Schalke
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Gelsenkirchen-Schalke is a quarter of Gelsenkirchen. In its current boundaries, it has an area of 2.968 square kilometres and 21,510 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2022). Thanks to the local football club FC Schalke 04, the district is at least as well known nationally as the city of Gelsenkirchen. However, Schalke 04 has played its matches in the Erle district since 1973 (first in the Parkstadion, since 2001 in the Arena AufSchalke).
Key facts
- German place.name
- Schalke
- German place.type
- Quarter
- German place.City
- Gelsenkirchen
- German place.image_photo
- Gelsenkirchen-Schalke St. Joseph 2 Ost.jpg
- German place.imagesize
- 250px
- German place.image_caption
- Catholic St Joseph's Church
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Gelsenkirchen COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Karte Gelsenkirchen Schalke gesamt.png
- German place.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German place.district
- Gelsenkirchen-Mitte
- German place.area
- 2.968
- German place.population
- 22278
- German place.population_as_of
- 2022-12-31
- German place.area_code
- 45881
- German place.licence
- GE
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 2.968
- Elevation
- 44
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- Commons category
- Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
- P6814
- Schalke
- postal code
- 45881
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Gelsenkirchen-Schalke is a quarter of Gelsenkirchen. In its current boundaries, it has an area of 2.968 square kilometres and 21,510 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2022). Thanks to the local football club FC Schalke 04, the district is at least as well known nationally as the city of Gelsenkirchen. However, Schalke 04 has played its matches in the Erle district since 1973 (first in the Parkstadion, since 2001 in the Arena AufSchalke).
== Geography == Today's Schalke district is bordered to the north for 2.1 kilometers by the Duisburg-Ruhrort-Dortmund railway line, to the north-west for just under 1 km by the A 42 motorway, to the west for 400 m by Hans-Böckler-Allee, to the south-west for 1.5 km by another railway line, to the south for 1 km by Florastrasse and to the east for 1.1 km by Bismarckstrasse. To the north of Schalke is the district Schalke-Nord, whose name is mainly justified by the fact that the Schalke railway station and the Glückauf-Kampfbahn are located in it.
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