Oberhausen

Oberhausen (/ˈoʊbərhaʊzən/,[2][3][4] German: [ˈoːbɐhaʊzn̩] (listen)) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen (c. 13 km or 8.1 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.

For other places with the same name, see Oberhausen (disambiguation).
Oberhausen
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Oberhausen
Coordinates: 51°29′48″N 06°52′14″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
DistrictUrban districts of Germany
Government
 • Lord MayorDaniel Schranz (CDU)
Area
 • Total77.04 km2 (29.75 sq mi)
Elevation
78 m (256 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total210,829
 • Density2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
46001-46149
Dialling codes0208
Vehicle registrationOB
WebsiteCity of Oberhausen (de)

History

Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the Oberhausen Castle (German: Schloss Oberhausen). 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")[5] was a bombing target of the 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.[6]

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

Population development since 1862:

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18625,590—    
187112,805+129.1%
190042,148+229.2%
191089,900+113.3%
191998,677+9.8%
1925105,121+6.5%
1933192,345+83.0%
1939191,842−0.3%
1950202,808+5.7%
1961256,773+26.6%
1970246,736−3.9%
1987220,286−10.7%
2001221,619+0.6%
2011210,216−5.1%
2017211,422+0.6%
source:[7]

The age breakdown of the population (2013) is:[8]

<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.[9]

The unemployment rate is 10.0% (Dec 2015).[10]

Migrant communities in Oberhausen by 31.12.2017:

 Turkey8,560
 Syria2,315
 Serbia2,090
 Italy2,005
 Poland1,840
  • Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof
  • Gasometer
  • Castle Oberhausen as seen from the Gasometer
  • Industrial Museum
  • Courthouse
  • Baumeister-Mill
  • Castle Vondern
  • Kastell Holten
  • Ruhr meadows in Oberhausen-Alstaden
  • CentrO shopping mall
  • Schloss Oberhausen – inner courtyard with little castle
  • AQUApark near CentrO in 2012

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns – sister cities

Oberhausen is twinned with:[11]

Notable residents

Born before 1935

Born after 1935

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "Oberhausen". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. "Oberhausen" (US) and "Oberhausen". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "Oberhausen". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. John Tagliabue (27 November 1983). "The Twilight of the Industrial Ruhr". New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  7. Link
  8. "Demografiebericht AG Ruhr" (PDF). Arbeitsgemeinschaft der kommunalen Statistikstellen der Metropole Ruhr.
  9. "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.
  10. "Oberhausen – statistik.arbeitsagentur.de". statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  11. "Ratsangelegenheiten: Städtepartnerschaften der Stadt Oberhausen" (in German). Büro für Interkultur, Stadt Oberhausen. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  12. "Town Twinning". Middlesbrough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  13. Міста-побратими м. Запоріжжя [Twin Cities Zaporozhye]. City of Zaporizhia (in Ukrainian). Шановні відвідувачі і користувачі сайту. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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