Leithe, Bochum

Name: Leithe
Address: Bochum, Germany

#64 among attractions in Bochum

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Leithe is the northwesternmost part of the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The population used to speak Westphalian, but now standard German is the norm. Leithe borders onto a part of the city of Essen also bearing the name of Leithe. Leithe belongs to the Stadtbezirk of Wattenscheid. When the last census was held in 1987, Leithe had the third highest share of Roman Catholics in Wattenscheid and Bochum overall. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°28'43"N, 7°6'41"E

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Wattenscheid (Leithe)Bochum Germany

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Leithe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bismarckturm Essen, Rathaus Kray, Halde Rheinelbe, Lohrheidestadion.

1 miW
51°28'47"N • 7°5'18"E
Bismarckturm Essen, Essen
26 min walk • Tower
1.5 miSW
City hall
Rathaus Kray, Essen
38 min walk • The Kray City Hall was the seat of the mayor and the administration of the Kray-Leithe mayoralty, founded in 1906. The representative building was completed in 1908. It lost its function in 1929, when the town of Kray was incorporated into the city...
0.6 miN
Nature, Mountain
Halde Rheinelbe, Gelsenkirchen
16 min walk • The Rheinelbe slagheap is a walkable and drivable tailings pile about 100 m above sea level in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf. It is located there at the Leithestraße near the Halfmannshof.
0.6 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Football
Lohrheidestadion, Bochum
15 min walk • The Lohrheidestadion is a multi-use stadium in Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SG Wattenscheid 09. The stadium is able to hold 16,233 people and opened in 1954. It is used for athletics by the local club TV Wattenscheid.