Let’s make it your home.
Orientation and Services for new citizens
from Germany and abroad.
Welcome- und ServiceCenter Essen
Gildehof-Center
Hollestraße 3
45127 Essen
Telefon: +49 201 8 83 38 88
Telefax: +49 201 8 83 38 58
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.welcome-center.essen.de
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FORWARD
Inhalt
“You have reached your destination!”
Portrait
Let’s make it your home.
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Contact persons
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Life in Essen: living, urbanity, mobility
Akif Candemir – Communications Designer
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Essen – The greenest city in NRW
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Life in Essen: A city for families
Dear new citizen,
Welcome to Essen,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you as a new citizen
Essen is therefore a good
of our city.
place to live and work.
Essen is situated in the centre of the Ruhr area in one of
We want to make your start
Marzieh Leber – Self-employed midwife
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Europe’s largest conurbations. More than 5.1 million people
in your new home of Essen as
Essen – A heart for children
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live here in 53 cities and you are now a part of this. Your
easy as possible. Our Welcome-
new home of Essen is an open and tolerant city with a
and ServiceCenter will provide
Life in Essen: The education hub
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Mengji Lu – The first Chinese Professor in Essen
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well-developed infrastructure, an excellent educational
you with all the support you
Essen – Making education easy
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landscape, international economic power and a good quality
need in matters relating to
of life.
the authorities and also ques-
Life in Essen: A Centre of Commerce
Junko Wessel – interpreter and translator for the Japanese language
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Essen – Powerful centre of commerce and attractive base for companies
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Life in Essen: Recreation, Sports, Nature
tions about living in Essen.
A range of major cultural facilities such as the UNESCO
World Heritage Site Zollverein and the Folkwang Museum
You will quickly notice that the residents of Essen have big
hearts. I am sure that you will feel at home here.
Christopher Alexander – Professional basketball player
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invite you to come and discover our cultural side, after all,
Essen – The very finest local recreational activities
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we were the European Capital of Culture in 2010.
Life in Essen: Culture, History
Sincerely
Marius Bélise – Head of the Dance Department at Folkwang Music School
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Did you know that Essen is the greenest large city in
Essen – lives and breathes art and culture
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North Rhine-Westphalia? Essen’s cityscape is shaped by its
Life in Essen: Lifestyle
many parks, in particular the Gruga Park, the vast woods
Spinola Corrado, Patricia Cafaro – Restaurateurs, “Corrado” Restaurant
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on the Ruhr heights, in addition to the industrial habitat
Thomas Kufen
Essen – The Shopping City
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on the sites of former coal mines. In our role as “Europe-
(Lord Mayor of the City of Essen)
Life in Essen: The Ruhr metropolis
an Green Capital 2017”, we plan to provide a benchmark
Safiye Kocabas – Architect
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and be a role model for other large cities in Europe with
Essen – Advantages of the million-strong metropolis
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the measures and strategies we implement for sustainable
Partner
environmental policies.
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PORTRAIT
Let`s make it your home!
Welcome- and ServiceCenter Essen
You wish to use your qualifications to take
up employment or a teaching position
within the framework of research, science
or in your own company?
How can I find accommodation?
How do the bus and rail services work?
We offer a one-stop shop, which means
that in addition to our advisory services,
Where can I do a language course?
we also provide all the required general
services as per the residency and registra-
Where can I find child care for my children?
tion law. We will take time for you and
your individual concerns!
Is my driving licence valid in Germany?
Drop in to see us or make an appointment.
We look forward to meeting you!
Where can I register a car?
Opening hours of the WelcomeCenter:
How does the healthcare system work?
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
We are here for you. Welcome!
3 (Gildehof-Center)! Competent contact
of our metropolis! We look forward to
home? Are your cases not only full of
persons await you here and can guide and
meeting you!
clothing and household goods but also
advise you. Many of the questions you have
of lots of questions? Are you looking for
concerning your new life in Essen can be
We offer a free advisory service to all new
answers?
answered on the spot or we can pass you on
citizens. Our colleagues at the foreigner’s
to the right contact persons.
registration office and the citizens’ offices
right place!
What leisure activities are on offer?
Please make an appointment!
You have chosen Essen to be your new
Then you have come to exactly the
Where can my children attend school?
Your contact persons
can help you with all matters relating to
Save yourself time and take advantage
registration and immigration law.
of individual counselling in addition to
We – the team at the Welcome- and
our cooperation with other partners.
