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Castrop-Rauxel (German pronunciation: [ˌkastʁɔpˈʁaʊksl̩]), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area in Germany.

Castrop-Rauxel
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Castrop-Rauxel within Recklinghausen district
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Coordinates: 51°33′N 7°19′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Recklinghausen
Subdivisions	15
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Rajko Kravanja[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	51.66 km2 (19.95 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	73,126
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	44575–44581
Dialling codes	02305, 02367 (Henrichenburg)
Vehicle registration	RE, CAS, GLA
Website	www.castrop-rauxel.de

Geography

Castrop-Rauxel is located in Germany between Dortmund to the southeast, Bochum to the southwest, Herne to the west, Recklinghausen to the northwest, Datteln to the north and Waltrop to the northeast.

Urban area

The city covers an area of 51.67 km² (19.95 sq mi).[3] The Halde Schwerin (slag heap in the Schwerin district) is marked as the point of highest elevation at 147 m (482.3 ft) above sea level. The lowest point is located on Pöppinghauser Straße (Poppinghausen Street), besides house number 264, with an elevation of 50.2 m (164.7 ft) above sea level.

The city is divided into 15 districts, from north to south and within one line from west (southwest) to east (northeast):[4]

• Henrichenburg (Becklem)
• Pöppinghausen, Habinghorst, Ickern
• Bladenhorst, Rauxel, Deininghausen
• Behringhausen, Castrop, Dingen
• Obercastrop, Schwerin
• Bövinghausen, Merklinde, Frohlinde

The total area of the city divided into different uses (31 December 2010):

Surface	in m2	in %
Buildings and open spaces	16,384,832	31.7%
Operating area	1,497,843	2.9%
Recreation area	2,835,924	5.5%
Traffic area	6,191,789	12.0%
Agricultural land	14,116,843	27.3%
Forest land	7,938,248	15.4%
Water surface	1,941,522	3.8%
Other uses	758,372	1.5%
Total area	51,665,373	100%

Population figures for the individual districts (Stand: 2005):

Districts	Population
Henrichenburg	5,333
Ickern	16,650
Habinghorst, Pöppinghausen	9,970
Deininghausen, Dingen, Rauxel	10,056
Bladenhorst, Rauxel-Nord	6,065
Schwerin	6,672
Behringhausen, Castrop, Obercastrop	16,743
Frohlinde	3,509
Merklinde	2,621

History

First mentioned in 834 as "Villa Castorpe",^{[citation needed]} the city of Castrop was founded in 1902 by merging the municipalities Castrop, Obercastrop and Behringhausen. On April 1, 1926 Castrop-Rauxel was formed when Castrop merged with 10 other municipalities. During World War II, a plant at Castrop-Rauxel used the Bergius process to produce synthetic (German: Ersatz) oil products.

In 1975, the village of Henrichenburg was annexed and Castrop-Rauxel became part of the Recklinghausen (district). In 1984 the last of 7 coal mines at Castrop-Rauxel ("Erin") closed.

Politics

The current mayor of Castrop-Rauxel is Rajko Kravanja of the Socila Democratic Party (SPD) since 2015. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Rajko Kravanja	Social Democratic Party	13,101	49.3	11,640	66.7
	Oliver Lind	Christian Democratic Union	6,674	25.1	5,823	33.3
	Manfred Fiedler	The Greens/FWI/The Left	4,422	16.6
	Mario Rommel	Independent	1,213	4.6
	Nils Bettinger	Free Democratic Party	1,160	4.4
Valid votes			26,570	98.7	17,463	98.8
Invalid votes			359	1.3	210	1.2
Total			26,929	100.0	17,673	100.0
Electorate/voter turnout			60,039	44.9	60,007	29.5
Source: City of Castrop-Rauxel (1st round, 2nd round)

List of mayors

Lord Mayors

• 1926–1933: Mende, Centre Party (Germany) (Mayor, from 1928 Lord Mayor)
• 1933–1945: Richard Anton, NSDAP
• 1945–1946: Arnold Boerboom
• 1946–1948: Hubert Krehe, CDU
• 1948–1971: Wilhelm Kauermann, SPD
• 1971–1975: Hugo Paulikat, SPD

Mayors

• 1975–1989: Hugo Paulikat, SPD
• 1989–1999: Hans Ettrich, SPD
• 1999–2004: Nils Kruse, CDU
• 2004–2015: Johannes Beisenherz, SPD
• since 2015: Rajko Kravanja, SPD

