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Düsseldorf-Reisholz Station
Reisholz is an urban quarter of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 9. It is located in the south of the city, bordering Holthausen, Benrath, Hassels and the river Rhine. It has an area of , and 3,753 inhabitants (2020). Reisholz is an industrial part of the city. Its history started in 1905 by creation of a harbour to the Rhine, a goods station and an industrial area by the Industrie-Terrains Düsseldorf-Reisholz (IDR) company. Many chemical factories, engine building industries, paper mills, petrochemical manufacturers and an oil refinery went to Reisholz. In 1907 the IDR company built a neogothic church, later demolished and replaced by the expanding Henkel Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Henkel, is a German multinational chemical and consumer goods company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded in 1876, the DAX company is organized into two globally operating business units (Cons ... Company. Reisholz belonged to Benrath and became a part of Düsseldorf tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf Stadtteil Reisholz
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough 9 (Düsseldorf)
Borough 9 () is a southern Boroughs of Düsseldorf, borough of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The borough covers an area of 36.57 square kilometres and (as of December 2020) has approximately 94,000 inhabitants, making it the city's second most populous borough after Borough 3 (Düsseldorf), Borough 3. The borough borders Düsseldorf Boroughs 3 and Borough 8 (Düsseldorf), 8 to the north, and Borough 10 (Düsseldorf), 10 to the south. To the east and west the borough borders the rural districts of Mettmann (district), Mettmann and Rhein-Kreis Neuss respectively. Subdivisions Borough 9 is made up of eight ''Stadtteile'' (city parts): Places of interest Arts, Culture and Entertainment Landmarks * Park and Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf-Benrath, Benrath, Park and Castle * St. Hubertus, Düsseldorf-Itter, Itter, romanesque church from 12th century * St. Nikolaus, Düsseldorf-Himmelgeist, Himmelgeist, romanesque church from 11th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf-Holthausen
Holthausen is an urban quarter of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 9. It is located south of Oberbilk, west of Reisholz, north of Benrath and east of Itter and Himmelgeist. A natural border is the river Rhine. It has an area of , and 12,775 inhabitants (2020). Holthausen's history is connected to the history of Itter, Himmelgeist, Benrath, Wersten and Bilk. Until the 18th century its name was Langenweyer. First settlements in that area were formed in the 9th century before Christ, with continuous settlements existing since the 2nd century after Christ. The name Holthausen was mentioned first time about 1700. Until the beginning of the industrial revolution, Holthausen was a small village. It changed after the Henkel Company opened its headquarters in Holthausen. In 1823 Holthausen had 322 inhabitants; in 1869 – 384; in 1895 – 556 people lived in Holthausen; 1905 – 1,884 people. Holthausen's population was at its largest in 1969 – 15,000 inhabitants. Around 12,000 people li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf-Benrath
Benrath () is a quarter of Düsseldorf in the south of the city, part of Borough 9 (Düsseldorf), Borough 9. It has been a part of Düsseldorf since 1929. Benrath has an area of , and 17,178 inhabitants (2020). History The name Benrath came from the "Knights of Benrode". The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1222 in a document from Cologne where ''Everhard de Benrode'' is named as an attestor. By the end of the fifth century the area is known as "Rode" or "Roide", which is a cleared area. The castle and the manor of the Benrodes became property of the Counts of Berg by the 13th century. The first church of Benrath was constructed in 1002. The village developed parallel to the castle. The old Church St. Cäcilia was built at the time. Benrath is a place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics. During the Industrial Revolution, Benrath grew very fast because it is next to the important Cologne–Duisburg railway. In 1929, Benrath became part of Düsseldorf. Benrath li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf-Hassels
Hassels is an urban quarter in Düsseldorf, Germany, part of Borough 9 (Düsseldorf), Borough 9. It has an area of , and 18,465 inhabitants (2020). It was called "Hasselholt" (modern German ''Haselholz'') meaning hazel wood until the 17th century, when it was shortened to its current name. Hassels belonged to the Knights of Düsseldorf-Eller, Eller and was later administered by the mayor of Düsseldorf-Benrath, Benrath. In 1929 Hassels and Benrath were absorbed into Düsseldorf. Large housing developments were built in Hassels in the 1920s, the 1950s and in the 1970s. Hassels' 17th century church no longer exists. St. Antonius is a Catholic church built in 1929 and there is a Protestant church built in 1964. References Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf {{Düsseldorf-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine
The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Switzerland border, Swiss-Austrian border. From Lake Constance downstream, it forms part of the Germany-Switzerland border, Swiss-German border. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border. It then flows in a mostly northerly direction through the German Rhineland. Finally, the Rhine turns to flow predominantly west to enter the Netherlands, eventually emptying into the North Sea. It drains an area of 185,000 km2. Its name derives from the Gaulish language, Gaulish ''Rēnos''. There are two States of Germany, German states named after the river, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in addition to several districts of Germany, districts (e.g. Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Rhein-Sieg). The departments of France, department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goods Station
A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are loaded onto or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings. A station where goods are not specifically received or dispatched but simply transferred on their way to their destination between the railway and another means of transport, such as ships or lorries, may be referred to as a transshipment station. This often takes the form of a container terminal and may also be known as a container station. Goods stations were more widespread in the days when the railways were common carriers and were often converted from former Train station, passenger stations whose traffic had moved elsewhere. First goods station The world's first dedicated goods terminal was the 1830 Park Lane railway goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henkel
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Henkel, is a German multinational chemical and consumer goods company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded in 1876, the DAX company is organized into two globally operating business units (Consumer Brands, Adhesive Technologies) and is known for brands such as Loctite, Persil, Fa, Pritt, Dial and Purex. In the fiscal year 2024, Henkel reported sales of around 21.6 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.831 billion euros. Henkel holds 47,150 employees with more than 80% working outside of Germany. History The company was founded in 1876 in Aachen as Henkel & Cie by Friedrich Karl Henkel and two other partners who were owners of a factory producing sodium silicate. They marketed his first product, "Universalwaschmittel", a universal detergent based on sodium silicate. In 1878, Henkel bought out the two partners, and the first German brand-name detergent appeared: Henkel's Bleich-Soda. Made from sodium silicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
