Benrath () is a quarter of

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in the south of the city, part of 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

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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

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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

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for Roman Catholics. During the

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, Benrath grew very fast because it is next to the important Cologne–Duisburg railway. In 1929, Benrath became part of Düsseldorf. Benrather Marktplatz

Benrath line

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linguistics. the

Benrath line In German linguistics, the Benrath line () is the isogloss: dialects north of the line have the original in (to make), while those to the south have the innovative (). The line runs from Aachen in the west via Benrath (south of Düsseldorf) ...

(or ''Benrather-Linie'') is the border between

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and Middle German dialects although both sides of the line have a Rhenish dialect. The line is also called ''maken-machen-line'' since speakers south of it say ''machen'' and north of it ''maken'' (to make or to do) because of the

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Benrath Castle

The

Schloss Benrath Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a Baroque-style ''maison de plaisance'' (pleasure palace) in Düsseldorf-Benrath, Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf. It was erected for the Elector Palatine Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, ...

(Benrath Castle) is one of the greatest

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castles in Germany. The castle has a museum and a very famous park.

Regular events

*August: **Schloss concerts **Bier Boerse! *October: **Second Sunday: Light

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through the park of the castle around the ''Spiegelweiher'' with the "Black Madonna of Benrath" *November and December: **Advent market and Christmas market Benrather Weihnachtsmarkt

Schools

* Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium * Schloß-Gymnasium Benrath *

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Benrath * Common

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Benrath, *

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: ** St.-Cäcilia-School ** Catholic Grundschule Einsiedelstraße, * Common Grundschule Erich-Müller-Straße

Sports associations

* TSG Benrath 1881 e.V. * Ruder-Gesellschaft Benrath 1908 e.V. * Sportgemeinschaft Benrath-Hassels 1910/12 e.V. * Tennisclub Benrath 1913 e.V. * VfL Benrath 06 e.V. * Schützenbruderschaft St. Cäcilia Benrath e.V. von 1553 * DEC Devils e.V. – women icehockey in

Sports venues

* Sparkassen-Eissporthalle (Sparkasse skating arena), foundation of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf (

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Düsseldorf), Paulsmühlenstraße 6

Personalities

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, German

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and actor * Karl Hohmann, Germany national football team player * William, Prince of Hohenzollern, head of the house

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(1905–1927) * Nathanael Liminski, German politician

Trails

In Benrath begin and end the following marked trails of the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (Sauerland Mountain Association): * The Schlösserweg,

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''X19'': Benrath, railway station –

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* The Düsseldorfer Weg, trail blazing ''D'': Benrath, Schöne Aussicht – Kaiserswerth

Traffic

Benrath has a regional railway station on the

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Cologne–Duisburg line of the historic '' Cologne-Minden Railway Company''. The Düsseldorf-Benrath station is a pre-modern clinker brick building Bahnhof from the 1930s and the second railway station at this place. It is served by two

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services: RE 1 ( NRW-Express) and RE 5 (

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) and

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line S 6, all operated by

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. A

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of the

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, line 701, connects Benrath to the city of Düsseldorf. There are also the lines 730 Urdenbach- Lohausen, 778/779 circle course Garath, 784 Urdenbach–

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– Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, 788 Benrath Ost–

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(Busanzeige ''Monamare'') and 789 Holthausen–Monheim am Rhein (Busanzeige ''Monamare'') in Benrath. By 1962, a single-track

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tram went from Benrath (beginning in the Paulistraße) via

to Solingen-Ohligs to Haan and Wuppertal-Vohwinkel. The railway went beyond Benrath to Düsseldorf, Oberbilker Markt, and formed the so-called ''Benrather Netz'', which was bought by Düsseldorf in 1910 and so before the

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of Benrath. The

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No. 107 of the railway is preserved in the Bergisches Straßenbahnmuseum in Wuppertal-Kohlfurt. At

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A59 is a ''Anschlussstelle'' „Düsseldorf-Benrath“.

Sources

* Wolfgang D. Sauer: ''Düsseldorf-Benrath. Alte Bilder erzählen.'' Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2006, * Benrather Heimatgeschichte, hrsg.v. Benrather Kulturkreis e.V. und der Heimatgemeinschaft Groß-Benrath e.V., Düsseldorf 1956, erw. Neuaufl. Düsseldorf 1974

References

External links

Heimatarchiv Groß-Benrath (German)History (German)Communal Administration (German)Communal Administration, District Office (German)Duesselgo
Websites from Düsseldorf-Benrath
Benrath market now Harry-Piel-Platz (German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benrath Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf