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36-652: The original station opened in 1870 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company as part of the construction of the Hamburg-Venlo railway . During the Second World War , on 1 April 1945, a heavy bombing raid mostly destroyed the station and tracks. It is commemorated by the bunker built next to the station, in which the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen was established in 1950. An outstanding feature of

72-536: A memorial was erected with a memorial fountain ( Reiterbrunnen ) referring to the horse races which were held until 1970. Stadtgarten Park was laid out in the south of the centre in 1931. In the north of Castrop-Rauxel, Landschaftsarchäologischer Park Henrichenburg is worth a visit. It was laid out around the foundations of a castle which had been first mentioned in 1263 and dismantled in 1787. The foundations were rediscovered by chance during construction works in 1994. Ceramics, tiles and weapons were unearthened before

108-493: A small Yacht club on this body of water. Castrop-Rauxel is twinned with: 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

144-562: A terminus in Minden , which was connected by boat to the port of Bremen . At the same time they discussed with the Kingdom of Hanover the possibility of a rail link via Hanover , Braunschweig and Magdeburg to Berlin. Prolonged negotiations were conducted regarding the route between Cologne and Dortmund . Interested parties from Bergisches Land and the Wupper valley supported a direct route through

180-629: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a railway station in North Rhine Westphalia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cologne-Minden Railway Company The Cologne-Minden Railway Company ( German , old spelling: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , CME ) was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company one of

216-542: Is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. 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. The city covers an area of 51.67 km (19.95 sq mi). The Halde Schwerin (slag heap in

252-579: The Ruhrort-Homberg train ferry . The government had pressed the company since the early 1850s to build a railway bridge over the Rhine in Cologne. Because it was not yet possible to build strong bridges with spans of over 100 metres, it was initially planned to build a bridge capable of carrying individual carriages pulled by horses. This was intended to avoid the unloading of cargo on to ferries and its reloading on

288-514: The 16th century. Saint Lambert Church, the oldest church in Castrop-Rauxel, stems from the 12th century. Another Saint Lambert Church built around 1450 in a late gothic style can be visited in Henrichenburg which became a part of Castrop-Rauxel in 1975. Goldschmieding Castle ( Haus Goldschmieding ) which was built in the 16th century was transformed into a hotel with a restaurant. The Town Hall

324-784: The 183 kilometre long railway between 1859 and 1862 from Deutz via Betzdorf , Dillenburg and Wetzlar to Gießen , with a branch to the mines in Siegen . In Siegen, it connected with the Main-Weser line . This line now forms the northern part of the Sieg line , the Heller Valley Railway and the southern part of the Dill line . At the end of the 1860s the Cologne-Minden Railway Company built its largest project, when Prussia decided that

360-670: The Aachen Committee favoured a railway line through Belgium to the seaport of Antwerp . The Rhenish Railway Company –which had already been established on 9 July 1837 in Cologne–began construction of a railway line from Cologne via Aachen to the Belgian border, which was opened in sections between 1839 and 1843. Others saw advantages in a better connection between the Rhineland and the Weser with

396-665: The Dutch Railways on 3 October 1936. The rest between Straelen, Wesel and Haltern is also now largely closed. On the other hand, the line from Wanne-Eickel to Hamburg is one of the busiest railway lines in Germany, however, and is now sometimes referred to as the Rollbahn ("rolling line"). From 1871 to 1878 the CME built another line from Duisburg to Dortmund along the Emscher valley largely parallel to its trunk line via Osterfeld Süd and Wanne through

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432-477: 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): The total area of

468-464: The architecture of the station building with its glass front is now the clock tower. The new bus station was built in 1998. Up until the renovation of the building, a plaque commemorating the 5000th kilometer of electrified rail of the Deutsche Bundesbahn , was located in the station. The plaque has been missing since the completion of the renovation. This Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn-related article

504-552: The cities of Düsseldorf , Cologne and Aachen attempted to find a solution with each other and the Prussian government. The focus of all these efforts was to avoid the Dutch duties on trade on the Rhine , which significantly increased the cost of import and export of goods via the Rhine. Some of the Cologne committee members under David Hansemann (1790–1864)—a merchant and banker from Aachen—and

540-673: The city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: 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

576-455: The city divided into different uses (31 December 2010): Population figures for the individual districts (Stand: 2005): Castrop-Rauxel was first mentioned in 834 as "Villa Castorpe", . The name could be derived from the Germanic words trop meaning "village" and kast meaning "barn" or "depot". Rauxel is the name of the northern part of the city. Rauxel was a village which was integrated into

612-417: The city in 1926. It was first mentioned as "Rouksele" in 1266. This name might be derived from the Germanic words rouk meaning "crow" and sel meaning "meadow". In 1847 the railway line from Cologne to Minden was opened and a railway station was built in the north of the village Castrop. The railway proved to be very useful for the economical development of the village. The first coal mine ( Zeche Erin )

648-511: The foundations were covered with earth again. Hedges were planted on the foundations to give an impression of the dimensions of the castle. The current mayor of Castrop-Rauxel is Rajko Kravanja of the Social 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: Lord Mayors Mayors The Castrop-Rauxel city council governs

684-468: The line was completed. The line south towards Venlo reached Wesel on 1 March 1874, but was delayed by the need to build the longest railway bridge in Germany over the Rhine Bridge at Wesel, which was opened on 31 December 1874. During the planning phase had been argued that no financial return could be expected from this section. So not surprisingly the section Venlo–Straelen was closed at the initiative of

720-533: The local hills. This was rejected by the company because of the high costs for the necessary engineering works. On 18 December 1843, the Prussian government granted a concession to the CME for the line from Deutz (now a suburb of Cologne) through Mülheim am Rhein , Düsseldorf, Duisburg , Oberhausen , Altenessen , Gelsenkirchen , Wanne , Herne and Castrop-Rauxel to Dortmund and on to Hamm , Oelde , Rheda , Bielefeld and Herford to Minden. This route bypassed

756-668: The northern Ruhr to service the growing industries and prosperous coal mines. A law for the nationalisation of the Railway Company was proclaimed on 20 December 1879. At this time the Prussian government held 74 per cent of the share capital of the company. It placed the railway under the management of the Königliche Direction der Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn zu Köln ( Royal directorate of the Cologne-Minden railway of Cologne ) since 1 January 1879. On 23 February 1881 this directorate

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792-502: The old mining areas but travelled through more open terrain. This route is similar to that advocated by the economist Friedrich List in 1833. The decisive factor favouring the route north of the Ruhr was the influence of David Hansemann, who was then briefly Prussian Minister for Finance. The Prussian state acquired one seventh of the share capital of the company at its foundation. The first section from Cologne to Düsseldorf ( Cologne–Duisburg )

828-485: The other side. It was then decided during the Cathedral Bridge 's construction to build a two-track bridge capable of supporting a locomotive, which had a swing bridge (which could be disabled in the event of war) on the west bank. This was required by the military, which had to give its consent for all bridge projects. It was a truss bridge with spans of 131 and 101 metres. The foundation stone for its construction

864-561: The railway companies that in the mid-19th century built the first railways in the Ruhr and large parts of today's North Rhine-Westphalia . The founding of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1843 in Cologne ended a long struggle for a railway line between the Rhineland and the German North Sea ports, as well as the Prussian capital of Berlin . From the 1830s several railway committees in

900-557: The right to connect the proposed line from Venlo via Wesel , Münster and Osnabrück to Bremen and Hamburg to its existing line between Cologne and Minden. Therefore, on 1 January 1870 it began construction of a new line between the two routes from Wanne-Eickel to Haltern . During the Franco-Prussian War large parts of the line were temporarily put into operation: On 1 January 1870 to Munster, on 1 September 1871 to Osnabrück, on 15 May 1873 to Bremen -Hemelingen. On 1 June 1874,

