Buchholz-Kämpen is a city-district of Witten-Herbede, which is a part of the city of Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Buchholz-Kämpen is located about 12 kilometres southeast of the city.Paul Brandenburg, Karl-Heinz Hildebrand: Witten. Straßen, Wege, Plätze. Mit einem Beitrag zur Siedlungsgeschichte Wittens von Heinrich Schoppmeyer (ed. Heinrich Schoppmeyer); = VOHM: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Witten. Band 1. Witten 1989, . As at 31 December 2015 the population of the district totalled 2,788.Witten.de: "Bevölkerungsbestand nach Statistischen Bezirken", 31 December 2015
Buchholz History Buchholz is one of the oldest settlement places in the Ruhr valley. About 2000 years ago the first settlers came to the valley of Buchholz. Since the 19th century there has been a steel industry in Buchholz. Until the late 1920s there were also several coal mines.
Town of Blankenstein / Herbede / Witten In its history Buchholz belonged to several counties. In 1966 it became a city-district of the newly founded city of Blankenstein. Just three years later the town of Blankenstein became a part of the city of Hattingen while Buchholz became a part of the city of Herbede.Martin Bünermann: Die Gemeinden des ersten Neugliederungsprogramms in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Köln 1970, OCLC 1072420528, pp. 111f. When Herbede was incorporated into Witten in 1975 Buchholz became part of the newly founded city-district Buchholz-Kämpen.Statistisches Bundesamt (ed.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, , p. 330.
Curiosity Because Buchholz had previously been part of Hattingen, it is assigned phone code 02324 (Hattingen) and not 02302 (Witten).
Kämpen Kämpen was founded in 1926.
References
Further reading Stephanie Reekers: Die Gebietsentwicklung der Kreise und Gemeinden Westfalens 1817–1967. Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, , p. 216