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Dr. Düsseldorf German d, sl d, f, listen, Low, Franconian and Ripuarian D, sold rp d, sl d, p, often Düsseldorf in English sources is the capital and after Cologne, second, most populous city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine Westphalia, as well as the Seventh, most populous city in Germany, At the confluence of the Rhine and its tributary
Düssel
, the city lies in the center of both the Rhine, Ruhr, and the Rhineland Metropolitan Regions, with the Cologne, Bonn urban area to its south and the Ruhr to its north. The city is the largest in the German Low Franconian closely related to the Dutch dialect area.
Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine as opposed to Cologne whose city center lies on the river’s left bank Dorf, meaning village Düsseldorf is the largest settlement with that suffix in the German-speaking area.
Mercer’s 2012.
Quality of Living survey, ranked Düsseldorf, as the sixth most livable city in the world Düsseldorf Airport – is Germany,’s; third, busiest airport after those of Frankfurt and Munich, serving as the most important international airport for the inhabitants of the densely populated Ruhr, Germany,’s Largest urban area Düsseldorf is an international business and financial center, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs and is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies.
Messe Düsseldorf organizes nearly one-fifth of premier trade shows As the second largest city of the Rhineland D.
Sseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February and March, the Düsseldorf carnival celebrations being the third most popular in Germany after those held in Cologne and Mainz.
There are 22 institutions of higher education in the city, including the Heinrich Heine Universit, t Düsseldorf, the University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Düsseldorf, the Academy of Arts, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Joseph Beuys Emanuel, Leutze August Macke, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Andreas Gursky, and the university Of music, Robert Schumann, Musikhochschule Düsseldorf, The city is also known for its pioneering influence on electronic experimental, music Kraftwerk and its Japanese community History.
When the Roman Empire was strengthening its position throughout Europe, a few Germanic tribes clung on in marshy territory, off the eastern banks of the Rhine In the 7th and 8th centuries.
The odd farming or fishing settlement could be found at the point where the small river
Düssel
flows into the Rhine.
It was from such settlements that the city of Düsseldorf grew The first written mention of Düsseldorf, then called Dusseldorp in the local Low Rhenish dialect dates back to 1135 Under Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa, the small town of Kaiserswerth to the north of Düsseldorf became a Well, fortified outpost, where soldiers kept a watchful eye on every movement on the Rhine. Kaiserswerth eventually became a suburb of Düsseldorf in 1929, In 1186 Düsseldorf came under the rule of the Counts of Berg.
14 August 1288 is one of the most important dates in the history of Düsseldorf.
On this day, the sovereign Count – Adolf VIII of Berg granted the village on the banks of the
Düssel
town privileges.
Before this, a bloody struggle for power had taken place between the Archbishop of Cologne and the Count of Berg culminating in the Battle of Worringen, The Archbishop of Cologne.’s forces were wiped out by the forces of the Count of Berg who were supported by citizens and farmers of Cologne and Düsseldorf, paving the way for Düsseldorf’s elevation to city status, which is commemorated today by a monument on the Burgplatz.
The custom of turning cartwheels is credited to the children of Düsseldorf.
There are variations of the origin of the cartwheeling children Today, the symbol Der Radschl ger represents the story, and every year the Düsseldorfers celebrate by having a cartwheeling contest.
After this battle, the relationship between the four cities deteriorated because they were commercial rivals.
It is often said that there is a kind of hostility between the citizens of Cologne and Düsseldorf.
Today, it finds its expression, mainly in a humorous form, especially during the Rhineland Karneval and in sports.
A market square sprang up on the banks of the Rhine and the square was protected by city walls on all four sides. In 1380, the dukes of Berg moved their seats to the town and D.
Sseldorf was made the regional capital of the Duchy of Berg.
During the following centuries, several famous landmarks were built, including the Collegiate Church of St Lambertus.
In 1609, the ducal line of the United Duchies of J lich Cleves Berg died out and after a virulent struggle over succession, J, lich, and Berg fell to the Wittelsbach Counts of Palatinate Neuburg, who made Düsseldorf their main domicile even after they inherited the Electorate of The Palatinate in 1685 becoming now Prince electors as Electors Palatine Under the art, loving Johann Wilhelm II, r, 1690 1716.
A vast art gallery with a huge selection of paintings and sculptures was housed in the Stadtschloss city castle.
After his death, the city fell on hard times again, especially after Elector Charles Theodore inherited Bavaria and moved the electoral court to Munich With him.
He took the art collection, which became part of what is now the Alte Pinakothek in Munich Destruction and poverty struck Düsseldorf.
After the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon made Berg a Grand Duchy and Düsseldorf, its capital Johann Devaranne, a leader of Solingen’s, resistance to Napoleon’s.
Conscription decrees were executed here in 1813, After Napoleon’s defeat.
