Barmen
Barmen is a umwhile industrial metropolis o the region o Bergisches Land, Germany, which in 1929 wi fower ither touns wis mergit wi the ceety o Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalie.
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History [edit]
Barmen wis the birth-place o Friedrich Engels an thegither wi the neebourin toun o Elberfeld foondit the first electric suspendit monorail tramway seestem, the floatin tram or Schwebebahn. Barmen nivertheless haes an interestin history acause it wis a pioneerin centre for baith the early industrial revolution on the European mainland, an for the socialist movement and its theory.
Barmen wis the location o ane o the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany an aw, KZ Wuppertal-Barmen, later better kent as Kemna concentration camp.[1]
Divers [edit]
The asteroid 118173 Barmen is namit in its honour, celebratin the 1934 Synod which issued the Barmen Declaration definin Protestant opposition tae National-Socialist ideology.
Historical population [edit]
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1591 | aboot 1,000 |
| 1640 | aboot 1,900 |
| 1800 | aboot 12,000 |
| 1810 | 16,289 |
| 1840 | 30,847 |
| 1 December 1875 | 86,504 |
| 1 December 1890 | 116,144 |
| 1 December 1900 | 141,947 |
| 1 December 1910 | 169,214 |
| 1 December 1919 | 156,326 |
| 16 Juin 1925 | 187,099 |
References [edit]
- ↑ David Magnus Mintert, Das frühe Konzentrationslager Kemna und das sozialistische Milieu im Bergischen Land (PDF) Ruhr University Bochum, doctoral dissertation (2007), pp 144–145. Retrieved January 14, 2012 (German)
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Coordinates: 51°16′N 7°12′E / 51.267°N 7.2°E
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