Misplaced Pages

#847152

38-553: First mentioned in 1017 as Ricoldinchuson , in 1150 the city was the center of the surrounding Vest Recklinghausen . In 1236, Recklinghausen received town privileges . There is record of Jews in the city as early as 1305. As part of the County of Vest , ownership of Recklinghausen changed several times in the 15th and 16th century, and in 1576, the entire county was pawned to the Elector of Cologne . In 1582–83, again in 1586, and again in 1587,

76-595: A few days, and from 1941 to 1943, a forced labour camp was operated in the city. As a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II , oil production at Recklinghausen/Forstezung was bombed by the RAF on 15 January 1945; and South Recklinghausen ( Recklinghausen Süd ) was captured by the US 137th Infantry on 1 April 1945. Recklinghausen is home to a museum of icons , which includes more than 1,000 Orthodox works from Russia , Greece and

114-473: A landslide in the Teutoburg Forest. Only after the damage had been eliminated on 15 December, could this route be opened to traffic. On the same day, the section was inaugurated until Bad Salzuflen and Herford. The day before, the section between Bad Nenndorf and Hannover had already been opened. Thus, only the section between Bad Salzuflen and Bad Nenndorf was missing. This was opened on 23 September 1939. At

152-541: A transit corridor to West Berlin , with allied checkpoints at Helmstedt and Dreilinden-Drewitz (on the A ;10 ) respectively. In the beginning of the 1970s prepared numbering scheme of the federal highways carried the current A 2 in the former West Germany largely their current number, but ran west of the cross Oberhausen on the way of today's A 3 on to the motorway junction Heumar, the Berliner Ring coming Kilometrierung

190-714: Is often nicknamed Warsaw Avenue or simply Poland Highway . Christian Dzida, keyboardist for the Austrian band Schürzenjäger from 1995 to 1999, was killed in a road accident on Bundesautobahn 2 in November 2009. The A 2 is completely six-lane between the Ruhr area and Berlin. The last gap of several years of expansion was closed in mid-December 2011. During the long expansion phase, it came again and again to kilometres of traffic jams. Despite extensive security measures, there were always numerous serious rear-end collisions involving trucks. At

228-522: Is served by Intercity and EuroCity services, and the South Station (Recklinghausen Südbahnhof). There are two Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines - S 2 to Dortmund via Herne - Castrop-Rauxel and S 9 to Hagen via Gladbeck - Bottrop - Essen - Velbert - Wuppertal. The current mayor of Recklinghausen is Christoph Tesche of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The most recent mayoral election

266-671: The Archbishopric of Cologne . The administrator lived in castle Westerholt , located in Herten . From 1446 to 1576 it was used as collateral, first pawned to the lords of Gemen (now part of the city Borken ) and after 1492 to the Lords of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg , who pawned the territory back to the Archbishops of Cologne in 1576. During the Cologne War (1583–1589), Vest Recklinghausen

304-631: The Balkan countries, as well as early Coptic Christian art from Egypt . The icon museum – the largest outside the Orthodox world – was founded in 1956 and reopened after renovation in February 2006 for its 50th anniversary. The Ruhrfestspielhaus (Ruhr Festival Theatre), whose remodeling in 2001 won the German Architecture Award is home of "Die Liegende Nr 5", a famous sculpture by Henry Moore . At

342-614: The Prussian province of Westphalia . Bundesautobahn 2 Bundesautobahn 2 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 2 , short form Autobahn 2 , abbreviated as BAB 2 or A 2 ) is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the junction with the A3 near the western city of Oberhausen , passes through

380-568: The A 1 crosses the A 2, was on 12 November 1938, together with the section between Recklinghausen and Gütersloh the traffic passed, but still without the subsequent parts of today's A 1, the only after 1945 were put into operation. It was after the Schkeuditzer cross (A 9-A 14) a second intersection in cloverleaf execution in Germany. The also scheduled for this day traffic transfer of the section between Gütersloh and Bielefeld could not be performed due to

418-464: The Lohtor in front of a memorial for the victims of World War I, there is a large sculpture made of more than 30,000 bricks by Per Kirkeby . Recklinghausen hosts the annual Ruhrfestspiele (Ruhr Festival), a cultural festival with an international reputation. Every year there is a cultural programme with many national and international theatrical productions starting on 1 May. In 2008 the programme included

SECTION 10

#1732852059848

456-457: The autobahn, then exit via secondary roads. The landfill is easily recognizable by the Lanstroper Ei , an old water tower standing on a hill approximately 400 metres (0.25 mi) away from the autobahn. Due to its importance as a major thoroughfare for commercial transit and as a trade route connecting the western parts of Germany to neighbouring Central European countries such as Poland , it

494-690: The capital of a sovereign Principality of the Dukes of Arenberg who retain the title. c.  1815 , the Vest was made a Bürgermeisterei , with the town becoming the seat. In 1819, Herten joined the Recklinghausen Bürgermeisterei, and Erkenschwick followed in 1821. During World War II , in December 1939, the Stalag XX-B prisoner-of-war camp was founded in the city, however, it was relocated after

