Buer, Germany

Stadtteil of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Buer

51°34′40″N 07°03′23″E / 51.57778°N 7.05639°E / 51.57778; 7.05639CountryGermanyStateNorth Rhine-WestphaliaAdmin. regionMünster DistrictUrban districtCityGelsenkirchen Population

(2009-12-31)

• Total34,130Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Dialling codes0209Vehicle registrationGE

Buer is the largest suburb of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Hochstrasse in the heart of Buer is the largest shopping street in Gelsenkirchen.

History

In 1928, the adjoining cities of Buer, Gelsenkirchen, and Horst merged to form Gelsenkirchen-Buer, which was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930.^[1]

The Scholven/Buer synthetic oil plant was a bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II^[2] The Buer town hall however survived in nearly original form.^[3]

Notable people

Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
Oliver Mark (born 1963), German photographer and artist

References

^ Stephanie Reekers: Die Gebietsentwicklung der Kreise und Gemeinden Westfalens 1817–1967. Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3402058758, pp. 223, 236.
^ The Campaign Against Oil June-December 1944
^ Gelsenkirchen.de: Das Rathaus Buer