Hillegersberg-Schiebroek

Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Rotterdam
Population	40,846
Website	https://www.rotterdam.nl/hillegersberg-schiebroek

Hillegersberg-Schiebroek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɪləɣərzˌbɛr(ə)x sxiˈbruk]) is a borough in northern Rotterdam. The borough has (on January 1, 2008) 40,846 inhabitants.

Until the annexation by Rotterdam on August 1, 1941, Hillegersberg and Schiebroek were independent communities. In 1947 in Rotterdam, the first elected councils established, in 1948 was the first Hillegersberg-Schiebroek ward council. In 1972, the Regulation on the localities in the city of Rotterdam was adopted. The neighbourhood council of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek was in 1983 converted into a municipal section.

Hillegersberg is operated by Rotterdam tram lines 4 and 8 and Schiebroek by tram line 25. The borough is also served by several bus lines from the RET and Qbuzz.

Within the municipality Hillegersberg-Schiebroek the Stichting Wijkvervoer Hillegersberg-Schiebroek takes care of cheap transportation for the elderly and other people unable to use own or public transport. This is done under the name De Belbus.^[1]