The whole Rhineland, including Berg, was given to the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1815, The Rhine Province’s, parliament was established in Düsseldorf By the mid 19th century D.
Sseldorf enjoyed a revival thanks to the Industrial Revolution, as the city boasted 100,000 inhabitants by 1882.
The figure doubled in 1892 In 1920 Düsseldorf became the centre of the General Strike.
On 15 April 1920, 45 delegates of the German Miners Union were murdered by the Freikorps.
The city was a target of strategic bombing during World War II, particularly during the RAF bombing campaign in 1943 when over 700 bombers were used in a single night raid, which continued late into the war As part of the campaign against German oil facilities.
The RAF raid of 20 21 February on the Rhenania Ossag refinery in the Reisholz district of the city halted oil production there, The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Düsseldorf in mid-April 1945, The United States 97th Infantry Division easily captured the city on 18 April 1945, after the local German Resistance group launched Aktion Rheinland In 1946 D, Dusseldorf was made capital of the new federal state of North Rhine, Westphalia The cities.
Reconstruction proceeded at a frantic pace and the economic transformation guided Düsseldorf’s, economic growth, Geography, and Physical geography, Düsseldorf, lies at the center of the Lower Rhine basin, where the delta of the
Düssel
flows into the Rhine.
The city lies on the east side of the Rhine except District 4 Oberkassel Niederkassel Heerdt and L rick Across the Rhine.
The city of Neuss stands on the delta of the Erft D.
Sseldorf lies southwest of the Ruhr urban area and in the middle of the Rhine, Ruhr metropolitan region Düsseldorf is built entirely on alluvium mud sand, clay, and occasionally gravel The highest point in D. Sseldorf is the top of Sandberg in the far eastern part of the city, Hubbelrath borough at 165 meters 541 ft.
The lowest point is, at the far northern end of Wittlaer borough, where the Schwarzbach enters the Rhine with an average elevation of 28 meters 92 ft Adjacent cities and districts, The following districts and cities, border Dusseldorf clockwise, starting from the north, the City of Duisburg, the District of Mettmann Ratingen Mettmann, Erkrath, Hilden, Langenfeld, and Monheim, and the District of Neuss Dormagen, Neuss and Meerbusch Climate.
The city has an oceanic climate of K, open Cfb mild in relation to the East, Germany, Like the rest of the lower Rhineland Düsseldorf experiences, moderate winters with little snowfall and mild to warm summers.
The average annual temperature is 10, 6 C 51 F, with an average yearly precipitation of 797 millimeters 31 in The dominant wind direction is from the west, with velocities in the range of 3 to 4 m s, 7 9 mph with gusts of 3, 5.
4.
8 m s: 8, 10, 7 mph.
The wind is calm defined as being under 2 m s or 4 5 mph about 35 of the time more frequently at night and in the winter Demographics, With a population of 612,178 within the city boundaries.
31 December 2015 Düsseldorf is Germany,’s, seventh largest city, Its population surpassed the threshold of 100,000 inhabitants during the height of industrialization in 1882 and peaked at just over 705,000 in 1962.
The city then began to lose residents with many moving into neighboring municipalities.
However, since the late 1990s, the city’s population has been slowly rising again. A total of 109,883 of Düsseldorf’s.
The population is foreigners on 31 December 2008, the majority of whom come from within Europe, 81,742, The largest national minorities, are Turks, Greeks, and Poles.
Düsseldorf and its surroundings have the third largest Japanese community in Europe and the largest in Germany about 11,000 people D.
Sseldorf has the third largest Jewish community in Germany, with about 7,600 members in Government Mayors Districts, Since 1975 Düsseldorf has been divided into ten administrative districts.
Each district Bezirk has its own elected district council Bezirksvertretung and its own district mayor Bezirksvorsteher.
The district councils are advisory.
Only Each district is further subdivided into boroughs.
There are 50 boroughs in Dusseldorf Economy Düsseldorf has become one of the top telecommunications centers in Germany With two of the four big German providers of mobile frequencies, D2 Vodafone and E Plus Düsseldorf leads the German mobile phone market.
There are many foreign information and communication technology companies in Düsseldorf such as Huawei NTT, Ericsson, Nokia, and GTS.
There are 18 internet service providers located in the capital of North Rhine Westphalia. There are two airlines with headquarters in the city, Eurowings and formerly independent LTU International.
Many of the internet companies in Düsseldorf have their roots in the world of advertising.
There are 400 advertising agencies in Düsseldorf, among them three of the largest in Germany, BBDO Group, and Publicis.
A number of affiliates of foreign agencies deserve mention as well such as Ogilvy, Mather, Dentsu, Hakuhodo, and DDB.
There are also about 200 publishing houses in Düsseldorf.
There are around 170 national and international financial institutions about 130 insurance agencies and one of Germany’s.
