Buer, Germany

Buer
Buer
Stadtteil of Gelsenkirchen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Buer
	Buer Buer
	Coordinates: 51°34′40″N 07°03′23″E / 51.57778°N 7.05639°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Urban district
City	Gelsenkirchen
Population (2009-12-31)
• Total	34,130
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Dialling codes	0209
Vehicle registration	GE

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

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]

Localities

Meesdorf

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

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[1] Stephanie Reekers: Die Gebietsentwicklung der Kreise und Gemeinden Westfalens 1817–1967. Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3402058758, pp. 223, 236.

[2] The Campaign Against Oil June-December 1944

[3] Gelsenkirchen.de: Das Rathaus Buer

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