District 3, Düsseldorf

Stadtbezirk 3
District of Düsseldorf
Rheinturm telecommunications tower at Media Harbour in Düsseldorf-Hafen
Location of District 3 shown in red
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Düsseldorf
Area
• Total	24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population (December 2009[1])
• Total	109,942
• Density	4,543/km2 (11,770/sq mi)

Stadttor, seat of the state-chancellery, designed by Karl-Heinz Petzinka

Neuer Zollhof at Medienhafen, designed by Frank Gehry

Volksgarten (Südpark) in Oberbilk

District 3 (German: Stadtbezirk 3) is a central city district of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the city's most populous and one of its most diverse districts.

Stadtbezirk 3 covers an area of 24.20 square kilometres and (as of December 2009) has about 110,000 inhabitants. The northern quarters in close proximity to district 1 - like Biedermeier era Friedrichstadt and Oberbilk - have flowing transitions towards Stadtmitte, Düsseldorf's central business district. Hafen is in an ongoing urban regeneration of the old port, which creates ever new loft-style office buildings, convention venues, night clubs, trendy bars and restaurants.^[2][3] On the southern end of the district, quarters like Volmerswerth and Flehe still manage to preserve their suburban, small-world character.

The district borders with Düsseldorf districts 1 and 4 to the North, districts 2, 8 and 9 to the East and South-east and the River Rhine to the South and West. On the left Rhine side lies the city of Neuss.

Subdivisions

District 3 is made up of eight Stadtteile (city parts):

Places of interest

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

• Apollo Varieté
• Kunst im Tunnel (KiT)
• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Art Collection Northrhine-Westphalia) - K20 (Grabbeplatz) and K21 (Ständehaus)
• Philipshalle

Landmarks

• Rheinturm telecommunication tower; at 241 m (791 ft) tallest building in Düsseldorf with an observation deck
• Neuer Zollhof; office building, designed by architect Frank Gehry
• Colorium, office building designed by architect Will Alsop
• Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia; state parliament
• Stadttor, state chancellery
• University of Düsseldorf with University Hospital
• Old St. Martin in Bilk, romanesque church from 10th century

Parks and open spaces

• Botanischer Garten Düsseldorf, a modern botanical garden
• Südpark
• Südfriedhof

Transportation

The district is served by numerous railway stations and highway.^[4] Largest train station is Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, other stations include Düsseldorf Friedrichstadt, Düsseldorf Bilk, Düsseldorf Oberbilk and Düsseldorf Hamm as well as a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. While the eastern and northern quarters of the districts can be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 1, the southern and western quarters become accessible via Bundesautobahn 46 and Bundesstraße 8.

Die Rheinkniebrücke in Düsseldorf

Rhine bridges

• Rheinkniebrücke
• Josef-Kardinal-Frings-Brücke
• Fleher Brücke

See also

• Districts of Düsseldorf

References

1. ↑ Stadtbezirk 3 Archived March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 2009 (in German)
2. ↑ The Media Harbor Archived November 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., overview, City of Düsseldorf (in English)
3. ↑ The Media Harbor, Art, communication and creativity Archived March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., presentation (in English)
4. ↑ 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