ServiceCenter – would be very pleased to
Cultural diversity is an opportunity that
Annika Grabenkamp
Christian Steffens
Julia Nowak
Miriam Buschmeier
Rodna Ilic
welcome you to our premises at Hollestraße
we wish to benefit from. Become a part
Director
Deputy Director
Adviser
Adviser
Adviser
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LIFE IN ESSEN: LIVING, URBANITY, MOBILITY
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Akif Candemir
Communications Designer
Essen – The greenest city in NRW
With a proportion of green space of over
is relaxed. Affordable and child-friendly
nine percent, Essen is the third greenest
housing is on offer for all. In addition,
large city in Germany and the greenest city
new housing is being created all the time.
in North Rhine-Westphalia. This allows you
Creatives solutions are being provided
to enjoy the advantages of urban life while
that develop the cityscape in a sustain-
still not being far away from the nearest
able way – such as for example the new
woodland or park. The Gruga Park, which was
Lake Niederfeld in the Altendorf district.
established back in 1929, is known nationally,
covers an area of 700,000 square metres and
Flexible and intelligent mobility: Bus, rail, a
has a valuable ancient tree population. Essen
dense network of Bike rental stations and
is the European Green Capital 2017.
car sharing options ensure that you can
get to your destination quickly in Essen,
In comparison to some other large German cities, the housing market in Essen
»The change of perspective shaped my whole life«
Akif Candemir was eight years old when
with strong visual abilities who thought
brands more successful. “My work has a lot
he moved from Turkey to Germany where
primarily in pictures, found his own way
to do with the sphere I am holding in my
his father was employed by Thyssen in
– and in the communications industry of
hand here”, he says. In order to understand
Gelsenkirchen. This was a powerful change
all places. He studied photography and
something we need to comprehend it in
of perspective for a child and it shaped his
communications design and got on so well
its entirety, we need to view it from many
entire life.
with the legendary Design Professor Vasata
different perspectives and put it together
(who among other things developed the
again in a new way.
“Looking back, language skills should
Corporate Design for the City of Essen)
(Heisingen)
have been taught more intensively at the
that they shared an office for many years.
beginning”, he says. Consequently, verbal
communication was never perfect or
Today, Candemir is the owner and art
effortless and this influenced the whole
director of his own agency, Face&Friends,
course of his life. Nonetheless, the boy
and is passionate about making corporate
even if you don’t have your own car.
European Green Capital 2017
700 green areas
Relaxed housing market
9%
green spaces
1,750 ha forest
Dense cycle path network
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LIFE IN ESSEN: A CITY FOR FAMILIES
Marzieh Leber
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Service point »Family information«
Self-employed midwife
Essen – A heart for children
Essen has a special place in its heart for
age up to young adult age, the provision of
children and families. In keeping with its
security in public areas, sufficient play and
guiding principle “A City for Children“,
exercise areas, attractive housing to name
Essen is active in countless projects to
but a few.
ensure that children and families feel at
home here and that the best-possible
Essen supports projects, institutions and
conditions exist to support family life.
networks that promote the well-being of
This involves tangible goals: the best-
the child on a level not seen in any other
possible support for children from baby
large German city.
Baby visiting service
400 playground guardians
Holiday programme for children
250
day care facilities
12,000 Folkwang Music School students
»People here are open and reach out to you«
It has been almost twenty years since Marzieh
training such as training to become a
The city is dynamic and many things are
Leber moved from Iran to the Ruhr area.
course instructor for DELFI, which are
in development. The people here are open-
parent-child courses during the first year
minded and reach out to you.”
The midwife was granted asylum in Ger-
of baby’s life. Since then, she has founded
(Kettwig)
many as a victim of political persecution
her own midwife practice “Spatzennest” in
and quickly found work here in her field.
Kettwig, a district where she has been liv-
“In Iran, midwifery studies take four and
ing with her family for seven years now.
a half years and are very comprehensive.
Normally, a doctor is not present in the
“Essen is a good city for families with chil-
delivery room. The midwives take care of
dren”, explains the mother of an eleven-
this on their own”, she explains.
year-old girl. “Of course not everything
is perfect. But the city is active in many
Marzieh Leber continued to educate herself
different areas as it strives to achieve its
in Germany and completed additional
vision of creating “A City for Children”.
