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Virchowstraße/ Flöz Sonnenschein
45886 Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf
Geodaten
RVR-Geodatenserver
ÖPNV
Von Gelsenkirchen Hbf (U-Stadtbahn-Ebene) mit Straßenbahn 302
bis "Stephanstraße"
PKW
A 40 Anschlussstelle "Bochum Wattenscheid West" (29), Berliner Straße Richtung Gelsenkirchen-Zentrum, Lyrenstraße, links Ückendorfer Straße, links Bochumer Straße bis Flöz Dickebank
One of the oldest housing estates in the Ruhrgebiet was the Ottilienaue "colony" (now Flöz Dickebank) which was built from 1868 onwards for workers at the Alma colliery. The housing estate became well-known as a result of its inhabitants’ successful campaign to prevent it being demolished in 1972. As a result Gelsenkirchen became the centre of grass-roots initiatives to protest againstthe demolition of workers’ housing estates in the region. A congress on the preservation of workers’ housing estates was held here in 1976. The committed protest paid off because most of the housing estates, including Flöz Dickebank, were saved. ("Floz", by the way, means "mining streak").