City council

The Castrop-Rauxel city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	10,256	38.9	1.3	20	±0
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	7,059	26.8	3.9	14	1
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	3,988	15.1	7.1	8	4
	Independent Citizens' Party (UBP)	1,146	4.3	0.3	2	±0
	Free Voter Initiative (FWI)	1,132	4.3	3.2	2	2
	The Left (Die Linke)	1,021	3.9	1.4	2	1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	1,014	3.8	0.5	2	±0
	Die PARTEI	775	2.9	New	2	New
Valid votes		26,391	98.2
Invalid votes		486	1.8
Total		26,877	100.0		52	2
Electorate/voter turnout		60,039	44.8	2.5
Source: City of Castrop-Rauxel

Transport

Castrop-Rauxel has access to three major highways, the Emscherschnellweg A 42,the Sauerlandlinie A 45 and the A 2.
There are 3 railway stations within the city. The central station (Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof) on the Cologne-Minden Railway is located in the suburb of Rauxel. Connecting Castrop-Rauxel to the western Ruhr cities like Duisburg, Oberhausen, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne and in the east to Dortmund and Hamm. The unmanned stations of Castrop-Rauxel South (Castrop-Rauxel Süd) and Castrop-Rauxel Merklinde on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway have hourly services with trains to Dortmund, Herne and Dorsten. Located in the city centre is the central bus station Muensterplatz. From here passengers can travel to almost all suburbs and to neighboring cities like Herne, Dortmund and Bochum.
The Rhine-Herne Canal runs right through Castrop-Rauxel; Castrop-Rauxel also has a small Yacht club on this body of water.

Twin towns – sister cities

Castrop-Rauxel is twinned with:[5]

Economy

Castrop-Rauxel has been attempting to change from a former mining city to a city with a modern lifestyle, high recreational value, new economy companies, a 27-hole golf course, and various cultural events. Despite those efforts, the town has one of the lowest median incomes per capita in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Metalworking and electronics are the key manufacturing sectors.[6]

Culture

The WLT (Westphalian State Theater) is the oldest and most relevant source of theatrical entertainment in Castrop-Rauxel. There is one cinema with two screens in Castrop. Castrop’s history is closely connected to horse racing, the Reiterbrunnen in the very center of Castrop’s market square is a reminder of the race days on the Naturhindernisbahn, now part of the Goldschmieding Park.

Notable people

• Hedwig Kiesekamp (1844–1919), singer and writer
• Heinrich Haslinde (1878–1938), local poet
• Josef Hermann Dufhues (1908–1971), politician CDU) Member of Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW Interior Minister and President of the Parliament
• Wilhelm Specht (1910–1986) entrepreneur, businessman and association official
• Heinz Ballensiefen (1912–?), historian and Nazi functionary who used to investigate the "Jewish question"
• Hermann Paschasius Rettler (1915–2004), bishop of Bacabal (Brazil)
• Alfred Niepieklo (1927–2014), German Football Champion in 1956 and 1957
• Josef Reding (born 1929), writer
• Erwin Weiss (1934–2008), singer
• Friedhelm Wentzke (born 1935), canoeist
• Dietrich Berke (1938–2010), musicologist and publishing editor
• Paul Reding (born 1939), painter, sculptor and writer
• Werner Trzmiel (born 1942), athlete
• Friedhelm Ost (born 1942), journalist and politician
• Klaus Fichtel (born 1944), footballer
• Gabriele Sikora (born 1950), politician (SPD), 1995–2010 Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Lawrence Schlieker (born 1951), abbot of Benedictine Gerleve
• Udo Helmbrecht (born 1955), former President of the BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) and Managing Director ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)
• Mathias Schipper (born 1957), footballer
• Hans-Peter Villis (born 1958), manager
• Inge Blask (born 1959), politician (SPD), since 2012 Member of Parliament
• Wolfram Wuttke (1961–2015), football player
• Dieter Hecking (born 1964), football coach
• Bernd "Bernie" Blume (born 1964), tech entrepreneur
• Michael Ostrzyga (born 1975), composer and conductor
• Marcel Sieberg (born 1982), cyclist
• Barış Özbek (born 1986), footballer
• Marc-André Kruska (born 1987), footballer
• Semih Güler (born 1994), footballer
• Rana Tokmak (born 1996) rhythmic gymnast
• Electric Callboy, electronicore band formed in 2010. 5 out of 6 members reside in Castrop

References

Notes

На других языках

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[de] Castrop-Rauxel

Castrop-Rauxel [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈkas·tʀɔp ˈʀaʊ̯k·sl̩] ist eine große kreisangehörige Stadt im Kreis Recklinghausen im Regierungsbezirk Münster in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Ruhrgebietsstadt wird im Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) durch den Kreis Recklinghausen vertreten und ist Teil der Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr. In der Landesplanung Nordrhein-Westfalens ist Castrop-Rauxel als Mittelzentrum eingestuft.

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- [en] Castrop-Rauxel

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[ru] Кастроп-Рауксель

Кастроп-Рауксель (нем. Castrop-Rauxel) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.

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