Stiepel is a southern district of the City of
Bochum
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in the
Ruhr area
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in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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, Germany. It is on the Ruhr River, which is its border to the neighbouring cities of
Hattingen and
Witten. Stiepel used to be a municipality in the rural district of Bochum, but was integrated into Bochum in 1929.
Stiepel is the most affluent part of Bochum. It has an old village church dating from 1008. Originally a Catholic church, it became a
Lutheran church
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation in 15 ...
in 1610 when the minister broke away from the church and converted to Lutheranism. The church was honored with a stamp commemorating its 1000th anniversary in 2008.
Stiepel Priory is located in the town.
Further reading
* Heinz Winter, ''Königreich Stiepel'', Bochum: Hoose (1987)
* Heinz Winter, ''Von stipula bis Stiepel'', 3rd edition (1998)
External links
Stiepel
Boroughs of Bochum
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