Eight stock exchanges and several other major companies have their headquarters in the city, Peek, Cloppenburg fashion, Uniper, electricity generation, L’ Or al Germany, Cosmetics, and Beauty.
Henkel AG Co, KGaA Branded Consumer Goods and Industrial Technologies.
Metro: wholesale retail Ceconomy retail ERGO insurance, Esprit Holdings fashion headquarters in Ratingen, near Düsseldorf, BASF, Personal Care, Nutrition, formerly Cognis, chemicals headquarter in Monheim, near Düsseldorf, but production, mainly in Düsseldorf.
Daimler AG builds the Mercedes, Benz Sprinter, and light commercial vehicles in Düsseldorf. Since the 1960s there has been a strong relationship between the city and Japan.
Many Japanese banks and corporations have their European headquarters in Düsseldorf, so many that Düsseldorf has the third largest Japanese community in Europe after London and Paris.
The K which stands for Knight Sallee King’s Avenue, is a shopping destination.
Some jewellery shops designer labels and galleries have their stores.
Here The K has among the highest rents for retail and office space in Germany, Media Important newspapers and journals such as Handelsblatt, Rheinische, Post Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsches, Wirtschaftsblatt and VDI Nachrichten are published in Düsseldorf.
Almost all of these papers are available online on the Internet.
Renowned filmmaking companies such as Germany’s biggest cinema enterprise, the Riech Group, and TV channels, such as WDR and QVC, are located in Düsseldorf.
The foundation Film und Medienstiftung NRW supports the production of film and new media In regards to movies and movie theatres in Dusseldorf movie goers have the option to choose between multiple different languages at the theatre.
Many mainstream movies are shown in English, Spanish, French, and German Transport Airport DUS Düsseldorf Airport, also referred to as Rhein Ruhr Airport, is located eight kilometers 5 0 miles from the city center and can easily be reached by train or the S Bahn urban railway.
There is a long-distance train station served by regional and national services, which is linked to the airport by the SkyTrain. An automatic people mover Another station situated under the terminal building carries the S Bahn line S11 to Düsseldorf Central Station and to Cologne, as well as a few selected night services After Frankfurt and Munich D.
Sseldorf International is Germany,’s, third largest commercial airport, with 21 850 489 passengers annually in 2014.
The airport offers 180 destinations on 4 continents and is served by 70 airlines.
The airport buildings were partly destroyed by a devastating fire caused by welding works in 1996, killing 17 people.
It was completely rebuilt and the Skytrain installed Railway.
The city is a major hub in the Deutsche Bahn DB railway network, More than 1,000 trains stop in D.
Sseldorf daily D, sseldorf Central Station at Konrad Adenauer, Platz, is located in D, sseldorf Stadtmitte, Several Rhein Ruhr S, Bahn lines, connect D, sseldorf to other cities of Rhine, Ruhr, Local D, sseldorf, Stra, enbahn and light rail D.
Sseldorf Stadtbahn traffic, as well as local bus traffic, is carried out by the city-owned Rheinbahn, which operates within the VRR public transport system.
The light rail system also serves neighboring cities and is partially operated underground.
The Central Station and the Airport Station Flughafen Bahnhof are connected to the national and European high-speed systems Intercity Eurocity, IC EC, and InterCityExpress Taxi In Düsseldorf. There are 1320 officially licensed Taxis According to the regulations.
The cars are always in ivory color On the back window.
You always find a black number on a yellow patch Credit card.
Payment has to be accepted at the Taxi stands at the Airport of Düsseldorf.
The supply of taxis in Düsseldorf is over the German average.
Two taxi organizations cover the market.
Taxi Düsseldorf offers more than 1180 cabs in different sizes for max 8 Passengers.
The smaller one is the Rhine Taxi with more than 120 cabs.
It is obligatory to carry out any journeys to destinations in the city and directly neighboring cities.
Autobahn North Rhine Westphalia has the densest network of autobahns in Germany and D. Sseldorf is directly accessible via the A3 A44, A46, A52, A57, A59, and A524 Culture and recreation Elector, Jan Wellem and his wife.
Anna Maria Luisa de 39, Medici of Tuscany, were patrons of Düsseldorf’s.
First, significant cultural activities in the 17th and 18th centuries Heinrich Heine, whose 200th birthday was celebrated in 1997 and who originally had a proposed memorial in the city dedicated to him, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn, are the most prominent artists related to the city Which is home to a distinguished Academy of Fine Arts.
The Düsseldorf cultural scene comprises traditional and avant-garde, classical and glamorous The world-famous state art collection of North Rhine, Westphalia, the highly acclaimed Deutsche Oper am Rhein opera, and the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus theatre, artistic home of Gustaf Gr ndgens are major elements of D.
Sseldorf.’s reputation as a center of the fine arts.
