District 4, Düsseldorf

District 4 (German: Stadtbezirk 4) is a city district of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It covers an area of 12.80 square kilometres and has about 40,000 inhabitants.

Stadtbezirk 4
Aerial view of Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, looking East across the Rhine
Location of District 4 shown in red
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
City Düsseldorf
Area
  Total12.80 km2 (4.94 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2010[1])
  Total39,975
  Density3,113/km2 (8,060/sq mi)
Rheinkniebrücke connects Oberkassel with Unterbilk
Rheinwiesen park

Rheinwiesen park

1911-built Kyffhäuserblock Block in Oberkassel

District 4 is the city's only district on the west bank of the Rhine and its quarters are popular residential areas. Across the river, it shares borders with Düsseldorf districts 5, 1 and 3. West and South-west, the district is bordered by Rhein-Kreis Neuss and the city of Neuss.

Subdivisions

District 4 is made up of four Stadtteile (city parts):

# City part Population (2009) Area (km²) Pop. per km²
041Oberkassel17,1543,874,433
042Heerdt9,3684,152,257
043Lörick7,3822,662,775
044Niederkassel5,5892,052,674
source: Amt für Statistik und Wahlen der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (in German)

Economy

The district is home to the headquarters of Vodafone Germany, bakery chain Kamps, world-leading tea bag producer Teekanne as well as the Rheinische Post publishing house.

Places of interest

Arts, culture and entertainment

Landmarks

  • St. Antonius, Oberkassel

Parks and open spaces

  • Rheinwiesen

Transportation

The district is served by numerous railway stations and highway.[2] Stations include a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn light rail- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The district can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 7.

Rhine bridges

Education

The Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf (JISD) first opened in a church building in Oberkassel on April 21, 1971, before moving to its permanent home in 1973. From 1983 to 2001 junior high school students of the JISD attended classes at the former Lanker School in Oberkassel.[3]

See also

References

  1. Stadtbezirk 4 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
  3. "Outline of the school." Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf. Retrieved on 1 January 2014.


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