Pempelfort is a city part in the North-east of the central
Borough 1 of
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...
.
It borders on
Stadtmitte,
Derendorf, the
Cologne–Duisburg railway, connecting
Flingern
Flingern is a quarter of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 2 (Düsseldorf), Borough 2. Located northeast of Düsseldorf (proper), it is divided into two ''Stadtteile'' today: Flingern-Nord and Flingern-Süd.
While Flingern-Nord has a younger populati ...
and
Düsseltal,
Oberbilk,
Golzheim and the river
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Pempelfort has 33,137 inhabitants (2020) in an area of 2.70 km
2, or over 12,000 inhabitants per km
2.
Some important institutions such as the District Administration / Prefecture of Düsseldorf (Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf) and the Higher Court of Düsseldorf (
Oberlandesgericht
An ''Oberlandesgericht'' (plural – ''Oberlandesgerichte''; OLG, en, Higher Regional Court, or in Berlin '' Kammergericht'': KG) is a higher court in Germany.
There are 24 OLGs in Germany and they deal with civil and criminal matters. They a ...
) are located in Pempelfort. The head offices of the energy company
E.ON and the
Victoria Insurance company are also in Pempelfort.
There are museums and a music hall in Pempelfort:
* Theatermuseum (Museum of Theatre)
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Museum Kunstpalast
The Kunstpalast, formerly Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf is an art museum in Düsseldorf.
History
The roots of the museum go back around 300 years. In 1932, the collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Academy of Art) was housed in the Kunstmus ...
(Ehrenhof)
*
NRW Forum
The NRW Forum Wirtschaft und Kultur (Forum NRW), formerly the Museum für Industrie und Wirtschaft, is a museum in Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, dealing with the development and the economy of the state of North Rhine ...
(Ehrenhof)
*
Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. The resident orchestra, the ''Düsseldorfer Symphoniker'', play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhei ...
(Music Hall, Ehrenhof)
The central park of Düsseldorf, the
Hofgarten, and the Rheinpark are the two green areas in the borough.
The Rochuskirche, a church dedicated to St. Rochus, was partially destroyed in World War II and has only one surviving tower; the rest of the church is in experimental style.
References
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Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf