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Düsseldorf-Wersten
Wersten is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') of Düsseldorf located in Borough 9 (Düsseldorf), Borough 9 of the city. It is south of Düsseldorf-Eller, Eller and Düsseldorf-Oberbilk, Oberbilk, east of Düsseldorf-Bilk, Bilk, and north of Düsseldorf-Holthausen, Holthausen. It has an area of , and 27,151 inhabitants (2020). It has been a part of Düsseldorf since 1909. History Wersten was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1063 as 'Werstine'. In 1218 it was mentioned under the name 'Warstein'. In 1360 it was given to the administration of Monheim am Rhein, Monheim. After Napoleon reordered the West of the German-Roman Empire, Wersten acquired part of the Mairie of Düsseldorf-Benrath, Benrath, in the Canton Richrath (locality), Richrath, Arrondissement Düsseldorf. Later, after the Duchy of Berg fell to Prussia in 1815, Wersten was still part of the Mayoralty of Benrath. In 1909 the citizens of Wersten reached their aim to become a part of Düsseldorf, because in that way they g ... [...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
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] |
Düsseldorf-Oberbilk
Oberbilk is an inner-city urban quarter in the south-east of the Germany, German city of Düsseldorf. The back exit of the Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, Central Station leads to Oberbilk. The new District Court of Düsseldorf is located in Oberbilk since 2010, as is the main office of the Communal Library of Düsseldorf. Oberbilk is also home to the Mitsubishi Electric Halle, a concert arena with a capacity for 7,500. Oberbilk has a high population density, with 31,179 people (2020) living in just 3.94 km2. 36.6% are non-German, which is higher than the 23.6% found in Düsseldorf as a whole. Traditionally Oberbilk was a working class borough containing heavy industry. This changed in the 1980s and, following restructuring, employment is now dominated by the third sector. Unemployment is high. Geography Oberbilk lies to the south-east of the Central Station and borders on Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte, Stadtmitte, Düsseldorf-Bilk, Bilk, Düsseldorf-Flingern, Flingern, Düsseldorf-L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesautobahn 46
is an Autobahn in Germany. It is noncontiguous and split in several parts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, an extension to Kassel in Hesse was planned but has been abandoned. Exit list , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:Center;", N297 , '' Netherlands'' , - , colspan="3", ---- , - , colspan="3", ---- , - , colspan="3", ---- Neheim Arnsberg (; ) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hochsauerlandkreis ... , References External links 46 A046 {{Germany-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuppertal
Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of Elberfeld, Barmen, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg, Wuppertal, Cronenberg and Vohwinkel Schwebebahn, Vohwinkel, and was initially called "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930. It is the capital and largest city of the Bergisches Land. The city straddles the densely populated banks of the River Wupper, a tributary of the Rhine. Wuppertal is located between the Ruhr (Essen) to the north, Düsseldorf to the west, and Cologne to the southwest, and over time has grown together with Solingen, Remscheid and Hagen. The stretching of the city in a long band along the narrow Wupper Valley leads to a spatial impression of Wuppertal being larger than it actually is. The city is known for its steep slope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuss
Neuss (; written ''Neuß'' until 1968; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. It is primarily known for its historic Roman sites, as well as the annual Neuss Schützenfest, Neusser Bürger-Schützenfest. Neuss and Trier share the title of "Germany's oldest city", and in 1984 Neuss celebrated the 2000th anniversary of its founding in 16 BCE. History Roman period Neuss was founded by the Ancient Rome, Romans in 16 BC as a military fortification (''castrum'') with the current city to the north of the castrum, at the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Erft, with the name of Novaesium. Legio XVI Gallica ("Gallic 16th Legion") of the Roman army was stationed here in 43–70 AD. It was disbanded after surrendering during the Batavian rebellion (AD 70). Later a civil settlement was founded in the area of today's centre of the town during the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesautobahn
The (; German , ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. Much of the system has no speed limit for some classes of vehicles. However, limits are posted and enforced in areas that are urbanised, substandard, prone to collisions, or under construction. On speed-unrestricted stretches, an advisory speed limit () of applies. While driving faster is not illegal in the absence of a speed limit, it can cause an increased liability in the case of a collision (which mandatory auto insurance has to cover); courts have ruled that an "ideal driver" who is exempt from absolute liability for "inevitable" tort under the law would not exceed the advisory speed limit. A 2017 report by the Federal Road Research Institute reported that in 2015, 70.4% of the Autobahn network had only the advisory speed limit, 6.2% had tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liebfrauenkirche
Liebfrauenkirche (Church of Our Dear Lady) is a common dedication for churches in German-speaking countries. Liebfrauenkirche may refer to: *Church of Our Lady (Bremen) * Liebfrauen, Frankfurt, a Gothic church in the centre of Frankfurt am Main * Liebfrauenkirche, Goslar, a former chapel of the Imperial Palace of Goslar, Germany * Liebfrauenkirche, Halle * Liebfrauenkirche, Mainz, a portion of Mainz Cathedral, Germany, that was demolished in 1803 *Liebfrauenkirche, Trier, an early Gothic cathedral in Trier, Germany * Liebfrauenkirche, Worms, a church on the outskirts of Worms, Germany, whose surrounding vineyards originated the Liebfraumilch style of wine *Überwasserkirche, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich, a Catholic church in Zurich, Switzerland See also * Frauenkirche (other) *Freiburg Minster, or ''Münster Unserer Lieben Frau'' * St. Mary's Church (other) *Church of Our Lady (other) Church of Our Lady may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussia
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, History of Berlin, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by 1932 Prussian coup d'état, an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and ''de jure'' by Abolition of Prussia, an Allied decree in 1947. The name ''Prussia'' derives from the Old Prussians who were conquered by the Teutonic Knightsan organized Catholic medieval Military order (religious society), military order of Pru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Berg
Berg () was a state—originally a county, later a duchy—in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed as a distinct political entity from the early 12th to the 19th centuries. It was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. The name of the county lives on in the modern geographic term Bergisches Land, often misunderstood as ''bergiges Land'' (hilly country). History Ascent The Counts of Berg emerged in 1101 as a junior line of the dynasty of the Ezzonen, which traced its roots back to the 9th-century Kingdom of Lotharingia, and in the 11th century became the most powerful dynasty in the region of the lower Rhine. In 1160, the territory split into two portions, one of them later becoming the County of the Mark, which returned to the possession of the family line in the 16th century. The most powerful of the early rulers of Berg, Engelbert II of Berg died in an assassination on November 7, 1225. In 1280 the counts moved their court from Schloss Burg ... [...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] |