532-568: The center of today's North Rhine-Westphalia . The rivers Emscher and Lippe formed the border with the County of Mark and Essen Abbey in the south, and to the Bishopric of Münster in the north. In the east, a fortification secured the border with Dortmund and in the west it was bordered by the Duchy of Cleves . Today Vest Recklinghausen is divided into the Kreis Recklinghausen as well as

570-458: The city of Bottrop , the northern half of Gelsenkirchen and the Osterfeld Borough of Oberhausen . The term Vest , which denotes a type of judicial district, is still used locally, for instance by a local radio station , a Shopping mall , a Bank and the municipal public transport company Vestische Straßenbahnen GmbH . Vest Recklinghausen was first mentioned in 1228 as a fiefdom of

608-512: The city was plundered by partisan armies during the Cologne War , a feud over religious parity in Electorate of Cologne and electoral influence in the Holy Roman Empire. Recklinghausen was also the site of more than 100 witchcraft trials (1514–1710). The trial activity reached a climax twice: In the time period of 1580/81 and again in 1588/89. The last person to be convicted of witchcraft

646-419: The city, it was decided, however, for a northern bypass of the city. In addition, there was a freight yard in the north, an industrial area was planned and the soil conditions were better. Between Berlin and Hanover there were three possible variants, which were examined. The northern one was supposed to lead over Stendal and to the north to the Berliner Ring. It was the shortest route for the proposed extension in

684-513: The course of the highway. In the GDR, the highway was one of the transit routes, from 1971 in the context of the transit agreement. On a travel and traffic map of the GDR of 1979, the section of the highway between the border crossing Marienborn and the former branch Magdeburg (now motorway junction Werder) is only marked with a T for transit route, on a later map (Reiseland DDR 1988) with the still applicable E 30 designation. It played an important role as

722-529: The direction of Szczecin and Königsberg dar. However, the disadvantage was that the crossed area was sparsely populated and already the railroad was the main carrier. The middle variant touched Genthin and Brandenburg on the Havel and aimed at the center of Berlin. Again, the area was sparsely populated and already developed by the railway. Another difficulty was that there were numerous lakes and bogs, which would have made construction difficult. The southern variant, which

760-404: The eight-lane expansion of the sections Bad Nenndorf to Herrenhausen and Hannover-West to Hannover-East classified. On the approximately 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section between the interchange Hannover-Ost and Lehrte the side strips were equipped with emergency stop bays, structurally adapted and sold with block marking and released since 28 January in the direction of Berlin and 1 February in

798-412: The end of October 2013, after 18 months of construction, the tank and service facility "Lipperland Nord" north of the junction Ostwestfalen / Lippe opened. The rest stop Lipperland Süd was already completed. Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia want to expand the busy A 2 from Bielefeld to the border to Saxony-Anhalt eight lanes. In order to meet the expected increase in traffic, especially of trucks on

SECTION 20

#1732852059848

836-658: The important east–west connection, both countries had notified the expansion for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030. However, the final version of the corresponding demand plan, which came into force at the end of 2016 with the amendment of the Highway Act, now only includes the extension of the motorway triangle Bottrop and Hannover-West, the motorway junction Hannover-Buchholz and the eight-lane extension from Herrenhausen to AD Hannover-West as urgent needs with bottleneck elimination. Further needs are

874-697: The north of the Ruhr valley, through the Münsterland and into Ostwestfalen , crossing the former inner German border and continuing through the Magdeburger Börde to merge into the Berliner Ring shortly before reaching Berlin. Major cities such as Magdeburg , Braunschweig , Hannover and Dortmund are situated very close to the A ;2. The A 2 is one of the most important autobahns , connecting several large industrial areas with each other. The A 2

912-410: The northern area of the Ruhr area, since the mining migrated to the north and at the same time wanted to avoid the mountain subsidence areas. In East Westfalen area the road followed the course of settlements. In the area of Hanover, it was natural for the motorway to pass shortly to the south of the city. As Hanover was at that time one of the hubs of German air traffic and the airport was in the north of

950-465: The outbreak of war only one carriageway was completed. Thus, this was provisionally intended only for the so-called service traffic. Under the operation of Polish forced laborers and prisoners of war, this section was built and opened until 14 November 1940, except for a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) stretch of the Weser crossing at Bad Oeynhausen, which was built after the war. Altogether 230 bridges were built in

988-779: The play Speed the Plow starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum as one of the major productions. The main theatrical stage is the Ruhrfestspielhaus but other theatres in and around Recklinghausen participate. The two major motorways crossing the area of the city are the A2 and the A43 . The city is connected to the larger waterways by the Rhein-Herne-Kanal . Recklinghausen has two railway stations. The Central Station ( Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof ), which

