Barmen

Barmen is a umwhile industrial metropolis o the region o Bergisches Land, Germany, which in 1929 wi fower ither touns wis mergit wi the ceety o Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalie.

History

Barmen wis the birth-place o Friedrich Engels an thegither wi the neebourin toun o Elberfeld foondit the first electric suspendit monorail tramway seestem, the floatin tram or Schwebebahn. Barmen nivertheless haes an interestin history o its own acause it wis a pioneerin centre for baith the early industrial revolution on the European mainland, an for the socialist movement and its theory.

Barmen wis the location o ane o the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany an aw, KZ Wuppertal-Barmen, later better kent as Kemna concentration camp.

Divers

The asteroid 118173 Barmen is namit in its honour, celebratin the 1934 Synod which issued the Barmen Declaration definin Protestant opposition tae National-Socialist ideology.

Historical population

Year	Population
1591	aboot 1,000
1640	aboot 1,900
1800	aboot 12,000
1810	16,289
1840	30,847
1 December 1875	86,504
1 December 1890	116,144
1 December 1900	141,947
1 December 1910	169,214
1 December 1919	156,326
16 Juin 1925	187,099