Düsseldorf-Wersten

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Düsseldorf Wersten
	168px\|Lage von Wersten in Düsseldorf
Geographische Lage:	Template:Koordinate Text Artikel
Height:	38 m ü. NN
Surface Area:	4,38 km²
Population:	26.788 (As of 31. Oktober 2007)
Population Density:	6.116 People per km² ^[1]
Stadtbezirk:	Stadtbezirk 9
Heraldry
Wappen der Stadt Düsseldorf

Wersten is an urban borough of Düsseldorf. It is south of Eller and Oberbilk, east of Bilk, north of Holthausen. It has been a part of Düsseldorf since 1909.

1 History
2 Sights
3 Infrastructure
4 Economy
5 References

[edit] History

Wersten was written mentioned first time in 1063 as 'Werstine'. In 1218 it was mentioned under the name 'Warstein'. In 1360 it was given to the administration of Monheim.

After Napoleon ordered the West of the German-Roman Empire new, Wersten got part of the Mairie Benrath, in the Canton Richrath, Arrondissimont Düsseldorf.

Later, afterwards the Duchy of Berg felt to Prussia in 1815, Wersten was still part of the Mayor office of Benrath. In 1909 the citizens of Wersten reached their aim to become a part of Düsseldorf, because in that way they got electricity and city gas a few years earlier than settlements outside of Düsseldorf.

[edit] Sights

Südpark park area former belonging to the Bundesgartenschau (Federal garden exhibition of Germany)
Rom.-Cath. Church St. Maria Rosenkranz, neoromanic basilika.
Rom.-Cath. Franz-von-Sales-Church, modern church
Rom.-Cath. Church St. Maria in den Benden, modern church
Protestant Stephanuskirche, modern church

Roman-Catholic Liebfrauen Church in Wersten

[edit] Infrastructure

Federal Highway connection to the A 46 (Neuss-Düsseldorf-Wuppertal)
Federal road B 8
Tram lines 701
Underground lines U 74 and U 77
Bus lines 723, 724, 735, 780, 782 und 785
Express bus line SB 50

[edit] Economy

The Provincial Insurance Company has its mean seat in Düsseldorf-Wersten. The rest of economy in Wersten are smaller companies.

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] References

^ Bevölkerung am Ort der Hauptwohnung am 31. Oktober 2007, Amt für Statistik und Wahlen der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Zugriff: 28. Dezember 2007

Coordinates: 51.22754° N 6.77263° E

	Düsseldorf - Urban Districts and Boroughs
District 1: Altstadt \| Derendorf \| Golzheim \| Carlstadt \| Pempelfort \| Stadtmitte District 2: Düsseltal \| Flingern-Nord \| Flingern-Süd District 3: Bilk \| Flehe \| Friedrichstadt \| Hafen \| Hamm \| Oberbilk \| Unterbilk \| Volmerswerth District 4: Heerdt \| Lörick \| Niederkassel \| Oberkassel District 5: Angermund \| Kaiserswerth \| Kalkum \| Lohausen \| Stockum \| Wittlaer District 6: Lichtenbroich \| Mörsenbroich \| Rath \| Unterrath District 7: Gerresheim \| Grafenberg \| Hubbelrath \| Ludenberg District 8: Eller \| Lierenfeld \| Unterbach \| Vennhausen District 9: Benrath \| Hassels \| Himmelgeist \| Holthausen \| Itter \| Reisholz \| Urdenbach \| Wersten District 10: Garath \| Hellerhof