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Syburg
Syburg is a borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of the city of Dortmund in the Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1929, it has been a borough of Dortmund, located in the city's south. It is part of the Hörde district. Geschichte Syburg was an independent settlement, part of the . In 1929, it became a borough of Dortmund, as part of the district. From 1 January 1975 it was part of the Hörde district. Syburg has been an excursion destination of Dortmund's citizens. It was connected to Hörde since the beginning of the 20th century by the tram. Syburg features several sites and monuments including: * St. Peter, Syburg, a Romanesque church * Hohensyburg, a ruined castle * Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal, a monument to William I, German Emperor, Wilhelm I * Vincketurm * * , an open-air stage * , a trail connecting mining sites * * The Hohensyburg is above the Hengsteysee, a dam of the Ruhr (river), Ruhr. Syburg features a golf course, the Wannebach (Ruhr, Westhofen), Wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohensyburg
The Syberg is a hill in the Ruhr in the southern part of Dortmund, 240 m above sea level (NN), which is part of the Ardey Hills. The Syberg is home to the Sigiburg, the Vincke Tower, a monument to Emperor William I and other points of interest. The family name of the House of Syberg is derived from the Syberg. Geology, mining, nature reserve The Syberg is part of the Ardey Hills, and was formed of sandstone and slate of the Namurian, a stratigraphic unit of the Carboniferous. The sandstone (''Ruhrsandstein'') is of high resistance, and was widely used as building material in the region; some quarries are yet visible in the area. The slopes of the Ruhr and its tributaries were the first locations of coal mining in the Ruhr region. The first documents of coal mining in the Syberg date from 1580. Regular mining ended at the end of the 19th century, but during the Occupation of the Ruhr in 1923 and in the crisis after World War II illegal mining took place. Adits and pinges ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the largest city (by area and population) of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area with some 5.1 million inhabitants, as well as the largest city of Westphalia. On the Emscher and Ruhr rivers ( tributaries of the Rhine), it lies in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and is considered the administrative, commercial, and cultural center of the eastern Ruhr. Dortmund is the second-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg. Founded around 882, Wikimedia Commons: First documentary reference to Dortmund-Bövinghausen from 882, contribution-list of the Werden Abbey (near Essen), North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Dortmund became an Imperial Free City. Throughout the 13th to 14th centuries, it was the "chief city" of the Rhine, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardeygebirge
The Ardey Hills (german: Ardeygebirge or ''Ardey'') are a range of wooded hills, up to , in the territory of the city of Dortmund and the districts of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis and Unna in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The hills form part of the eastern Rhenish Massif and, to a lesser extent, to the Berg-Mark Hills (''Bergisch-Märkisches Hügelland''). Geography Location The Ardey Hills, together with the Haarstrang, run from east to west, separating two major natural units: the Westphalian Lowland including the Emscher Depression and Hellwegbörde in the north from the Süder Uplands and lower Sauerland in the south, the Ardey being counted as part of the Süder Uplands and the Haarstrang the Westphalian Lowland. From a topographical perspective, the Ardey Hills are the western foothills of the sparsely wooded and mainly agricultural Haarstrang. However it is different, not only from a cultural landscape point of view, but also geologically (a decisive factor be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wannebach (Ruhr, Westhofen)
Wannebach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is right tributary of the Ruhr. Its source is near Dortmund-Syburg, north of the Hengsteysee. It joins the Ruhr near Schwerte-Westhofen, about 900 m downstream from the other Wannebach. See also *List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: A * Aa, left tributary of the Möhne * Aa, left tributary of the Nethe * Aa, left tributary of the Werre * Aabach, tributary of the Afte * Aabach, small river in the Ems river system * Abbabac ... References Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hörde
