Stockum 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 5. It is located north of
Unterrath and
Golzheim, east of
Kaiserswerth
Kaiserswerth is one of the oldest quarters of the City of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 5. It is in the north of the city and next to the river Rhine. It houses the where Florence Nightingale worked.
Kaiserswerth has an area of , and 7,923 in ...
, west of
Lohausen and the
Düsseldorf Airport
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 seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047.
The Düsse ...
, south of
Kalkum.
Stockum has an area of ,
and 5,596 inhabitants (2020).
Stockum became a part of Düsseldorf in 1909.
In 1971 the
Düsseldorf Exhibition Center went to Stockum.
It has 18 halls and an exhibition area of about 200,000 m².
There is a huge park (Nordpark) in Stockum, too. In that park there is an aqua zoo and a Japanese garden.
North of the exhibition center there is the new multifunctional sports arena of Düsseldorf, the
Esprit Arena
Merkur Spiel-Arena (stylized in all caps), previously known as the Esprit Arena (until 2 August 2018), the LTU Arena (until June 2009), and also called the Düsseldorf Arena (during the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest and the UEFA Euro 2024), is a ...
.
Stockum belongs to the richest districts Düsseldorfs. The yearly average income lies at 60.697 Euro (as of 31 December 2007).
File:Duesseldorf-UBahnhof1-Asio.JPG, Metro Station Exhibition Centre Northern Entrance
File:Düsseldorf 2008 -Messegelände- by-RaBoe 016.jpg, Office of Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre
File:Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum.jpg, Aquazoo
File:LTU-Arena Düsseldorf.jpg, Football Stadion
References
Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf
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