Aplerbeck

Aplerbeck
Borough of Dortmund
Coat of arms
Location within Dortmund
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Coordinates: 51°29′30″N 07°33′20″E / 51.49167°N 7.55556°E / 51.49167; 7.55556
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Dortmund
Area
• Total	24.98 km2 (9.64 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	55,588
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	44287
Dialling codes	0231

Aplerbeck is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of the city of Dortmund in the Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1929, it has been a suburb of Dortmund, located in the city's south-east. The river Emscher, a tributary of the Ruhr, crosses Aplerbeck.

Aplerbeck was first documented as a village in 899. The place is associated with the death of two martyrs both named Ewald in the 7th century, according to the Golden Legend. Aplerbeck was the location of mining and heavy industry as part of the Ruhr from the 19th century to 1926, resulting in a larger population and the building of a representative town hall and a larger church. A psychiatric hospital of regional importance, founded in 1890, is still in operation, now as LWL-Klinik Dortmund [de].