Borbeck-Mitte
Borbeck-Mitte is the central borough of Borbeck, the fourth suburban district of Essen, Germany.
Borbeck-Mitte is the central borough of Borbeck, the fourth suburban district of Essen, Germany. Together with the other boroughs of the district, it was incorporated on April 1, 1915. Borbeck-Mitte has a population of roughly 13,500 people and a total area of 3.19 km2 or 1.23 sq mi. The name Borbeck derives from Bor(a)thbeki, which means either river in a fertile lowland or river of the Bructeri.
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Worth seeing in and around Borbeck-Mitte
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stadion Essen
Stadion an der Hafenstraße, known as Stadion Essen until 2022, is a stadium in Essen, Germany. Located in the borough of Bergeborbeck, it has a capacity of 20,650 spectators.
2.2 km · stadium in Essen, Germany · Wikipedia - 02Schloss Borbeck
Borbeck Castle is a Baroque moated castle in the Essen district of Borbeck. From the 14th century onward it served as the preferred residence of the prince-abbesses of the Essen Abbey, and it acquired its present external appearance during the 18th century.
1 km · castle · Wikipedia - 03Colosseum Theater
Colosseum Theater is a performance venue in Essen, Germany.
4 km · theater in Essen, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Krupp steel foundry
The Krupp steelworks, or Krupp foundry, or Krupp cast steel factory in Essen is a historic industrial site of the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany that was known as the "weapons forge of the German Reich".
3.1 km · historic German industrial site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Borbeck-Mitte
- Airports
- Düsseldorf (DUS), 24 km · Dortmund (DTM), 46 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 58 km
- Stations
- Essen-Altenessen station, 4 km · Essen West station, 3.1 km · Bottrop Central Station, 4 km · Essen-Frohnhausen station, 2.4 km · Essen-Bergeborbeck station, 1.9 km
- Dortmund → Borbeck-Mitte36 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · €4.5–6
- Weeze → Borbeck-Mitte54 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · €7–10
- Köln (Cologne) → Borbeck-Mitte61 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · €8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Borbeck-Mitte
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Borbeck-Mitte. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe only practical way to get from there to Duisburg is by ordering a minibus airport transfer, as there is no direct train connection.
From Wikivoyage: Duisburg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Borbeck-Mitte
Borbeck-Mitte is 5 km from Essen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Altendorfhuman settlement in Germany2.4 km
- Bedingradehuman settlement in Germany2 km
- Bergeborbeckhuman settlement in Germany1.8 km
- Bocholdhuman settlement in Germany1.1 km