Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek is a borough in northern Rotterdam. The borough has (on January 1, 2008) 40,846 inhabitants.
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Rotterdam |
| Population | 40,846 |
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]
The district consists of the following areas
- Old Hillegersberg: the oldest part of the borough.
- 110-Morgen: created in the fifties. The name refers to the surface of the polder.
- Kleiwegkwartier: with many houses from the years 1920-1930.
- Molenlaankwartier: consists mostly of post-war houses.
- Terbregge: an older core on either side of Rottenburg (Terbregge is named after the bridge over the River Rotte) and a new part that was completed in 2005: New Terbregge.
- Schiebroek: a modern residential area, located in the same polder, originally set up as a garden.