Beer Düsseldorf is well known for its Altbier, a hoppy beer, which translates as old-style beer a reference to the pre-lager brewing method of using a warm top-fermenting yeast, like British pale ales Over time.
The Alt yeast adjusted to lower temperatures and the Alt brewers would store or lager the beer after fermentation, leading to a cleaner crisper beer.
The name Altbier first appeared in the 19th century to differentiate the beers of Düsseldorf from the new pale lager.
That was gaining a hold on Germany Brewers in Düsseldorf used the pale malts that were used for the modern pale lagers but retained the old alt method of using warm fermenting yeasts.
The first brewery to use the name Alt was Schumacher which opened in 1838. The founder Mathias Schumacher allowed the beer to mature in cool conditions in wooden casks for longer than normal and laid the foundation for the modern alt amber coloured and lagered.
The result is a pale beer that has some of the lean dryness of a lager but with fruity notes as well.
There are five pub breweries in Düsseldorf, that brew Altbier on the premises: F, chschen, Schumacher, Schl, Dussel, Uerige, and Brauerei K, Czar Four of the five are in the historic center of Düsseldorf Altstadt, the other Schumacher between the Altstadt and Düsseldorf Central railway station.
Hauptbahnhof also maintains an establishment in the Altstadt Im Goldenen Kessel across the street, from Schl ssel.
Each except Brauerei K Czar produces a special secret, seasonal Sticke version in small quantities, though the names vary.
Schlssel spells it Stike without the c, while Schumacher calls its special beer, Latzenbier, meaning slat beer, possibly because the kegs from which it was poured had been stored on raised shelves F, chschen’s.
Seasonal is its Weihnachtsbier Christmas beer available in bottles starting mid-November and served in the brewpub on Christmas, Eve, with Music and nightlife.
Since the 1950s, the Kom m dechen has been one of the most prominent political cabarets of Germany, The city’s, most famous contribution to the culture of modern popular music, is beyond doubt.
The influential avant-garde electronic music band Kraftwerk was Formed by a few Düsseldorf musicians.
Kraftwerk is internationally known as the most significant band in the history of post-war, German music and as a pioneer in electronic music. Internationally known power, metal band Warlock was formed in Düsseldorf in 1982, Its frontwoman Doro Pesch had a successful solo career in Europe and Asia.
Since Warlock ended, The punk band Die Toten Hosen, which is famous around the world, also the most popular singers in Germany, Westernhagen and Heino come from Düsseldorf, The electronic act D, A F was formed in the city in 1978, as well as the electronic industrial pioneer’s Die Krupps in 1980, The experimental post, punk group, La Düsseldorf, was named after the city for which it paid with a legal case.
In the early 1980s, Another famous formation was Fehlfarben, Founded in the late 1970s by Peter Hein, Frank Fenstermacher, Kurt Dahlke, and Michael Kemner D.
Sseldorf appears in several songs, including D sseldorf by the British indie band Teleman and W rst du doch in D sseldorf geblieben by Danish singer, Dorthe Kollo Fashion D, sseldorf.
Germany is the fashion capital of Germany, as it is a major cultural center for the art and fashion scenes.
The fashionable clothes trend took root in this city before 1949.
1949 is the date of the first fashion show staged in D.
Sseldorf Fashion trends have occurred as access to more elegant clothing for the general public has been a part of the culture for almost a century Two times a year.
An event called the Voices of Fashion occurs and attracts many people to visit Düsseldorf to find the latest fashion items.
There are famous designers that have made a name for themselves in Düsseldorf as well: Designers, Sabine Schumacher, Peter O Mahler, and Renate Harvan. All design in Düsseldorf To keep the creativity and passion for fashion alive in Düsseldorf every day there are schools dedicated to fashion design in Düsseldorf as well.
Akademie Mode and Design Institution Design, Department, Academy, and Mode Design College are the three prominent fashion schools residing in Düsseldorf Carnival One of the biggest cultural events in Düsseldorf is the Karneval also referred to as the fifth season, which starts every year on 11 November.
At 11 11 a.m. and reaches its climax on Rosenmontag Rose Monday, featuring a huge parade through the streets of D.
Sseldorf Karneval ends on Aschermittwoch Ash Wednesday Cartwheeler of Düsseldorf, The Düsseldorffer Radschl ger Boy, who does Cartwheels is said to be the city.’s oldest tradition, The symbol of the cartwheeler can be found on many souvenirs and various things in D.
Sseldorf has the cart-wheelers to thank for their names.
This tradition was honored in 1954 by the erection of a fountain called Cartwheeler’s Fountain on the Burgplatz.
In Düsseldorf, Legends of its origin and history, The tradition cannot be linked to one specific historical event.
Instead, there are several stories surrounding the beginnings of the Düsseldorf Cartwheelers, Probably the most well-known version is the Battle of Worringen.
