Hoffmann (1885-1971), writer
• Barbara Köhler
• Hermann Adam von Kamp
• August Kraus (1868-1934), sculptor
• Friederike Kronau (1841-1918), actress
• Cornelius Krummenacher
• Johanna low Hellmann (1891-1956), resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Tübben Ludwig (1869-1946), mining expert
• Adolf Uzarski
• Amalie Weidner - Steinhaus (1876-1963), regional poet

Freeman

• Otto von Bismarck