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City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Oberhausen (,[3] [4] [5] German: [ˈoːbɐhaʊzn̩] ⓘ Emscher in the Ruhr Area , Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen (c. 13 km or 8 mi ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage .
History [ edit ]
Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the Oberhausen Castle . The new borough was formed in 1862 following inflow of people for the local coal mines and steel mills. Awarded town rights in 1874, Oberhausen absorbed several neighbouring boroughs including Alstaden , parts of Styrum and Dümpten in 1910. Oberhausen became a city in 1901, and they incorporated the towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld in 1929. The Ruhrchemie AG synthetic oil plant ("Oberhausen-Holten" or "Sterkrade/Holten")[6] oil campaign of World War II , and the US forces reached the plant by 4 April 1945.
In 1973, Thyssen AG employed 14,000 people in Oberhausen in the steel industry, but ten years later the number had fallen to 6,000.[7]
In 1954 the city began hosting the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , and the 1982 Deutscher Filmpreis was awarded to a group that wrote the Oberhausen Manifesto .
Demographics [ edit ]
Population development since 1862:
Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1862 5,590 — 1871 12,805 +129.1% 1900 42,148 +229.2% 1910 89,900 +113.3% 1919 98,677 +9.8% 1925 105,121 +6.5% 1933 192,345 +83.0% 1939 191,842 −0.3% 1950 202,808 +5.7% 1961 256,773 +26.6% 1970 246,736 −3.9% 1987 220,286 −10.7% 2001 221,619 +0.6% 2011 210,216 −5.1% 2017 211,422 +0.6% 2020 209,566 −0.9% source:[8] [circular reference
The age breakdown of the population (2013) is:[9]
<18 years
15.6%
18–64 years
63.3%
>64 years
21.1%
There were 12.5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen, as of 2014.[10]
The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020).[11]
Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017:
Politics [ edit ]
The current Mayor of Oberhausen is Daniel Schranz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), elected in 2015 and re-elected in 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:
Candidate
Party
First round
Second round
Votes
%
Votes
%
Daniel Schranz
Christian Democratic Union
30,150
45.5
28,456
62.1
Thorsten Berg
Social Democratic Party
19,699
29.7
17,381
37.9
Norbert Emil Axt
Alliance 90/The Greens
7,002
10.6
Wolfgang Kempkes
Alternative for Germany
4,521
6.8
Jens Carstensen
The Left
3,095
4.7
Urban Mülhausen
Open for Citizens
1,378
2.1
Claudia Wädlich
The Violets
468
0.7
Valid votes
66,313
98.7
45,837
99.2
Invalid votes
859
1.3
368
0.8
Total
67,172
100.0
46,205
100.0
Electorate/voter turnout
159,510
42.1
159,458
29.0
Source: State Returning Officer
City council [ edit ]
Results of the 2020 city council election.
The Oberhausen 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:
Party
Votes
%
+/-
Seats
+/-
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
21,471
32.8
19 1
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
20,754
31.7
19 4
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
9,450
14.4
8 3
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
4,995
7.6
New
4 New
The Left (Die Linke)
3,367
5.1
3 2
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
1,988
3.0
2 ±0
Alliance of Obenhauser Citizens (BOB)
1,913
2.9
2 3
Open for Citizens (OfB)
1,153
1.8
New
1 New
The Violets (Die Violetten)
445
0.7
0
±0
Valid votes
65,536
98.1
Invalid votes
1,290
1.9
Total
66,826
100.0
58 2
Electorate/voter turnout
159,510
41.9
Source: State Returning Officer
Oberhausen is home to Regionalliga West football team Rot-Weiß Oberhausen , who play at the Niederrheinstadion situated on the banks of the Rhine–Herne Canal .
The city had a professional ice hockey team between 1997 and 2007, the Revierlöwen Oberhausen .[12] Arena Oberhausen when playing in the top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga but later moved to the Emscher-Lippe-Halle in Gelsenkirchen following financial woes.