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LIFE IN ESSEN: THE EDUCATION HUB
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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Mengji Lu
The first Chinese Professor in Essen
Essen – making education easy
Essen is one of the leading education
(a private college for economics and
hubs in Germany. More than 89,000
management) also have excellent reputa-
students are being educated at over 180
tions both at home and abroad.
general education schools and twelve
vocational colleges. The University of
In the medical area, the University Hospital
Duisburg-Essen is one of the ten largest
of Essen is not only dedicated to science
universities in Germany and caters for
and research, but also excels at providing
some 40,000 students. The Folkwang
training for doctors. In association with six
University of Arts in Essen-Werden along
further hospitals, it earmarks the city as an
with other establishments for further
accredited location for medical care and
education such as the house of technology,
offers exclusive services.
the Journalist School Ruhr or FOM
40,000 students
89,000 pupils
12 vocational colleges
University of Duisburg-Essen
180
Schools
Accredited medical location
Folkwang University
»I felt at home in Essen right from the very outset«
Professor Mengji Lu comes from Wuxi in
and Shanghai and has educated numerous
“I felt at home in Essen right from the very
China and came to Germany as a stu-
young Chinese scientists.
outset”, he says. “Both my children were
dent in the 1980s. He studied biology in
born and grew up here and we came to
Freiburg and Tübingen. He has been work-
In 2012, Dr. Lu of the University Duisburg-
appreciate the good schools and the many
ing as a scientist in the Institute of Virol-
Essen became the first Chinese citizen to
sporting opportunities on offer. People
ogy at the University Hospital since 1992.
be appointed to the position of Adjunct
here are very open-minded and we made
Professor. In addition, he is also the Deputy
new friends very quickly.”
Within the framework of the University
Director of the Institute for Microbiology at
(Haarzopf)
Exchange Programme that has been in
Huazhong University of Science and Tech-
place between Essen and China for more
nology. This enables international research
than 30 years, he has cultivated a close
projects to be carried out and promotes a
relationship with scientists from Wuhan
close exchange between Essen and Wuhan.
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LIFE IN ESSEN: A CENTRE OF COMMERCE
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Junko Wessel
Interpreter and translator for the Japanese language
Essen – Powerful centre of commerce and attractive base for companies
Essen is a decision-making centre for
Medion in addition to NOWEDA and
Classica, which is the world’s largest
German industry. Six of the Top 100
Schenker AG.
Oldtimer fair and the Essen Motor Show.
companies with the highest turnover in
the country have their headquarters here.
Messe Essen is also an important factor in
Essen is a media, trade and service centre
the economic life of the city. It organises
as well as a high-tech hub in the areas of
many small specialist trade fairs (IPM,
energy and medicine.
Spiel), and has established trade fairs
focusing on the utility industry such as the
»The people in the Ruhr area are unique«
“Essen is the ideal city for me – both to
between the city centre and the university,
and the warmth of the people in the
work in and also to live in. As a self-em-
for over a year now. The diverse cultural
Ruhr area is unique.”
ployed interpreter and translator, Essen’s
offerings and the great possibilities for
(Downtown)
central location right in the middle of the
shopping, leisure and recreation right on
large Ruhr conurbation allows me to profit
my doorstep are impressive.
from large order volumes in close proximity to my base. I have been living in the
I have found my feet both privately and
University Quarter, a new urban district
professionally here in Essen and feel very
referred to as the “Green Centre of Essen”
much at home. The cosmopolitan outlook
In addition to the energy supplier RWE
E-world energy & water and the trade fair
AG, ThyssenKrupp also has its corporate
for sanitary ware, heating equipment and
headquarters in Essen. Both companies are
air conditioning. The world trade fair for
listed on the DAX. Other large corporations
equestrian sports, Equitana, Security and
based in Essen include Aldi-Nord, Deich-
Deubaukom have also been drawing in
mann, E.ON, Evonik Industries, Ferrostaal,
visitors to the city for many years now.
the Funke media group, Hochtief, Karstadt,
It is also worth mentioning the Techno-
3,71
million sqm office space
High-tech hub
Media, trade and services centre
577,000 million inhabitants
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LIFE IN ESSEN: RECREATION, SPORTS, NATURE
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Christopher Alexander
Professional basketball player
Essen – the very finest local recreational activities
A holiday atmosphere is in the air
club-owned facilities and also in special
in Essen: In addition to the 70-hect-
sports facilities.
are Gruga Park, a boat trip along the
8-kilometre-long Lake Baldeney also
24 sports halls, 197 gymnastics halls,
offers the very finest local recreation.
