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Bottrop

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bottrop , city (1994 pop. 119,680), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, in the Ruhr district. It was a small town until 1863, when it began to develop as a coal-mining center. In 1975 the annexation of Kirchhellen and Gladbeck practically doubled the population of Bottrop. Today the city is an industrial center. In addition to its coal output, manufactures include chemicals, machinery, and steel. There are large carbonization plants there. Bottrop was known around the 11th cent. as Borgthorpe. Author not available, BOTTROP. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Josef Albers
, 1888-1976, German-American painter, printmaker, designer, and teacher, b. Bottrop, Germany. After working at the Bauhaus (1920-33), Albers and his wife, the textile designer and weaver Anni Albers, emigrated to... Read more

Josef Albers
...a medium in its own right. Josef Albers was born in 1888 in Bottrop in the Ruhr District of West Germany. After receiving his education...as a teacher in the primary grades in the public school of Bottrop. His interest in art began with a visit to Munich and its museums... Read more

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	POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE FOR MEDICAL USE ; ...now being produced commercially by Faserwerk Bottrop, and was shown at the recent Index exhibition...properties are shown in Table 1. Contact: Faserwerk Bottrop GmbH, Braukstrasse 205, D-4250 Bottrop, West Germany. COPYRIGHT 1990 Elsevier Science... Read more
	GERMANS HELPING GERMANS; Brabus does things to Mercedes. Mean, desirable things.(News) ; Byline: MATT DAVIS In 1977 Bodo Buschmann opened shop in Bottrop just north of the heavily industrialized zone around Cologne, Germany. Call it aftermarket tuner work if you like, but these days... Read more
	Danaklon acquires German fibre maker ; ...Denmark, has acquired the total share capital of the German fibre producer Faserwerk Bottrop GmbH from the German chemicals group Hls AG. Faserwerk Bottrop has production facilities for speciality polypropylene, polyethylene and biconstituent... Read more
	Components plan.(Motoring) ; MICRO Compact Car smart GmbH (Renningen) and Brabus GmbH (Bottrop) have signed a memorandum of understanding declaring their intention to found a joint company called smartBrabus GmbH. Each parent... Read more
	Theriak Software Adopted at Central Pharmacy in Germany. ; ...yesterday at a central hospital pharmacy in Bottrop, a city in the RE-hr district in Germany...van Gessel, director of the pharmacy in Bottrop, said it was the first of its type in...institution officials from Gelsenkirchen, Bottrop and Oberhausen. Two representatives of... Read more
	Brabus unit will tune cars for Korean automakers.(News) ; Byline: Jens Dralle Automobilwoche German tuning specialist Brabus will start customizing cars for Korean automakers. The Bottrop-based company established a separate subsidiary called Car Research & Development (CRD) to handle the initial orders for... Read more
	What's up Herr Doc? (new theme park and film and television studio opens in Germany) ; ...studio will open its doors in 1996 in Bottrop-Kirchhellen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The...official ground-breaking ceremony in May, Bottrop City Mayor Kurt Schmitz called the attraction...unemployment--approximately 12 percent in Bottrop itself. Winslow believes German officials... Read more
	OFF BEAT.(News) ; JOHANN Piechotta, 66, was sacked after eating a pounds 4,000 Japanese carp owned by the boss of a fish importing company he worked for in Bottrop, Germany. Read more
	GERMAN VALLEY READY TO GO HOLLYWOOD.(BUSINESS) ; ...completion of a big theme park just outside Bottrop, bringing Hollywood to Germany's economically...said Kathrin Hartmann, a spokeswoman for Bottrop. ``We hope the movie park can help change...CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Children from Bottrop, Germany pose with Warner Bros . cartoon... Read more
	Better make some Space!(News Local) ; ...celebrating their heroes. Tees Valley Dance, which is based at Arc in Stockton, will perform the show at schools around Cologne and Bottrop during their two-week visit. The company is also planning in the New Year to work with five secondary schools and five primary... Read more

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