Dortmund

Dortmund () ( Trémoigne in anc. frankly.), is a town of Germany, located in the Land of the Rhineland of North-Westphalia in at the Eastern end of the basin of the the Ruhr. Its population was of 585.045 at December 31st, 2006 what does of them one of the more big cities of the area, the seventh German city and the 34e city of the Union européenne.
The Ruhr runs out in the south of the city whereas the river Emscher crosses the city. The Channel Dortmund-Ems, connecting Dortmund to the the North Sea is finished with the Port of Dortmund, which is the largest port located on a channel of Europe. Dortmund is also known like the " metropolis verte" from Westphalia, about the municipal half of the territory consisting of inland waterway, wood, agricultural space and green areas among which roomy parks like the Westfalenpark or the Rombergpark. This characteristic contrasts with mining and the iron and steel industry exerted in the territorial spring of the city during nearly one hundred years.

History

The Histoire of Dortmund goes up with 880 - 885, time when it was only one small village mentioned for first time in official documents under the name of Throtmanni . In 1152 the emperor Frederic Barberousse came in the area and made rebuild the city which had been destroyed in a fire little time before. During two years, Dortmund was the residence of Barberousse, short period of time which made it possible the town of increase until becoming one of the most powerful cities of the empire. During the XIIIe century, Dortmund joined the Hanseatic League. In 1220 it obtained the free statute of Ville of empire and consequently was directly submitted to the emperor. In 1293, the king Adolphe de Nassau authorizes the city to brew its own beer, Dortmund will become the second world beer producer in the Middle Ages. After 1320 the rich person commercial city starts to appear under the C-W communication " Dorpmunde" whose etymology is dubious.

Dortmund was a free city of empire within the Cercle of Low-Rhine-Westphalia until in 1802, where it became a exclave principality of the Maison of Orange-Nassau. In 1806 it became a share of the Duché of Berg. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Dortmund was incorporated in the Royaume of Prussia within the Province of Westphalia. The city at summer the chief town of the District of Arnsberg until in 1875, after that it constituted a city-district within the district.

During the 19th century, Prussia industrializing itself, the city exploits its mining richnesses abundantly. The city, just like the Ruhr, benefit from coal and payam. The city will become the first brewer of Europe with about thirty beers. Today, if Bavaria exceeded Dortmund, the city did not lose in image with its mark DAB (Dortmund-Actien-Brauerei) distributed through all Europe.

For the period of the Nazi Germany, Dortmund was the city of the Hôpital Aplerbeck, which euthanasiait the people mentally or physically handicapped. Located in the middle of the Ruhr (Ruhrgebiet), Dortmund, just like the close cities, were a target of the allied bombardments. During the Second world war approximately 80% of the residences of Dortmund were destroyed.

Today, the city was reconverted into the culture and the tertiary sector. It is also the center of industry of high technology.

Attractions

The tone of the cultural history is given by the whole of the churches of the downtown area whose turns characterizes the panorama of Dortmund. The Reinoldikirche and Marienkirche constitute jewels of medieval architecture. The downtown area of Dortmund preserves the characteristics of a medieval city. A circular road marking the site of the old walls of the city, Westen-/Ostenhellweg, part of a road of trade of the salt of the Middle Ages, being always main roads cutting out the downtown area.

  • Reinoldikirche , built around the year 800. The current building at summer builds between 1250 and 1270. The church had been largely damaged by an earthquake in 1661 which had required a broad rebuilding. Restored after the Second world war, it east comprises a Gothic tower of 112  known under the name of " Wonder of Westphalie".

  • Petrikirche , is a Protestant church dating from the XIVe century. It is known for its large furnace bridge carved (known under the name of " Gilded miracle of Dortmund"), going back to 1521. It consists of 633 figures carved in oak describing 30 scenes of Easter.

  • Marienkirche , a Protestant church in the beginning built in 1170-1200 but rebuilt after the second world war. The furnace bridge goes back to 1420.

  • Turn Florian (Turn of television of Dortmund): One of the first towers of television built in Germany, it accommodates a Restaurant turning - one of the first in the world. Of a size of 140 m, it with been used for the practice of the jump to the rubber band. This practice however ceased following a tragedy accident having had for epilog the death of a practitioner.

