Borough 2 (German: Stadtbezirk 2) is a borough of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The borough covers an area of 7.15 square kilometres and (as of December 2020) has about 64,000 inhabitants.[1]
Stadtbezirk 2 | |
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Coordinates: 51°12′29″N 6°46′36″E / 51.20806°N 6.77667°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
District | Urban district |
City | Düsseldorf |
Subdivisions | 3 quarters |
Area | |
• Total | 7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 64,183 |
• Density | 9,000/km2 (23,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Borough 2 is the smallest of all boroughs in Düsseldorf and next to the central city borough 1, it is the only of Düsseldorf's boroughs to not touch the city limits. Starting clockwise from North-west to South-west, Borough 2 borders with the following Düsseldorf boroughs: 1, 6, 7, 8 and 3.
Subdivisions edit
Borough 2 is made up of three Stadtteile (city parts):
# | City part | Population (2020)[1] | Area (km²)[2] | Pop. per km²[1] |
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021 | Flingern-Süd | 10,284 | 1.48 | 6,856 |
022 | Flingern-Nord | 25,867 | 2.79 | 9,271 |
023 | Düsseltal | 28,032 | 2.88 | 9,567 |
Places of interest edit
Arts, Culture and Entertainment edit
- Eisstadion, Düsseltal
Landmarks edit
- Pauluskirche, Düsseltal
Parks and open spaces edit
- Zoopark
Transportation edit
The borough is served by numerous railway stations and highway.[3] Stations include Düsseldorf Zoo, Düsseldorf Flingern and a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The borough can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 7 and 8.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 05 Bevölkerung" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 03 Geografie" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
External links edit
- Official webpage of the borough (in German)