Hellerhof is a quarter of the city of
Düsseldorf
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, part of
Borough 10. Düsseldorf-Hellerhof is in the far southeast part of Düsseldorf. It connects Düsseldorf with the towns of
Langenfeld and
Monheim am Rhein
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. It is a young quarter, founded in the middle 1970s. It has an area of ,
and 5,737 inhabitants (2020).
In contrast to its direct neighbour
Garath, which consists mainly of
projects
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An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be ...
, Hellerhof is socially in a far better social situation because there is much detached and semi-detached housing and only a few blocks of flats.
The name comes from an old farm, the Hellerhof (Heller's farm).
There is a commuter railway
S-Bahn
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station and one bus line connecting Hellerhof with the rest of Düsseldorf.
References
Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf
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