Bottrop
[key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, in the Ruhr district. It was a small town until
1863, when it began to develop as a coal-mining center. In 1975 the
annexation of Kirchhellen and Gladbeck practically doubled the population of
Bottrop. Today the city is an industrial center. In addition to its coal
output, manufactures include chemicals, machinery, and steel. There are
large carbonization plants there. Bottrop was known around the 11th cent. as
Borgthorpe.
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