West German cities in particular have an image problem – the Ruhr is unsexy. With the exception of Chemnitz, the ten most unsympathetic German cities are all in North Rhine-Westphalia according to a new survey – you can find out here which Pott metropolis made it to number one.
Home patriotism is a great thing – no matter how it is unfriendly cities and church get one through it certain charm, some even cult status. What would the British be Sunderland in the north west of Great Britain without the pride in its football club what would be Gelsenkirchen without Schalke or Bochum without the Rhenish currywurst? Yes, all cities with not such a great image, you can’t talk about it.
An actual survey under 10,000 participants on behalf of the brand consultancy Brandmeyer has now found out which City in Germany the unattraktivste is. And even if Herbert Grönemeyer sings in “Bochum”: “Deep in the west, where the sun is gathering dust (…) It’s better, much better than you think“That is probably not the case in the perception of most people ten citiesthat have the lowest brand strength according to the survey are nine in North Rhine-Westphalia, six of them even in the Ruhr area.
These are the ten most unsympathetic cities in Germany
Mönchengladbach’s 5th Avenue, Hindenburgstrasse
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The 50 most populous Cities of Germany included and you Image queried. It was about, for example Perception of cities in national media, the general sympathy, Housing opportunities, Willingness to move in, Innovative strength, Leisure opportunities, environmental and climate protection, but also the general future potential of cities.
On Tenth place the country Mönchengladbach on the Lower Rhine. For most of them, the city actually only consists of the first division club Borussia Monchengladbach And to be honest: As a native Mönchengladbacher, I can tell you that there isn’t much more, although the city has a university and almost 260,000 people live there. Düsseldorf is just too close. On a scale from one (= absolutely unsympathetic) to ten (= very likeable), Gladbach comes in at just one stable five.
Bochum on Ninth place only comes to a 4.8, despite its many shopping opportunities and the Bermuda Triangle, popular with students. As well as Hamm on space eight of the most unsexual cities – if you can get to the city’s main train station by just one miserably long stop for the purpose of ICE division knows, that is not necessarily positive for the image. On Seventh place the chemical city is located Leverkusen with a sympathy value of 4.7. Anyone who has ever driven through Leverkusen knows why: It feels like the city near Cologne only consists of the Bayer factories and a few settlements around them. Do you want that? No. Sixth place occupied Hagenwho at least have a long-distance university – but not really.
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The former textile stronghold Krefeld can now boast of being ranked 46th among the likeable cities in Germany – or just in that Top five horrific places in the Federal Republic. Fun fact: rock musician Pete Doherty grew up in Krefeld as the son of a soldier and is still an honorary member of the KFC Uerdingen. How his drug career went, however, says a little something about the city. After all: He is still alive.
In fourth place is the only East German city in the Top Ten: Chemnitz. Halle an der Saale still makes it to 14th place, but the Saxon city on the northern edge of the Ore Mountains has quite a lot Crystal-Meth-Problem, made headlines thanks to xenophobic marches, but has also spawned cult bands such as Kraftklub, who repeatedly flirted self-ironically with the collapse of their hometown.
The Bronze rank however Oberhausen – how so? No idea. For me, when I was a child, the city consisted of just one huge mall, the Centro, once Europe largest mall. Really now. Okay, maybe that’s the reason for third place. The Silver medal goes to Gelsenkirchen – surprising, because for many the Schalke district is considered to be The epitome of ugliness in the Ruhr area. Mining took place here until the turn of the millennium, after which many people lost their jobs – and that unfortunately shapes the cityscape.
And the Winner is: Duisburg!
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