In the battle of 1288 Count Adolf devastatingly defeated the Archbishop of Cologne.
As a consequence of this victory, Dusseldorf obtained Town privileges, The inhabitants, especially the children, ran joyfully on the streets and performed cartwheels. Another story talks about a wedding procession during which one of the wheels of the wedding carriage broke In order to fend off the threat of bad luck.
A boy supposedly jumped to the carriage took hold of the wheel and thus became a living part of the wheel.
Whether the story is about the marriage of Jan Wellem and Anna Maria Luisa de 39, Medici, or the wedding of Margravine Jakobea of Baden and Johann Wilhelm is debatable.
Another story gives an account of this wedding between Margrave Jacobe von Baden and Johann Wilhelm in 1585.
According to legend, she felt miserable about her marriage, but the cartwheelers who displayed their skills next to her carriage were able to make her smile.
Numerous travelers were attracted to the city by great exhibitions, the forerunner of today’s fairs between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
During this time, the children who did the cartwheeling found out that it was a profitable source of income.
The bourgeoisie accepted this in good humor as a symbolic act of local patriotism.
In the beginning, the lads shouted f r, E²rie, Penning Schlage, ich das Rad cartwheel.
For a penny, The Jan Wellem monument returned to Düsseldorf at the end of the Second World War. The procession was accompanied by torches fanfares and the cartwheeling boys Cartwheelers in the cityscape Cartwheelers can be found by several fountains within the city.
The most famous is Cartwheeler’s Fountain in Burgplatz, with an inscription of a quote by Hans Mueller Schl sser Radschl, ger, wolle, mer, believe, wie jeck et de Menschen, ouch drive.
We will always remain cartwheelers, however crazy.
It drives people.
The fountain was designed by Alfred Zschorsch in 1954 and donated by the Heimatverein Düsseldorf Jones, which is a club devoted to the maintenance of local and regional traditions.
There are other cart-wheelers that decorate storm drains and the door knocker on the Church of Lambertus, which was designed by Friedrich Becker.
He created the cartwheeler in front of the Schadow Arcades.
This tradition has been kept alive by the Alde D sseldorfer B, rgergesellschaft von 1920 e V, a society founded in 1920 who organized the first cartwheeler competition on 17 October 1937 Since 1971.
This event has been held annually in cooperation with the Stadtsparkasse, a local bank, but formerly took place in the K Niggar ‘b’ Lee Since 2006.
It has taken place on the Rheinwerft near the old part of town. This is a fixed date in the city’s calendar of events About 500 boys regularly participate in this event, and since 1971, girls have also taken part.
In 2001, the art project – Radschl ger, Kunst Cartwheeler Art – was called to life with over 100 cartwheeler sculptures designed by various artists.
The door knocker on the Church of Lambertus functioned as a model for the sculptures that are 2 meters.
6 feet.
7 inches high 2 metres 6 feet 7 inches wide and 30 cm 12 in deep.
They were positioned around the city center.
Some of the sculptures have been auctioned off to companies and private owners.
Christmas Market.
Every Christmas, the city of Düsseldorf, uses the city center to host one of the largest Christmas gatherings in Germany.
The Christmas festival occurs every year from 17 November, until 23 December. This Christmas fest brings Düsseldorf a large portion of tourism every year, as many people from nearby areas come to the city to drink, mulled wine and hot chocolate and watch craftsman blow glass and create art.
The event contains many small wooden buildings, all clustered in the middle of the city, for all the citizens to enjoy The event to many visitors has an old European feel, but is very lively Cuisine.
Traditional meals in the region are Rheinischer, Sauerbraten, a beef roast and sometimes horse marinated for a few days in vinegar and spices served with gravy and raisins and Heaven and Earth Himmel und d, black pudding with stewed apples mixed with mashed potatoes In winter.
The people like to eat Muscheln, Rheinischer, Art, Rhenish style mussels as well as Reibekuchen, fried potato pancake, served with apple sauce.
Also, a special meal Düsseldorf Senfrostbraten Steaks roasted with Düsseldorf mustard on top D.
Sseldorf is known for its strong Dijon-like mustard served in a traditional pot called Mostertp itchy, which was eternalized in a still life by Vincent van Gogh in 1884.
The Rhine Metropolis is one of the most diverse areas in terms of culinary diversity.
Düsseldorf, with the third largest Japanese community in Europe, not only provides a wide range of culinary cuisine but also has a solid foundation of Authentic Asian food.
In the city of Düsseldorf, exceptional, culinary cuisine has been recognized and visited by the world’s leading travel guide Lonely Planet Along with a broad range of diverse cultural cuisine.
Düsseldorf is also home to various Michelin-starred, restaurants, that are world-renowned, Alve Hahn. This dish is made from a half a double rye roll, which is another of the specialties of Düsseldorf buttered, with a thick slice of aged Gouda, cheese, onions, mustard, ground paprika, and sour pickles Himmel un Aad, a dish of mashed potatoes and apples along with slices Of blutwurst Caramelized onions are usually served with this meal.
