Eppendorf

Eppendorf is a district of the City of Bochum in the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The population used to speak Westphalian, but now High German is the norm. Ependorf belongs to the Stadtbezirk (district of the town) of Wattenscheid, which was a town until 1974. Eppendorf is the richest part of Wattenscheid. Eppendorf lies between Höntrop and Weitmar.