Volmerswerth is a ''

Stadtteil A quarter is a section of an urban settlement. A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area). Such a ...

'' (quarter) in western

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- ...

, Borough 3, by the river

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. It borders the quarters Hamm, Bilk and Flehe. It has an area of , and 2,336 inhabitants (2020). Despite increasing

urbanisation Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly the ...

, the rural environs of Volmerswerth still draw many people from

and the surrounding

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands ...

conurbation. The area is popular with walkers and cyclists, whilst in-line skaters are often seen by the Rhine at weekends.

History

The island of Volmerswerth was first mentioned in 1173. At that time the owner of island and patron of the small fishing community was the monastery of Schwarzrheindorf. Volmerswerth's own church was constructed in 1300. In 1456 the growing town received a justice court and in 1487 it was incorporated into

. The present

neo-gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

church was constructed in 1856.

Demography

2,336 people live in Volmerswerth (2020). Of these, 12.8% are not German citizens (in Düsseldorf as a whole the figure is 23.6%). The reason is that Volmerswerth was traditionally a rural area inside the city of Düsseldorf. The situation is changing because Volmerswerth is one of the few quarters near the river Rhine, where there is space for new housing. The average age in Volmerswerth is 42 years. The unemployment rate is around 10.2%.

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Volmerswerth Volmerswerth is a ''Stadtteil'' (quarter) in western Düsseldorf, Borough 3, by the river Rhine. It borders the quarters Hamm, Bilk and Flehe. It has an area of , and 2,336 inhabitants (2020). Despite increasing urbanisation, the rural enviro ...