Reibekuchen is another famous dish from Düsseldorf.
This dish is usually drizzled with R bean syrup and beet syrup and is served on pumpernickel slices along with applesauce Literature, The F, depress, f, r, Literatur der Landeshauptstadt D.
Sseldorf is a German Literary award donated by the City of Düsseldorf in Northrhine, Westphalia The Prize for Literature in support of the City of D.
Sseldorf has been awarded since 1972 by the Council of the City due to the decisions of the courts, The F, depress, f r, Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf is given once a year to artists and groups, especially to the areas of poetry, writing, review and translation Rivalry with Cologne D, Dusseldorf, and Cologne have a fierce regional rivalry.
The rivalry includes carnival parades football ice hockey and beer People in Cologne prefer K Busch Beer, while people in Düsseldorf prefer Alt, Waiters and patrons will scorn and make a mockery of people who order Alt beer in Cologne and K-ltch in Düsseldorf.
The rivalry has been described as a love, hate relationship, Theatres, Apollo, and variety circus shows do not require knowledge of the German language.
Capitol musicals Deutsche Oper am Rhein Opera, Ballet Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, the theatre started with theatrical performances in 1585 Düsseldorfer Marionetten, Theater ESPRIT Arena, Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 FFT Forum, Freies Theater, intimate theatre, Junges Theater in der Altstadt Klangraum 20th century classical music.
Kom m dechen Political cabaret, Kom, die D, Dusseldorf Palais, Wittgenstein Puppentheater an der Helmholtzstra e puppetry Robert Schumann, Saal Savoy, Theater Seniorentheater in der Altstadt Tanzhaus NRW theatre for dance, Tonhalle Dusseldorf concert hall for classical music jazz pop cabaret Theater, an der K Theater an der Luegallee Theateratelier Takelgarn Theater, Flin, Theater, Glorreich Museums, arts and history institutes and other attractions.
Akademie Galerie exhibition space of the Art Academy, D, sseldorf Andreaskirche, Aquazoo, L, Pumpkin Cauldron Becks’ Beer Museum aquarium and zoological museum (made by your favorite river water), TvTower BRAUSE Vereinsheim des Metzgerei, Schnitzel, Kunstvereins e V, Film museum, Filmstiftung, NRW, NRW Film Foundation Forum, NRW, Goethe, Museum, Heinrich Heine, Institut, Heinrich Heine Birth house, Hetjens Museum, German Museum of ceramics, Imai inter media art institute, Institut Fran, ais D, sseldorf, Institut, f, r, Kunstdokumentation und Szenografie Institute for Art, Documentation and Scenography; Julia Stoschek Collection, video art, KAI 10, Raum, f, r, Kunst Kulturbahnhof, Eller Kunstarchiv Kaiserswerth works of Bernd and Hilla Becher, Kahmen Collection, Kunst. Im Tunnel KIT, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Art Collection, Northrhine, Westphalia K20 Grabbeplatz and K21, St ndehaus Kunsthalle D, sseldorf, Kunstverein, f, r, die Rheinlande und Westfalen Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts Museum, Kunst Palast Mahn und Gedenkst, tte, f r die Opfer des Nationalsozialmus Memorial museum For victims of Nationalsocialism Onomato Polnisches, Institut D, sseldorf Puppentheater, an der Helmholtzstra e Rathaus, Reinraum e V, Verein zur, F, rderung von Kunst und Kultur, Rheinturm Rhine Tower highest building and landmark of D sseldorf, St Lambertuskirche Schiffahrt Museum, Schloss, J, gerhof, Schlossturm Schloss und Park, Benrath Palace And park of Benrath Stadtbibliothek, Stadtmuseum City history, museum Statue of Jan Wellem, Theatermuseum D, sseldorf, Triton, Museum, Volkshochschule, Zakk, cultural centre with concerts, readings, debates and party Parks and gardens Botanischer, Garten D, sseldorf, a modern botanical garden Hofgarten, The Nordpark with the Aquazoo, The S dfriedhof, The South Cemetery Volksgarten adjacent to S, dpark Sports D, sseldorf’s, football team, Fortuna D, sseldorf won the 1933 German championship, the German Cup in 1979 and 1980 and were finalists in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1979.
After 15 years in lower leagues, they were promoted following a playoff win over Hertha Berlin in 2012.
As of 2014, they are back in the second division of German soccer, Their new stadium, the Esprit Arena opened in January 2005 and has a capacity of 54,500 D.
Düsseldorf was one of nine host cities for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and the Rochusclub D.
Düsseldorf hosted the tennis World Team Cup from 1978 till 2012 Dusseldorf also held the Grand D part for the Tour de France in July 2017.
