Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl

Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl (German pronunciation: [ˌhɔmbɛʁkˌʁuːɐ̯ʔɔʁtˈbaːɐ̯l]) is a Stadtbezirk (borough/district) within the city of Duisburg, Germany. The population is 39 725^[1] and the district has an area of 37.1 km² (as of December 31, 2014).^[2] It consists of the districts of Alt-Homberg, Hochheide, Baerl and Ruhrort.

The municipality was created in 1975 after the local government reform of parts of the left-bank community Rheinkamp-Baerl on the Lower Rhine and the Rhine district of Duisburg-Ruhrort. In the municipality is the largest part of the Duisburg inland port Duisport.

Friedrich Ebert Bridge
Tower of the former Ruhrort–Homberg train ferry
Baerl Protestant Church

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Zeitzeugenbörse Duisburg Duisburg-Homberg und -Hochheide, (Sutton Verlag Erfurt 2015).

51°27′02″N 6°42′33″E / 51.4506°N 6.7092°E / 51.4506; 6.7092

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Zeitzeugenbörse Duisburg Duisburg-Homberg und -Hochheide, (Sutton Verlag Erfurt 2015).