Buer,_Germany

Buer, Germany

Buer, Germany

Stadtteil of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

For the municipality in Lower Saxony, see Melle, Germany.

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.

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History

Notgeld coin issued by the city of Buer in 1918.

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

References

  1. [1]
    Stephanie Reekers: Die Gebietsentwicklung der Kreise und Gemeinden Westfalens 1817–1967. Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3402058758, pp. 223, 236.
  2. [2]
    The Campaign Against Oil June-December 1944
  3. [3]
    Gelsenkirchen.de: Das Rathaus Buer


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