Another sport in Düsseldorf is ice hockey.
The Düsseldorf EG, which plays in the new ISS Dome and American football, The Düsseldorf Panther, is one of the most successful teams in Germany with six German Bowl titles and the Eurobowl victory in 1995.
In addition, the Junior Team is the most successful youth department in Germany, with fifteen Junior Bowl victories Rhine Fire D.
Sseldorf was an established team of the NFL Europe and won the World Bowl two times in 1998 and 2000 Düsseldorf has a successful rugby union team D, Dusseldorf Dragons, who, as of 2017 18 play in the western division of the 2 Bundesliga the second tier of German rugby Table tennis is also played Borussia Düsseldorf, the most successful team in Germany, with Timo Boll, as are handball: HSG Düsseldorf, basketball, Dusseldorf Giants, baseball Düsseldorf Senators and dancing Rot Wei Düsseldorf & Düsseldorf also has a Cricket team.
The Düsseldorf Blackcaps, who play in the regional NRW league Education Heinrich Heine University D. Sseldorf is located in the southern part of the city.
It has about 30,000 students and a wide range of subjects in natural sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, philosophy, social sciences, arts, languages, medicine, pharmacy economy, and law.
Other academic institutions include the Clara, Schumann, Musikschule music school, the Robert Schumann Hochschule, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts, which is famous for high-profile artists like Joseph Beuys, Paul Klee, Nam June Paik, Gerhard Richter, the Bechers and Andreas Gursky, the Hochschule Düsseldorf University Of Applied Sciences, the AMD Academy of Fashion and Design, the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, the Goethe Institute, Verwaltungs und Wirtschafts, Akademie Düsseldorf WHU, Otto Beisheim, School of Management Dusseldorf Campus International primary and secondary schools, International School of Dusseldorf, Lyc e Fran, ais De Dusseldorf Japanische Internationale Schule in Dusseldorf, Notable buildings, Rheinturm TV tower, the city 39; s landmark: 1982, 234 m 768 ft since 2004, 240, 50 m 789, 0 ft the lights on which comprise the world’s largest digital clock, The Gehry buildings.
In the Düsseldorf media harbour see picture above The Colorium, an 18-storey tower designed by Alsop and Partners.
Also in the Düsseldorf media harbor, The Benrather Schloss Benrath palace, The Grupello Haus, probably designed by the Italian architect, Matteo Alberti in 1706 for Duke Johann Wilhelm.
The Wilhelm Marx House of 1922 24 at twelve stories high.
It was Germany,’s, first high rise building The Stahlhof of 1906, the administrative centre of Germany;’s, steel economy until 1945, The Stummhaus of 1925, another early German high-rise building, Gerresheim Basilica St Suitbertus Basilica DRV Tower 120 metre high 394 ft tower constructed in 1978 GAP.
15: an 85-meter high 279 ft building constructed in 2005 near Knight Sallee ARAG Tower at 131 m 430 ft in height.
It is D, sseldorf’s highest office, building, designed by Sir Norman Foster.
Eight bridges span the Rhine at Düsseldorf. They too are city landmarks, the Eastern pylon of Reisholz, Rhine, Powerline Crossing an electricity pylon under whose legs runs; a rail Notable places, K, K, Niggar ‘b’ {Sallee} a shopping street with luxuries shops, Schloss, Benrath, rococo, castle, Altstadt Dusseldorf, literally old town, the historic town center with the town Hall: Altes Rathaus from 1573, Nowadays Dusseldorf’s, entertainment district with hundreds of pubs and restaurants and proverbially known by Germans as the longest bar in the world Düsseldorf Hafen.
The harbor is a modern, built district, Kaiserswerth historical district with the ruined castle of Barbarossa.
Frederick I Holy Roman Emperor, Schloss Heltorf, the biggest palace in Düsseldorf since 1662, homestead of the noble family, Grafen von Spee, Hofgarten old city park, Schloss, J gerhof, an old hunting lodge at the Hofgarten.
Today, a Goethe Museum, Twin towns, sister cities, Düsseldorf, is twinned with.
In addition, Düsseldorf has friendship, and relations with Notable Natives Born before 1850 Francois Charles de Velbr ck 1719 1784.
Prince Bishop of Li ge Helena Curtens 1722 1738 last victim of the witch trials in the Lower Rhine, Johann Georg Jacobi, 1740 1814 writer Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, 1743, 1819 philosopher and writer, Peter von Cornelius, 1783, 1867 painter Heinrich Heine, 1797, 1856 poet and writer.
Paul Graf von Hatzfeld to Trachtenberg 1851 1901 Secretary of State and head of the Foreign Office of the German Reich 1881 1885 Eugen Richter 1838 1906.
