
Stockum is an urban quarter 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 ...
, part of
Borough 5. It is located north of
Unterrath
Unterrath is one of the 50 quarters of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany. Located in the north of the city, it is part of Borough 6. It is near Düsseldorf Airport. and
Golzheim, east of
Kaiserswerth
Kaiserswerth is one of the oldest quarters of the City of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 5. It is in the north of the city and next to the river Rhine. It houses the where Florence Nightingale worked.
Kaiserswerth has an area of , and 7,923 inh ...
, west of
Lohausen and the
Düsseldorf Airport
Düsseldorf Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Düsseldorf, ; until March 2013 ''Düsseldorf International Airport''; ) is the international airport of Düsseldorf, the capital of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is about north ...
, south of
Kalkum.
Stockum has an area of ,
and 5,596 inhabitants (2020).
Stockum became a part of Düsseldorf in 1909.
In 1971 the
Düsseldorf Exhibition Center went to Stockum.
It has 18 halls and an exhibition area of about 200,000 m².
There is a huge park (Nordpark) in Stockum, too. In that park there is an aqua zoo and a Japanese garden.
North of the exhibition center there is the new multifunctional sports arena of Düsseldorf, the
Esprit Arena.
Stockum belongs to the richest districts Düsseldorfs. The yearly average income lies at 60.697 Euro (as of 31 December 2007).
File:Duesseldorf-UBahnhof1-Asio.JPG, Metro Station Exhibition Centre Northern Entrance
File:Messe Duesseldorf 16 (RaBoe).jpg, Office of Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre
File:Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum.jpg, Aquazoo
File:LTU-Arena Düsseldorf.jpg, Football Stadion
References
Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf
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