Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
Schalke | |
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Coordinates: 51°31′20″N 7°5′19″E / 51.52222°N 7.08861°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
District | Gelsenkirchen-Mitte |
City | Gelsenkirchen |
Area | |
• Total | 2.968 km2 (1.146 sq mi) |
Population (2022-12-31) | |
• Total | 22,278 |
• Density | 7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Dialling codes | 45881 |
Vehicle registration | GE |
Gelsenkirchen-Schalke is a quarter of Gelsenkirchen. In its current boundaries, it has an area of 2.968 square kilometres and 21,510 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2022).[1] Thanks to the local football club FC Schalke 04, the district is at least as well known nationally as the city of Gelsenkirchen. However, Schalke 04 has played its matches in the Erle district since 1973 (first in the Parkstadion, since 2001 in the Arena AufSchalke).
Geography
Today's Schalke district is bordered to the north for 2.1 kilometers by the
History
The name of this village had several spellings in the past: Scedelike, Sceleke, Scadelik, Schadelick, Schalicke, Schalecke, Schalcke. This is how the name Schalke came about over the centuries. The name probably referred to a small settlement and meant something like "area around the skull" or "settlement in a skull-shaped area".
The first documented bearer of this name was a nobleman in 1246: Henricus miles de Schadeleke (Heinrich von Schalke). Later there was also the knight Cesarius van Schedelike. The noble family was mentioned in documents from Essen Abbey, but the male line died out in the 17th century.[2]
In the 19th century, the farming community quickly became an industrial town. The industrialist
In 1872, Friedrich Grillo founded the Aktiengesellschaft für Chemische Industrie, the Schalker Gruben- und Hüttenverein and the Schalker Eisenhütte in Schalke. A year later, he founded the Glas- und Spiegel-Manufaktur AG, also here. In 1876, the Schalker Gymnasium was founded. On 1 April 1903, the town was merged into Gelsenkirchen.[3]
The nationally renowned football club FC Schalke 04 was founded in 1904 under the original name Westfalia Schalke. Before the
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Protestant Schalke-Friedenskirche
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Glückauf-Kampfbahn in Schalke North
References
- ^ a b "Gelsenkirchen - Organisationen - Open Data Portal der Metropole Ruhr". opendata.ruhr. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b Joachim Huske: Die Steinkohlenzechen im Ruhrrevier. Daten und Fakten von den Anfängen bis 2005, 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Selbstverlag des Deutschen Bergbau-Museums, Bochum 2006, S. 407.
- ISBN 978-3-402-05875-6.
- ^ Andreas Kossert (2005), Westfälische Zeitschrift (ed.), "Echte Söhne Preußens" – Die polnischsprachigen Masuren in Westfalen und ihre Frömmigkeit (PDF), vol. 155, pp. 331 ff., 335