trousers, a few sizes larger for children to grow into. Throughout the Ruhr Area, this habit has become known as Borbecker Halblang (Borbeck's half long). Since 1949, a weekly local newspaper called Borbecker Nachrichten reports on cultural events, sports and general news from the district. The gazette, which at times had been the largest local newspaper in Germany, remained independent until 2000, when it was acquired by Essen-based WAZ-Mediengruppe. Well-known educational institutions in Borbeck are the Gymnasium Borbeck and the Mädchengymnasium Borbeck, the latter being the single public Gymnasium for girls only in North Rhine-Westphalia; sixth form classes are sometimes offered in co-operation of both schools. Two Realschulen, two Gesamtschulen, several primary schools (the latter mainly run by the church) and a special school for children with speech disorders can also be found in Borbeck-Mitte. Notable personalities Heinrich Uhlendahl (1868-1954), librarian and founder of the German national bibliography Otto Doppelfeld (1907-1979), archaeologist Heinz-Horst Deichmann (1926-), entrepreneur Albert Vögler (1877-1945), entrepreneur Footnotes References Most sections of this article are translations from the German Wikipedia. The version used can be found under this link. The original authors of the German-language version can be found here. Literature The periodicals of the Cultural Historical Society of Borbeck, called Borbecker Beiträge, since 1987 Walter Wimmer: Gewachsen in 11 Jahrhunderten - Borbecker Chronik, Verlag Borbecker Nachrichten, Essen (1980 - 1993) Lutz Niethammer: Die Unfähigkeit zur Stadtentwicklung. Erklärung der seelischen Störung eines Communalbaumeisters in Preußens größtem Industriedorf, in: Engelhart, U. u.a. (eds.): Soziale Bewegung und politische Verfassung. Beiträge zur Geschichte der modernen Welt, Stuttgart 1976. Ludwig W. Wördehoff: Borbeck in seinen Straßennamen, Rainer-Henselowsky-Verlag, Essen 1987 External links Cultural Historical Society of Borbeck (German only) Old pictures and postcards from Borbeck Portrait of the borough on the website of the city of Essen (German only) Essen