Hellerhof is a quarter of the city of
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
, part of
Borough 10. Düsseldorf-Hellerhof is in the far southeast part of Düsseldorf. It connects Düsseldorf with the towns of
Langenfeld and
Monheim am Rhein. It is a young quarter, founded in the middle 1970s. It has an area of ,
and 5,737 inhabitants (2020).
In contrast to its direct neighbour
Garath, which consists mainly of
projects, Hellerhof is socially in a far better social situation because there is much detached and semi-detached housing and only a few blocks of flats.
The name comes from an old farm, the Hellerhof (Heller's farm).
There is a commuter railway
S-Bahn
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...
station and one bus line connecting Hellerhof with the rest of Düsseldorf.
References
Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf
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