  • Signal Iduna Park: Football stadium of Borussia Dortmund, formerly known under the name of Westfalenstadion. Close to him is located Westfalenhalle, a great center of convention, the site of several important conventions, trade fairs, contest of ice-skating, concerts and other significant events since the Fifties.

  • Museum of the Westphalian industrial Coal mining of Zollern , a point of interest of the REPI, the European Road of the industrial inheritance.

  • Hansa Coking Seedling

  • Haus Dellwig strong castle of the XIIIe century partially rebuilt during the XVIIe century. The frontage, the tower of guet and two buildings with half-timbering are of origin.

  • Altes Stadthaus builds in 1899 by Friedrich Kullrich.

  • Wasserschloss Bodelschwingh .

  • House of host of the Park Romberg XVIIe century, a house of host transformed into castle-extremely, it shelters from now on a gallery of Article

  • RWE Tower (the Skyscraper of 120 meters - largest of Dortmund)

  • the Opera of Dortmund, built in 1966 in the place of the old synagog which at summer destroyed by the Nazis in 1938.

Sport

  • Dortmund is the city of the Borussia Dortmund which gained the cut of Europe of the clubs champions and the intercontinental Coupe in 1997, as well as the Coupe of Europe of the winners of cuts in 1966. It is about the first winner of the cut of Europe of the winners of cuts in Germany. The club plays before Signal Iduna Park, known under the name of " Westfalenstadion". The stage at summer built for the World cup 1974 and with also accommodated matches of the World cup 2006, of which the defeat of the team of Germany vis-a-vis in Italy in semi-final. It is about the greatest stage of Germany with a capacity of 82.932 spectators.

  • Borussia Dortmund also includes/understands a team of handball female playing in Bundesliga, a team of Table tennis and a team of basketball (SVD 49 Dortmund) which play on second national level their respective leagues.

  • the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting is held in Dortmund since 1982.

Transport

The Aéroport of Dortmund is an average airport, but are the traffic increases quickly located at 13 kilometers (8 miles) in the east of the center of the city in extreme cases of city with Holzwickede.

The central station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof) is the third larger platform railway of Germany.

The wearing of Dortmund (Hafen) is the largest wearing of channel in Europe; almost as large as the port on the river of the Rhine de Duisbourg, the largest inner harbor of the world. Dortmund is also used as important crossroads with the highway networks European and German. The federal highway 40 follows of old commercial routes of Hanse connecting the city to the other metropolises of the Ruhr. Connections to the areas further away from Germany are proposed by A1 and A2 which pass near the north and from the east of the city and crosses with the exchanger of Kamener Kreuz located at the North-East of Dortmund.

The city includes/understands a public transport system, resting on an urban railway network, supplemented by trams and buses. An additional line of rail is currently in construction in the center of the city, the H-Bahn located at the university of Dortmund is a monorail intended to make the shuttle between the two campuses of the university. A system almost identical of monorail transfers from the passengers to the International airport of Düsseldorf.

Policy

The policy is dominated in Dortmund by the social democrats of the SPD which is the most powerful party at the municipal council (German: Stadtrat) since the second world war. Since the municipal elections of 2004, there are 9 parties and as many groups of voters at the municipal council (88 seats; 1999:82 seats):

; Change during mandature:

The FDP and Bürgerliste set up a group common to the council (called " FDP/Bürgerliste"). A few days after the election, a CDU adviser rejoined the FDP. With the end of the year 2004, the adviser of Offensive D left his party to sit like independent. At the summer 2005, the PDS-OL became Die linke - OL (left - open list). In August 2007 a Bürgerliste adviser left his party and his group. Shortly after a new group (called " Die Linken im Rat" /" Left with the conseil") was formed by advisers DIE LINKE. - OL, Linkes Bündnis Dortmund and the former member of the Bürgerliste list.

; Current composition of the council:

  • SPD 36 seats
  • CDU 28 seats
  • Grüne 10 seats
  • FDP/Bürgerliste 6 seats
  • Die Linken im Rat 4 seats
  • DVU 3 seats
  • Independent 1 sits

The mayor of Dortmund east Gerhard Langemeyer (SPD) which directs a coalition gathering the SPD and the greens.

Twinnings

Personalities related to the commune

In Dortmund were born:

In Dortmund dead east:

  • Heinrich Schüchtermann (1830 - 1895), Industrial

Voi too

  • Dortmunder Export

External bonds

  • Official site of the city - (In English)
  • Official site of the BVB


Simple: Dortmund

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