936-555: The section of a French railway company's project for a line from Paris to Hamburg (called the "Paris-Hamburg line") in Germany would need to be owned and operated by a German railway company. The Cologne-Minden Railway Company won the tender to build the approximately 550 kilometre long Hamburg- Venlo line against the competition of the Rhenish Railway Company. The cost of its construction was calculated to be 43 million thalers . The Cologne-Minden Railway Company had reserved

972-684: 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

1008-519: Was built from 1971 to 1975. The area of the former coal mine Zeche Erin was transformed into a park. Around the Market Place Altstadtmarkt several houses built in the typical style of Gründerzeit can be seen. During this period Castrop-Rauxel was a flourishing mining town. Mulvany, the industrialist who founded the first coal mine, had a race course laid out in Castrop in 1874. In 1912,

1044-455: Was destroyed by bombs. In 1961 Castrop-Rauxel had 87,910 inhabitants, its maximum in history. 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. As a consequence, the number of inhabitants declined. Bladenhorst Castle ( Wasserschloss Bladenhorst ) was built in

1080-455: Was formed when Castrop merged with 10 other municipalities the biggest of which was Rauxel with 19,800 inhabitants. The number of inhabitants of Castrop-Rauxel amounted to 53,399 in 1926. During World War II, a plant at Castrop-Rauxel used the Bergius process to produce synthetic ( German : Ersatz ) oil products. During World War II Castrop-Rauxel suffered 35 air raids and 24% of the city

1116-563: Was inaugurated by William Thomas Mulvany , an Irish industrialist living in Germany, close to the village in 1869. Another six coal mines were founded around Castrop soon afterwards. Between 1874 and 1878 another railway line was built between Duisburg and Dortmund with two train stations in the south of Castrop which developed into a mining town at the end of the 19th century. Castrop merged with two other municipalities (Obercastrop and Behringhausen) and attained municipal status in 1902 with 13, 917 inhabitants. On April 1, 1926 Castrop-Rauxel

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1152-510: Was laid by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV on 3 October 1855. It was opened in 1859 and was the second rail bridge over the Rhine, together with a road bridge that had been built in parallel. The first railway bridge across the Rhine had opened in the same year far upstream at Waldshut , which had spans of only 52 metres at most. The bridge was demolished and replaced by the Hohenzollernbrücke between 1907 and 1911. The next line to be opened

1188-444: Was opened on 20 December 1845. Only a few weeks later, on 9 February 1846, the second section was completed to a temporary terminus at the site of present-day Duisburg Hauptbahnhof called Duisburg Cologne-Minden station , the first of three train stations built at the same site. The next sections ( Duisburg–Dortmund and Dortmund–Hamm lines ) were opened on 15 May 1847. On 15 October 1847 the last section to Minden ( Hamm–Minden line )

1224-607: Was opened, thus completing the entire 263 kilometre long, single track railway. On the same day the Royal Hanoverian State Railways opened its Hanover-Minden Railway , completing a connection to Berlin and northeastern Germany. In 1848 the CME built a branch line to the docks at Ruhrort from Oberhausen station and agreed with the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company ( Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrorter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ) to construct

1260-541: Was renamed Königliche Eisenbahn-Direktion zu Köln rechtsrheinisch ( Royal directorate of right Rhine railways of Cologne ). The nationalization of the company involved about 619 locomotives and 17,023 wagons, operating on a 1,108 kilometre long railway network, of which 467 kilometres had been duplication. The purchase price financed through government bonds was 509,326,500 marks . Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel ( German pronunciation: [ˌkastʁɔpˈʁaʊksl̩] ), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals,

1296-553: Was the 73 km-long Holland line from Oberhausen via Wesel and Emmerich to the German/Dutch border at Elten and on to Arnhem . It was put into operation in sections from 15 February to 20 October 1856. The CME left operations on the section from Emmerich to the border of to the Dutch Rhine Railway Company ( Dutch : Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij , (NRS). The Cologne-Minden Railway Company built

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