The Rudolf Weber-Arena has hosted many international indoor sporting events including MMA event UFC 122 in 2010[13] PDC Unibet European Championship of darts in 2020.[14]
The city has established itself as a popular destination for professional wrestling in Germany, with Essen -based promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) regularly running shows in Oberhausen's Turbinenhalle .[15] 16 Carat Gold Tournament is considered one of the most prestigious independent wrestling tournaments in the world[16]
Twin towns – sister cities [ edit ]
Oberhausen is twinned with:[17]
Zaporizhzhia , Ukraine (1986)
Freital , Germany (1990)
Carbonia , Italy (2002)
Iglesias , Italy (2002)
Mersin , Turkey (2004)
Tychy , Poland (2020)
Notable people [ edit ]
Martha Schneider-Bürger (1903–2001), civil engineer and author
Reni Erkens (1909–1987), swimmer
Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), field handball player
Erich Kempka (1910–1975), SS-officer and Adolf Hitler's driver
Werner Töniges (1910–1995), naval officer
Willy Jürissen (1912–1990), footballer
Édouard Wawrzyniak (1912–1991), French footballer
Will Quadflieg (1914–2003), actor
Alf Marholm (1918–2006), actor, radio plays, audio books and voice
Arnulf Zitelmann (born 1929), writer
Paul Lange (1931–2016), kayaker, Olympic champion
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 1934), football player and trainer
Wilhelm Keim (1934–2018), chemist and professor for technical chemistry
Theo Vennemann (born 1937), linguist and professor of German and theoretical linguistics
Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), opera singer
Hans Siemensmeyer (born 1940), football player and coach
Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (1944–2014), football referee
Tilman Spengler (born 1947), writer and journalist, author and co-editor of the magazine Kursbuch
Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens (born 1948), teacher and politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of Bundestag
Ditmar Jakobs (born 1953), footballer
Willi Wülbeck (born 1954), athlete
Achim Hofer (born 1955), musicologist
Christoph Klimke (born 1959), writer
Michael Grosse-Brömer (born 1960), politician (CDU), Member of Bundestag
Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010), film and theater director, radio play writer and performance artist
Dirk Balthaus (born 1965), jazz pianist and composer
Esther Schweins (born 1970), actress and comedian
Markus Feldhoff (born 1974), footballer
Mark Kleinschmidt (born 1974), rower
Marcel Landers (born 1984), footballer
Max Meyer (born 1995), footballer
Davin Herbrüggen (born 1998), singer
Gallery [ edit ]
Gasometer
Oberhausen Castle as seen from the Gasometer
Industrial Museum
Courthouse
Baumeister-Mill
Vondern Castle
Kastell Holten
Ruhr meadows in Oberhausen-Alstaden
Oberhausen Castle, inner courtyard with the Little castle
AQUApark near CentrO in 2012
'Shellakabookie' on Schwartzstraße
Waste processing company GMVA in Oberhausen
References [ edit ]
^ "Oberhausen" . The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language . Retrieved 13 April 2019 .
^ "Oberhausen" (US ) and "Oberhausen" . Lexico UK English DictionaryOxford University Press . Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
^ "Oberhausen" . Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Retrieved 13 April 2019 .
^ Powell, A.R. (9–10 January 1945). "Detailed Summary of meeting of Oil Mission Held in New Interior Building" (PDF) . Enemy Oil Intelligence Committee. p. 17 (p61 of pdf). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2009 .
^ John Tagliabue (27 November 1983). "The Twilight of the Industrial Ruhr" . New York Times . Retrieved 16 November 2015 .
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^ "Demografiebericht AG Ruhr" (PDF) . Arbeitsgemeinschaft der kommunalen Statistikstellen der Metropole Ruhr.
^ "2.02 Fläche und Bevölkerung nach Statistischen Bezirken 2014" (PDF) . Statistisches Jahrbuch 2015 der Stadt Oberhausen (in German). Stadt Oberhausen. January 2015. p. 31 . Retrieved 29 August 2017 .
^ "Oberhausen – statistik.arbeitsagentur.de" . statistik.arbeitsagentur.de . Retrieved 2020-08-11 .
^ "RODI-DB - die deutsche Eishockey-Datenbank" .
^ "UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami" . ufc.com. September 20, 2010.
^ Allen, Dave. "2020 European Championship moves to Oberhausen" . Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 2 October 2020 .
^ Cagematch, Westside Xtreme Wrestling
^ "WXW 16 Carat Gold 2022 Weekend Preview" . March 2022.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften der Stadt Oberhausen" . oberhausen.de (in German). Oberhausen. Retrieved 2021-03-03 .
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