1026-410: The route between Duisburg and Oberhausen were classified as A 2 / A 3. The piece between Venlo and Duisburg is today part of the A 40. Between the towns of Helmstedt and Marienborn one can still see the former border control points, which were turned into a museum in the 1990s. The Dortmund-Lanstrop junction has only been built to give access to the nearby landfill . Garbage trucks approach it via

1064-487: The subsequent part of today's A 10) to Burg / Schermen (85 kilometres or 53 miles) followed on 17 August 1936. On 10 January 1937 the Berlin Ring was connected to Hannover with the release of the 55-kilometre-long (34 mi) section between Burg / Schermen and Helmstedt. In 1937, the first section between Düsseldorf and Recklinghausen was opened in the western area on 17 December. The Kamener cross northeast of Dortmund, where

1102-686: The successor to his uncle, Ernst of Bavaria, as the Elector of Cologne, forbade non-Catholics from staying in Vest Recklinghausen. During the secularization of the ecclesiastical states in 1802–03, also known as the German Mediatisation , the electorate was abolished and Vest Recklinghausen was annexed by the Dukes of Arenberg . In 1811 it was added to the Grand Duchy of Berg and in 1815 became part of

1140-558: The territory was invaded by Martin Schenck and Hermann Cloedt , who caused great damage to the farms and small villages, and were besieged by Claude de Berlaymont , also known as Haultpenne , in the city of Werl . After the turmoil of the Cologne Wars, the administration of Vest Recklinghausen was divided in (circa 1600) in two districts: Recklinghausen continued to administer the eastern section, but Dorsten assumed responsibility for

1178-516: The western section. The town of Recklinghausen including the parish of Recklinghausen and the filial parishes Ahsen , Datteln , Flaesheim , Hamm-Bossendorf , Henrichenburg , Herten , Horneburg , Oer , Suderwich , Waltrop and Westerholt appertained to the eastern part of the Vest Recklinghausen. The western parishes included Dorsten and the parishes Dorsten, Bottrop , Buer , Gladbeck , Horst , Kirchhellen , Marl , Osterfeld and Polsum . On 4 September 1614, Ferdinand of Bavaria ,

Recklinghausen - Misplaced Pages Continue

1216-512: Was Anna Spickermann; after spending 16 months in prison, she was sentenced to death by sword and burned afterward. c.  1600 , the administration of the Vest Recklinghausen was divided into two parts, with the eastern part administered by Recklinghausen. The town of Recklinghausen including the parish of Recklinghausen and the parishes Ahsen , Datteln , Flaesheim , Hamm-Bossendorf , Henrichenburg , Herten , Horneburg, Oer , Suderwich , Waltrop and Westerholt . In 1803-1811 became

1254-546: Was even continued in a westerly direction to Aachen. From the introduction of today's numbering system in 1975, the A 2 already began at the Dutch border Straelen / Venlo and led from the intersection Kaiserberg together as A 2 and A 3 to the cross Oberhausen, where the A 3 in the direction of Arnhem again separated from the route. In the course of the numbering of the junctions, which began in 1992, double denominations of motorway junctions, motorway junctions and dual denominations such as

1292-414: Was finally built, led through the most densely populated area and opened the possibility of an extension to Wroclaw or Frankfurt (Oder) and Warsaw. It was planned to build two 3.75-metre-wide (12.3 ft) lanes per direction of travel with a 4.2-metre-wide (14 ft) median strip along the entire route. With the concrete guide strips and shoulders, the construction had a width of 24 metres (79 ft). It

1330-508: Was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: The Recklinghausen 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: Recklinghausen is twinned with: Vest Recklinghausen Vest Recklinghausen was an ecclesiastical territory in the Holy Roman Empire , located in

1368-515: Was laid out, with the exception of the section in the Teutoburg Forest, for speeds of at least 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). The construction was carried out in parallel with the total of 12 locations. First, on 5 April 1936 the 32 kilometres (20 mi) section between Braunschweig-West and Lehrte was opened to traffic. Three further sections between Hannover-Ost to Lehrte (10 kilometres or 6.2 miles), Braunschweig-West to Helmstedt (43 kilometres or 27 miles) and Werder / Groß Kreutz (located at

1406-520: Was modified in the late 1990s, and completely rebuilt in the former East Germany . All of the A 2 has 3 travel lanes and a breakdown lane in each direction. The highway was planned between September 1933 and December 1934 by the construction departments of the company Reichsautobahn in Düsseldorf, Hanover and Magdeburg. As a connection of the Rhine-Ruhr region, the highway was deliberately planned in

1444-485: Was occupied and sacked several times by troops from both sides of the conflict. In 1583, although much of the territory was already Protestant, the Calvinist Elector of Cologne, Gebhard, Truchsess von Waldburg and his wife, Agnes , ordered the destruction of the icons and decorative elements of the churches. In 1584, the territory was sacked again, this time by the competing archbishop, Ernst of Bavaria . In 1586,

#847152