114 sports fields in addition to numer-
Well-developed cycle paths invite you to
ous open-air pools and indoor swimming
explore the region by bike.
pools show how the population of Essen
are excellently provided for in the area of
The City of Essen offers an extensive
range of about 40 different types of
sports and caters for all age groups. Sports
can be played in numerous municipal and
»I love the club and the fans here in the Ruhr area«
He is always good for getting scores, a
Texas first brought him to Portugal be-
girlfriend in the Altendorf District and he
joker, a born fighter and the top scorer
fore he moved on to Essen in 2010.
raves about the gastronomic diversity on
at Essen ETB Wohnbau Baskets, a club
offer in the area.
that plays successfully in the second
Alexander describes the city as his second
national basketball league. Apart from
home. He is one of the few American
“The food culture here is very differ-
one short interruption, the American has
players who prefers to stay here for
ent to that in Texas”, he grins. Chris also
been living in Essen for five years. “I love
Christmas rather than travelling home.
greatly appreciates the cultural offering
the club and the fans here in the Ruhr
He has been the absolute favourite of the
and enjoys visiting the GOP Variety show.
area“, laughs the charming 1.86-metre
fans for years thanks to his emotional na-
(Altendorf)
man while skilfully balancing the ball
ture and his playing style. In the past sea-
that plays such a big role in his life. An
son, he was even selected as co-captain
agent from his home place of Oklahoma/
by the team and trainers. He lives with his
sports and recreational facilities.
Lake Baldeney, 8 km
114 sports fields
40 different types of sports
197
sports halls
Gruga Park, 70 hectares
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LIFE IN ESSEN: CULTURE, HISTORY
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Marius Bélise
Head of the Dance Department at Folkwang Music School
Essen – lives and breathes art and culture
The industrial age left lasting traces on Essen
came a city for armourers from the late
and the Ruhr area. Traces of the past that are
Middle Ages. Nowadays, Essen Cathedral
waiting to be discovered include imposing
and the oldest Madonna figure of the
industrial monuments such as the UNESCO
Christian Occident remind us of the city’s
world heritage site Zollverein, landmarks such
medieval history.
as the Schurenbachhalde slag heap or the
former cast steel factory belonging to the
Essen lives and breathes art and culture
Krupp dynasty, which today houses the Col-
and always has. And it is the mix that
osseum Theater. In these places, a fascinating
is so exciting. You will find both small
past meets the vibrant present.
fringe venues and establishments with
an international reputation here in Essen.
But the history of the city is far older. In
The Folkwang Museum provides Essen
conjunction with the Frauenstift Essen
with one of the world’s most renowned
established in 845, the Werden Convent
collections of modern paintings. The
founded by Liudger around the year 800
Opera house constructed by Alvar Aalto,
was a centre for late Antiquity-early Chris-
the Folkwang University of Arts, the Grillo
tian textual tradition.
Theater and the German Museum of
Poster Design combine to make the city
»I am proud to be the Head of the Dance Department«
“It is a good feeling, yes, I am really proud
Werden, and followed on with qualifica-
Children are inspired by the international
of being the Head of the Dance Depart-
tions in the Pedagogy of Play and theatre
atmosphere that has always been part
ment at Folkwang Music School for ten
pedagogy at the Educational Theatre
and parcel of dance. The dance teach-
years now”, confirms Marius Bélise. After
Centre in Cologne.
ers at Folkwang come from Costa Rica,
all, 350 students make up the largest
establishment of its kind in Germany.
Germany, France, Latvia, Poland, Russia and
For Marius Bélise, dance signifies com-
the Ukraine, and about 30 percent of the
munity, indeed openness to the world.
children come from a migrant background.
Marius Bélise was born in Guadeloupe
He wants to teach children and young
And it is a well-known fact that the lan-
(Caribbean) and studied in Paris and
people how to treat themselves better.
guage of ballet is French. Bienvenue!
London. He completed his professional
This means getting to know their own
(Holsterhausen)
training as a dancer and dance teacher
body, and developing awareness and
at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen-
self-confidence.
Declared a free imperial city by Kaiser
the home to a wide range of different
Karl IV in the 14th Century, Essen be-
artistic and cultural establishments.
Krupp dynasty
Grillo Theatre
UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein
1,215
years of history
Folkwang Museum
Aalto Theatre
Essen Cathedral and Treasury
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LIFE IN ESSEN: LIFESTYLE
Spinola Corrado, Patricia Cafaro
Restaurateurs, “Corrado” Restaurant
Essen – The Shopping City
Essen is known as the Shopping City. With
Essen offers top-class entertainment every
more than 700 stores and retail outlets,
day of the week. Musicals, concerts, variety
the city guarantees an attractive mix of
shows, cinematography or clubbing – the
shopping options. Exclusive boutiques and
metropolis in the heart of the Ruhr area
tailors can be found in the Theatre passage
has something to suit every taste and
and Linden Gallery. The Limbecker Platz
budget. ESSEN.ORIGINAL sees the entire
shopping centre provides the ultimate
city centre transformed into an enormous
shopping experience: Housing some 200
open-air stage showcasing regional and
shops in an area of over 70,000 square me-
international music acts over a period of
tres, this is one of the largest city-centre
three days. And this “free of charge and in
shopping centres in Germany.
