Syburg
Syburg
Borough of Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Syburg is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of the city of Dortmund in the Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1929, it has been a borough of Dortmund, located in the city's south. It is part of the Hörde district.
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Coordinates: 51°25′32″N 07°29′14″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
City | Dortmund |
Area | |
• Total | 8.122 km2 (3.136 sq mi) |
Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 1,431 |
• Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 44265 |
Dialling codes | 0231 |
Syburg was an independent settlement, part of the Amt Westhofen [de]. In 1929, it became a borough of Dortmund,[2] as part of the Wellinghofen [de] district. From 1 January 1975 it was part of the Hörde district.[3]
Syburg has been an excursion destination of Dortmund's citizens. It was connected to Hörde since the beginning of the 20th century by the Hörder Kreisbahn [de] tram.
Syburg features several sites and monuments including:
- St. Peter, Syburg, a Romanesque church
- Hohensyburg, a ruined castle
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal, a monument to Wilhelm I
- Vincketurm
- Spielbank Hohensyburg [de]
- Naturbühne Hohensyburg [de], an open-air stage
- Syburger Bergbauweg [de], a trail connecting mining sites
- Burg Husen [de]
- Haus Husen [de]
The Hohensyburg is above the Hengsteysee, a dam of the Ruhr. Syburg features a golf course, the Wannebach valley, several restaurants and Dortmund's only campground.
- "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht und Staatsangehörigkeit in den Statistischen Bezirken am 31.12.2020" (PDF). Stadt Dortmund. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- Stephanie Reekers: Die Gebietsentwicklung der Kreise und Gemeinden Westfalens 1817–1967. Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8, p. 286
- Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering (1975), Die Gemeinden und Kreise nach der kommunalen Gebietsreform in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Köln: Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, p. 124, ISBN 3-555-30092-X