Hörde is a ''Stadtbezirk'' ("City District") and also a ''Stadtteil'' ('' Quarter'') in the south of the city of Dortmund, in Germany. Hörde is situated at 51°29' North, 7°30' West, and is at an elevation of 112 metres above mean sea level. It is situated in the southern part of Dortmund, a major town in the Ruhrgebiet. It is made up of the areas of Wellinghofen, Höchsten, Benninghofen, Loh, Holzen, Sommerberg, Syburg, and Wichlinghofen, as well as Hörde itself. The region was formerly a heavy industry area, particularly for the production and working of steel. The river Emscher flows through Hörde. It flows through the former "Phoenix" industrial park, which is currently being restored to a natural area. When finished, the Emscher will once again be a clean river, and there will be a lake (Phoenix-See). Coat of arms The Coat of Arms of the ''Stadtbezirk'' shows the ''Hörder Burg'' (Hörde Castle), overlaid with a red-and-white chequered band that was used as the sign of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hengsteysee
The Hengsteysee (Lake Hengstey) is a reservoir on the Ruhr river between the cities of Hagen, Dortmund and Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in 1929 and is one of five reservoirs on the Ruhr. The reservoir is about long and has an average width of . It begins near the point where the Lenne flows into the Ruhr, and ends with the weir and hydroelectric plant of Hengsteysee. The Klusenberg, a hill that is part of the Ardey range, is located just north of the Hengsteysee. There is also a pumped-storage plant on this reservoir (called the Koepchenwerk after Arthur Koepchen), along with a 4.5 MWh grid services battery repurposed from electric cars. Hengsteysee fulfills the following four functions: *functions as the lower reservoir of the Koepchenwerk pumped-storage plant *performs biological purification of water from the Lenne *deposit of sediment from the Lenne *venue for water sports and tourism Water sports The Hengsteysee is a water sports ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruhr (river)
__NOTOC__ The Ruhr is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine. Description and history The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately . It flows into the lower Rhine at an elevation of only in the municipal area of Duisburg. Its total length is , its average discharge is at Mülheim near its mouth. Thus, its discharge is, for example, comparable to that of the river Ems in Northern Germany or the River Thames in the United Kingdom. The Ruhr first passes the towns of Meschede, Arnsberg, Wickede, Fröndenberg, Holzwickede, Iserlohn, and Schwerte. Then the river marks the southern limit of the Ruhr area, passing Hagen, Dortmund, Herdecke, Wetter, Witten, Bochum, Hattingen, Essen, Mülheim, and Duisburg. The Ruhr area was Germany's primary industrial area during the early- to mid-20th century. Most factories were located there. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William I, German Emperor
William I or Wilhelm I (german: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was de facto head of state of Prussia from 1858, when he became regent for his brother Frederick William IV, whose death three years later would make him king. Under the leadership of William and his minister president Otto von Bismarck, Prussia achieved the unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire. Despite his long support of Bismarck as Minister President, William held strong reservations about some of Bismarck's more reactionary policies, including his anti-Catholicism and tough handling of subordinates. In contrast to the domineering Bismarck, William was described as polite, gentlemanly and, while staunchly conservative, more open to certain classical liberal id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the heart of the European Blue Banana makes it well connected to other major European cities and metropolitan areas like the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchholz (Dortmund)
Buchholz may refer to: Places Germany * Buchholz in der Nordheide, a town in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony *Französisch Buchholz, a community in Berlin *Märkisch Buchholz, in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg *Buchholz, Schaumburg, in the district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony *Buchholz, Soltau-Fallingbostel, in the district Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony * Buchholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the Müritz district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern *Gremersdorf-Buchholz in the Nordvorpommern district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern *Buchholz, Neuwied, in the district of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate * Annaberg-Buchholz, a town in Saxony *Buchholz, Saxony-Anhalt, a town in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt * Buchholz, Dithmarschen in the district of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein *Buchholz, Lauenburg in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein *Buchholz, Thuringia, in the district of Nordhausen, Thuringia *Galerie Buchholz, a chain of art galleries in Cologne and Berlin * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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