Bochum

Bochum
/boh"khoom/, n.
a city in central North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany. 413,400.

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      city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies in the heart of the industrial Ruhr district, between the cities of Essen (west) and Dortmund (east).

      Chartered in 1298 and 1321, it passed to the duchy of Cleves (Kleve) in 1461 and to Brandenburg in the early 17th century. Bochum was a small agricultural town until the development of its iron, coal, and steel industries in the mid-19th century. Its Diocese Church, or Propsteikirche (1599), was the only historic building left intact after the destruction of the city centre by Allied bombing in World War II. In the suburbs, however, the 13th-century Blankenstein Castle and an 11th-century church at Bochum-Stiepel still stand.

      Until the late 1950s coal mining was the city's economic mainstay; its importance is shown by the mining college, the geologic and mining museums, the mining research institute, and the headquarters building of the miners' trade union, insurance, and cooperative organizations. The closure of the last mine in 1973 forced a diversification of Bochum's economy. New industries have grown, particularly automobiles and electronics; metallurgy and allied industries are also important. Bochum is now a commercial and cultural centre for a densely populated part of the Ruhr. Bochum has a modern appearance with new schools, housing estates, sports facilities, and a theatre. It is the seat of Ruhr University (1965) and has an institute for satellite and space research, a planetarium (1964), and a college of administration, industry, and foreign trade. It also supports a municipal orchestra and a zoo. In 1975 Wattenscheid, a neighbouring city, was united with Bochum, and it serves to some extent as a dormitory suburb for the adjacent industrial complexes of Gelsenkirchen and Essen. Pop. (2003 est.) 387,283.

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