the great outdoors”
Shopping city
Urban shopping at Limbecker Platz
700
department store
Attractive mix of stores
ESSEN.ORIGINAL
»We get on very well with the mentality here in Essen«
When a French woman and an Italian man
and also in other locations in addition
Sicilian and 70 percent French”, says
join forces, this can lead to wonderful
to gathering gastronomic experience in
Corrado when describing his work in the
things and not just from a culinary point of
France and Tuscany, and also in Rüttenscheid.
kitchen. He likes to use original herbs, for
view. Guests of the Corrado Restaurant in
“We get on very well with the mentality
example from the Provence region. From
Rüttenscheid can see this for themselves.
here in Essen”, explains Patricia. “Our guests
time to time, the couple travel to their
are easy-going and nearly like family!” This
southern European homelands and of course
Patricia Cafaro discovered the joy of
is exactly the atmosphere that exists in the
bring back special ingredients with them.
gastronomy in her parents’ business in
comfortable small guest room – a warm,
“And most especially good wines”, adds
Marseille. And her husband, Spinola
homely atmosphere. A large board informs
Patricia Cafaro, whose primary function is
Corrado, who comes from Sicily, has been
guests of the dishes on offer that day
to take care of service in the restaurant.
working in gastronomy for more than
and this changes every two to three days
(Margarethenhöhe)
35 years. Both settled in Essen six years
depending on the season and what can be
ago, having previously lived in Düsseldorf
bought at the market. “I cook 30 percent
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LIFE IN ESSEN: RUHR METROPOLIS
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Dipl.-Ing. Safiye Kocabas
Architect
Essen – Advantages of the million-strong metropolis
Essen is located at the centre of the Ruhr
of Sweden. Those who live in Essen can
metropolis.
effortlessly reach and exploit a multitude
of job opportunities, as well as cultural and
The region is the largest conurbation in
leisure activities in the area. In concrete
Germany and is home to some 5.1 million
terms this means hundreds of museums,
inhabitants. More than nine million people
thousands of restaurants, countless spas
live within a radius of 50 kilometres of Es-
and pools, theatres and concert halls are all
sen - that’s about as many as in the whole
just a stone’s throw away.
Great variety of job opportunities
5.1 million inhabitants
210.3
million sqm total surface area
Countless cultural and leisure activities
»I could go my own way in the Ruhr area«
What a contrast it must have been for
speak to the headmaster on our first day
takes care of such legendary sites as the
Safiye Kocabas when she arrived in the
at school to tell him that his daughters
Zollverein, Villa Hügel or Zeche Ewald.
Ruhr area at the age of nine. Until then,
were very intelligent and that he should
As the child of a guest worker, she often
she had grown up in Derebucak/Konya, a
kindly place us in the German class right
thinks of the guest workers who worked
small village in the Turkish Taurus Moun-
away!” Her father’s attitude had a very
in these former industrial buildings as she
tains “quite sheltered between goats and
strong impact on her and she had the
looks at the old black & white photos of
cows, in a rural, idyllic setting”.
opportunity to find her way in the Ruhr
coal-smeared faces. “Now here I am in the
area. For her this was architectural studies
next generation planning and converting
In Dortmund, Safiye and her sister were
because she wanted to do something con-
these buildings and I really feel that we
placed in a so-called reception class where
nected with “art”.
are all part of this industrial culture. And I
they learned to speak German within a
am really enjoying it.”
short space of time. “I will never forget”,
Today, Ms Kocabas works at Heinrich
she laughs “how my father wanted to
Böll architectural office in Essen and
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find competent contact persons to guide and advise you at our premises at Hollestraße 3 (Gildehof-Center). Many questions concerning
your new life here in Essen can be answered on the spot. The Welcome- and ServiceCenter is linked to numerous cooperation partners
and can point you in the right direction for help with other matters. This saves you time and allows you to get your bearings quickly.
The Welcome- and ServiceCenter is part of the city’s culture of providing a warm welcome to new citizens. Essen benefits from diversity
thanks to its strong immigrant tradition that goes back some 150 years. Since the 19th Century, the city has been drawing in workers
from other countries such as Poland, Greece, Italy and Turkey. The immigrants started off as colleagues and over time became neighbours
and friends. Our underlying belief that diversity is not a threat but rather an enrichment is, in a sense, part of the DNA of the city.
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