District 1, Düsseldorf

District 1 (German: Stadtbezirk 1) is the central city district of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the city's commercial and cultural center. The district covers an area of 11,35 square kilometres and (as of December 2009) has about 75,000 inhabitants.

Even though being one of Düsseldorf's smallest districts by area, Stadtbezirk 1 includes several distinct quarters: the city's Medieval Altstadt is known as an entertainment district with plenty of Altbier pubs and bars, while the adjacent Baroque-style Carlstadt has a very Bohemian character. Stadtmitte is the city's shopping and central business district, extending into the three Gründerzeit quarters of Pempelfort, Derendorf and Golzheim - the latter three also being popular as both business locations and residential areas. The entire district has a high density of institutions and enterprises associated with the arts and culture in general.

The district shares borders (clockwise from north) with Düsseldorf districts 5, 6, 2, 3 and - over the Rhine - District 4.

Subdivisions

District 1 is made up of six Stadtteile (city parts):

Places of interest

Landmarks

• Düsseldorf Stock Exchange
• Königsallee
• Kunstakademie
• Marktplatz
• Schlossturm
• St. Lambertuskirche
• New Synagogue
• Drei-Scheiben-Haus
• Johannes-Church

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

• Deutsche Oper am Rhein
• Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
• Filmmuseum
• Forum NRW
• Hetjens Museum (German museum of ceramics)
• Institut Français Düsseldorf
• Kom(m)ödchen (Political cabaret)
• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - K20 (Grabbeplatz) and K21 (Ständehaus)
• Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
• Marionettentheater
• Museum Kunst Palast
• Stadtmuseum
• Tanzhaus NRW (theatre for dance)
• Tonhalle Düsseldorf (concert hall for classical music, jazz, pop, cabaret)

Shopping

• Kö Gallerie
• Schadow-Arkaden
• Sevens Königsallee

Parks and open spaces

• Hofgarten
• Königsallee
• Rheinpark
• Rheinuferpromenade

Transportation

As the business center of Düsseldorf, District 1 is well served by numerous railway stations and highway.^[2] Largest train station is Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, other statons include Düsseldorf Wehrhahn and a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The Rheinufertunnel is part of Bundesstraße 1 and runs some 2 km along the right Rhine side, diverting car traffic away from the streets. Two large bridges cross the river into the left-Rhenish district of Oberkassel.

Rhine bridges

• Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
• Oberkasseler Brücke

Economy

All Nippon Airways has its Düsseldorf Sales Office in Stadtmitte, District 1.^[3]

See also

• Districts of Düsseldorf

References

1. ^ Stadtbezirk 1, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 2009 (German)
2. ^ Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
3. ^ "ANA City Offices/Ticketing Offices Europe." All Nippon Airways. Retrieved on 13 August 2011. "Düsseldorf Sales Office 2nd Floor, Berliner Allee26, 40212 Dusseldorf"

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Districts_of_D%C3%BCsseldorf Districts of Düsseldorf] at Wikimedia Commons

• Official webpage of the district (German)