Bottrop is a city in west centralGermany, on theRhine-Herne Canal, in thestate ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). Bottrop is in theRuhr industrial area, It is next toEssen,Oberhausen,Gladbeck andDorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail center. There are factories producingcoal-tarderivatives,chemicals,textiles, andmachinery. The population is currently 119,655. Bottrop grew as a mining center beginning in the 1860s and was chartered as a city in 1921. In 1975 it was put together with the unification with the neighbor communities of Gladbeck and Kirchhellen, but Gladbeck left in 1976.
The place is first heard of in 1150, asBorthorpe. This name meansvillage on thehillside. In the year 1423, Bottrop is awarded the status of amarket town. In 1786 the firstcotton mill opens. Coal mining starts in 1856. The city getstown privileges in 1919. In 1953, the population passed 100.000 people for the first time.
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