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{{short description|Quarter of Bochum, Germany}}
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[[File:BF Bochum-Hamme.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Bochum-Hamme train station (July 2007)]]
'''Hamme''' ({{langx|de|Bochum-Hamme}}) is a part of the city of [[Bochum]] in the [[Ruhr area]] in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. Up to the 19th century [[Westphalian language|Westphalian]] was spoken here. Bochum-Hamme is a district in the working-class north of Bochum. So it is the part of Bochum with the highest number of poor families. Bochum-Hamme includes Goldhamme, the south of which borders onto the former town of [[Wattenscheid]]. Hamme houses a large [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[minority group|minority]]. Some parts of Hamme, especially the so-called Speckschweiz quarter, currently experiences some gentrification attracting young middle-class families, students and artists.
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[[Category:Boroughs of Bochum|Hamm]]
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