Today, part of Berlin politician and publicist Arnold Forstmann, 1842 1914 landscape painter Peter Janssen 1844 1908 painter professor at the Art Academy, Born 1851 1900, Georg Wenker, 1852, 1911 linguist, founder of linguistic atlas of the German Reich Wenkeratlas Karl Janssen 1855 1927 sculptor, professor at the Art Academy Fritz Reiss, 1857, 1915 lithographer illustrator, graphic artist and painter Bruno Schmitz, 1858, 1916, architect, Otto Hupp, 1859, 1949 signature, graphic artist, engraver Albert Herzfeld, 1865, 1943 painter and author Hanns Heinz Ewers, 1871, 1943 writer and filmmaker Wilhelm Levison, 1876.
1947 historian Elly Ney, 1882 1968 world-famous concert pianist Carl Maria Weber, 1890, 1953 writer, Willy Reetz 1892 1963 painter Dusseldorf School Hermann, Kn, free, 1893, 1976 marine soldier revolutionary union activist resistance fighter and secret agent, Ludwig Gehre, 1895, 1945 in Flossenb, rg officer and resistance Fighter Hans Globke, 1898 1973 jurist National Socialist from 1949 Assistant Secretary, then Secretary of State in the Federal Chancellery 1953 1963 Karl von Appen, 1900 1981 stage designer Born after 1900, Jacob Sporrenberg, 1902 1952 SS group leader, lieutenant general of police and politician NSDAP executed for war Crimes Toni Ulmen, 1906, 1976 motorcycle and car race driver Helmut K, utner 1908 1980 film, director Des Teufels General Das, Haus in Montevideo actor, Hilarius, Gilges, 1909, 1933 Afro, German actor victim of Nazism, Kurt Franz 1914, 1998.
Nazi SS commandant of Treblinka extermination, camp Fred, Beckey, 1923, 2017 rock climber, mountaineer, author J Argent Habermas born 1929 philosopher and sociologist Carl Ludwig Wagner 1930 2012 politician CDU Wim Wenders born 1945 filmmaker playwright, author Marius Mueller Westernhagen born 1948 actor and musician Andreas Gursky born 1955 photographer Bettina B singer born 1956 TV presenter Birgitt Bender born 1956 politician, The Greens, Member of Landtag and Bundestag Andreas Frege born 1962 Campino singer in the band Die Toten Hosen Ren Obermann, born 1963 manager, husband of Maybrit Illner, Michael Preetz, born 1967 former football player. Heike Makatsch was born in 1971 actress and singer Christian Hellmich born 1977 artist, Tetsuya Kakihara, born 1982 voice, actor and singer Max Sonnenschein born 1980 photographer.
The following figures are not natives of the city but have a connection to Düsseldorf, William Thomas Mulvany, 1806, Dublin, Ireland, 30 October 1885 in Düsseldorf entrepreneur, Robert Schumann, born 8 June 1810 in Zwickau, 29 July 1856 in Endenich, composer 1850, 1854, urban, music, director in DüsseldorfAlfred Rethel born 5 May 1816 in Aachen, 1 December 1859 in D, sseldorf history, painter, Clara Schumann, born 13 September 1819 in Leipzig, 20 May 1896 in Frankfurt am Main pianist and composer wife of Robert Schumann, frequent host of Johannes Brahms in Düsseldorf, 1850.
1854 Emanuel Leutze born 24 May 1824 in Schw bisch Gm nd, 18 July 1868 in Washington DC painter D, sseldorf School Louise Dumont born 22 February 1862 in Cologne, 16 May 1932 in D, sseldorf, actress and 1904 founder of the Schauspielhaus D sseldorf Johanna Mother Ey born 4 March 1864 in Wickrath today: M nchengladbach, 27 August 1947 in D, sseldorf gallery owner Peter Behrens, born 14 April 1868 in Hamburg, Borgfelde, 27 February 1940 in Berlin, architect and director of the D sseldorf Art Academy, Wilhelm Kreis, born 17 March 1873 in Eltville, 13 August 1955 in Bad Honnef, architect and director of the School of Applied Arts D sseldorf Peter K, rten born 26 May 1883 in M.
Lheim is Rhein 2 July 1931 in Cologne called The Vampire of Düsseldorf committed in Düsseldorf during the period between February and November 1929, series of sexual homicide, Adolf Uzarski, born 14 April 1885 in Ruhrort today, Duisburg, 14 July 1970, in D, Dusseldorf, writer, painter and Graphic artist, Emil Fahrenkamp born 8 November 1885 in Aachen, 24 May 1966 in Ratingen, Breitscheid, architect and director of Düsseldorf, Art Academy, 1937, 1945.
Ernest Martin was born on 23 February 1932 in New York, City, theater, director, theater manager, and actor in Düsseldorf.
Betty Knox, 1906.
1963.
Dancer with variety act, Wilson, Keppel, Betty, and war correspondent lived in the city during her later years and died.
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