Buchholz-Kämpen

Buchholz-Kämpen is a city-district of Witten-Herbede, which is a part of the city of Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Buchholz-Kämpen is located about 12 kilometres southeast of the city.[1] As at 31 December 2015 the population of the district totalled 2,788.[2]

Buchholz

History

Buchholz is one of the oldest settlement places in the Ruhr valley. About 2000 years ago the first settlers came to the valley of Buchholz. Since the 19th century there has been a steel industry in Buchholz. Until the late 1920s there were also several coal mines.[1]

Town of Blankenstein / Herbede / Witten

In its history Buchholz belonged to several counties. In 1966 it became a city-district of the newly founded city of Blankenstein. Just three years later the town of Blankenstein became a part of the city of Hattingen while Buchholz became a part of the city of Herbede.[3] When Herbede was incorporated into Witten in 1975 Buchholz became part of the newly founded city-district Buchholz-Kämpen.[4]

Curiosity

Because Buchholz had previously been part of Hattingen, it is assigned phone code 02324 (Hattingen) and not 02302 (Witten).^[citation needed]

Kämpen

Kämpen was founded in 1926.^[citation needed]

References

1. Paul Brandenburg, Karl-Heinz Hildebrand: Witten. Straßen, Wege, Plätze. Mit einem Beitrag zur Siedlungsgeschichte Wittens von Heinrich Schoppmeyer (ed. Heinrich Schoppmeyer); = VOHM: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Witten. Band 1. Witten 1989, ISBN 3920611136.
2. Witten.de: "Bevölkerungsbestand nach Statistischen Bezirken", 31 December 2015
3. Martin Bünermann: Die Gemeinden des ersten Neugliederungsprogramms in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Köln 1970, OCLC 1072420528, pp. 111f.
4. Statistisches Bundesamt (ed.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3170032631, p. 330.

Further reading

• Stephanie Reekers: Die Gebietsentwicklung der Kreise und Gemeinden Westfalens 1817–1967. Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3402058758, p. 216

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