Himmelgeist is a quarter (''
Stadtteil
A quarter is a part of an urban area, urban settlement. A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area ...
'') 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 9. It is an old village, which is dominated by agriculture until today. Himmelgeist lies by the river Rhine, neighbouring to
Flehe and
Itter
Itter is a municipality in the Kitzbühel District in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 18.60 km west of Kitzbühel, 5 km southeast of Wörgl, and 2.5 km north of Hopfgarten im Brixental. The village lies on a terrace above the ...
. It has an area of ,
and 2,067 inhabitants (2020).
It is a small suburb of Düsseldorf.
''Himguis'' was mentioned first time in a document of 904.
Himmelgeist had many problems with the neighboring river Rhine throughout its history.
Gallery
Himmelgeist (9516971515).jpg, Landscape of Himmelgeist
Düsseldorf Himmelgeist - St Nikolaus 06 ies.jpg, St Nikolaus
Düsseldorf - Schloss Mickeln 03 ies.jpg, Mickeln House
Mickeln House () is a manor house in Düsseldorf's Düsseldorf-Himmelgeist, Himmelgeist neighbourhood.
It was erected in 1843 on the site of ''Haus Mickeln'', which went back to 1210. As that building had been destroyed in a fire in 1836, Haus Ar ...
Düsseldorf - Schloss Mickeln 01 ies.jpg, Gardens around the house
Düsseldorf Himmelsgeist - Rhein 03 ies.jpg, River Rhine
References
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Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf