District 2, Düsseldorf

Stadtbezirk 2
District of Düsseldorf
Pauluskirche, Düsseldorf-Düsseltal
Location of District 2 shown in red
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Düsseldorf
Area
• Total	7.18 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Population (December 2009[1])
• Total	56,736
• Density	7,902/km2 (20,470/sq mi)

Humboldtstraße, Düsseltal

Zoopark (formerly Düsseldorf Zoological Garden) in Düsseltal

District 2 (German: Stadtbezirk 2) is a city district of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The district covers an area of 7,18 square kilometres and (as of December 2009) has about 57,000 inhabitants.

District 2 is the smallest of all districts in Düsseldorf and next to the central city district 1, it is the only of Düsseldorf's districts to not touch the city limits. Starting clockwise from North-west to South-west, District 2 borders with the following Düsseldorf districts: 1, 6, 7, 8 and 3.

Subdivisions

District 2 is made up of three Stadtteile (city parts):

Places of interest

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

• Eisstadion, Düsseltal

Landmarks

• Pauluskirche, Düsseltal

Parks and open spaces

• Zoopark

Transportation

The district is served by numerous railway stations and highway.^[2] Stations include Düsseldorf Zoo, Düsseldorf Flingern and a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The districts can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 7 and 8.

See also

• Districts of Düsseldorf

References

1. ↑ Stadtbezirk 2 Archived March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 2009 (in German)
2. ↑ Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr

External links

Media related to Districts of Düsseldorf at Wikimedia Commons

• Official webpage of the district (in German)

Coordinates: 51°12′29″N 6°46′36″E / 51.20806°N 6.77667°E / 51.20806; 6.77667