Hamm is an urban quarter of
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 ...
, part of
Borough 3. Hamm is located on the river
Rhine
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, adjacent to the boroughs of
Bilk,
Volmerswerth, and the central harbour of Düsseldorf. It has an area of ,
and 4,518 inhabitants (2020).
To distinguish it from the Westphalian city of
Hamm, locals often call it Kappes-Hamm (Kappes is the word for
cabbage
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in the local dialect).
History
In 789 A.C. Hamm was written mentioned first time, second time 875. The earliest registrations of Hamm are from the year 1218. Hamm became a part of Düsseldorf in 1394. Since 1453 there had been a ferry line between Hamm and
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 ...
until the Josef Cardinal Frings-Bridge was constructed.
The gun club St. Sebastianus from 1458 is one of the oldest gun clubs in that region.
The Thirty-Year War began in 1644 in Hamm when troops of Brandenburg went into the settlement.
So the oldest churches who are still existing are the Rochus Chapel from 1709 and the Cross Chapel from 1658, gifted by the Earl of Palatine Philipp Wilhelm, both Roman Catholic.
The Rochus Chapel nowadays is in use by the Greek-Orthodox Church of Düsseldorf.
In 1824 a catholic elementary school opened, in 1960 the catholic kindergarten.
To visit schools for higher education the students have to go to neighboring boroughs.
Infrastructure
There is a tram line (706) connecting northern Hamm to the central and northern districts of Düsseldorf. The southern part of Hamm is connected with the tram lines 709 and during peak times with the line 704. These trams serve the central districts of Düsseldorf and Neuss.
Düsseldorf-Hamm station is served by the
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn () is a polycentric S-bahn network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and cities such as Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen), the B ...
lines
S 8,
S 11 and
S 28, running on the
Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway, which crosses over the Rhine on the
Hamm Railway Bridge.
Two of the main roads of Düsseldorf run along the borders of Hamm.
Hamm still have an operating kindergarten and elementary school.
References
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