Barmen is one of two main part of Wuppertal. The city was created in its present borders in 1929 by merging the industrial cities of Barmen and Elberfeld with the communities Vohwinkel, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg, Langerfeld and Beyenburg. The initial name Barmen-Elberfeld was changed in a 1930 referendum to Wuppertal ("Wupper Valley"). It is a "linear city", owing to the steep hillsides along the river Wupper (thus its name). The dominant urban centres Elberfeld (historic commercial centre) and Barmen (more industrial) have formed a continuous urbanized area since 1850. During the succeeding decades, "Wupper-Town" became the dominant industrial agglomeration of northwestern Germany. (previous | next | back to album | 2020:09:27 19:08:17 | 3% of an album)