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Bochum hast got
about 300.000 inhabitants and is already more than 700 years
old. The town is placed in the middle of Essen and Dortmund
at the old Hellweg. In former times you could reach Essen
or Dortmund from Bochum with a horse coach in one day.
You will be more fast by using the Opel Kadett from the
in the year of 1963 new founded Opel factory in Bochum,
even if the autobahn is filled up. The German Opel factory
belongs to the General Motor Corporation.
The photo shows an Opel Kadett wgich was build in 1971.
Theend of the coal miming era caused enormous challanges
for Bochum to secure the economical surviving. A lot of
former coal miners found a new work at the Opel factory.
Also the in the year of 1965 new founded Ruhr university
of Bochum became very important for Bochum and the neighbourtowns.
Now the kids of working class families musn´t still
longer leave their families in order to study at an university.
But Bochum offers also a lot of things at the cultural sector:
The Jahrhunderhalle (hall of the century), the Star - Lite
- Misical, museums and an urban nightlife.
...and if you want to describe your friends, where they
can find Bochum, you will tell them that Bochum is a neighbourtown
of Wanne - Eickel.
Please don´t forget to visit the nice reservoir
Kemnade and castle Kemnade in the south of Bochum,
the railroad
museum Bochum Dahlhausen, the old
coal pit Hannover with its big steam engine, the
coal miner´s
settlement Bochum Hordel, the famous Jahrhunderthalle
(hall of the century), the Ruhr
university Bochum, visit Bochum
at night and take the new subway
from Bochum to Herne.
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The
entertainment section in the city
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The
town hall
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The
counrtry court of Bochum
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The cow - shepherd,
a symbol of Bochum
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A socher
stadion and the Bismrck - tower in the park of Bochum
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The
Bergmannsgheil, a hospital
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House
Weitmar
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Planetarium
Bochum
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Space station
Ruhr
People of Bochum are also interested in space - travel.
You can find in the southern section Bochum Sundern the
famous "Kap Kaminski".
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The
beautiful suth of Bochum
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Bochum
Dahlhausen in the south
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A view from
castle Blankenstein in Hattingen to the Ruhr an the beautiful
south of Bochum.
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...to say god
bye to Bochum we should make a little walk through the Zilllertal
in Bochum north.
It´s really the kind of Bochum of the original Austrian
Zillertal.
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