Borough 1 (Düsseldorf)

Borough 1 (German: Stadtbezirk 1) is the central borough of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the city's commercial and cultural center. The borough covers an area of 11.31 square kilometres and (as of December 2020) has about 86,000 inhabitants.^[1]

Stadtbezirk 1
Borough of Düsseldorf
Triton-Fountain at Königsallee, Stadtmitte
Location of Stadtbezirk 1 within Düsseldorf
Stadtbezirk 1 Show map of Germany Stadtbezirk 1 Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°13′N 6°46′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
District	Urban district
City	Düsseldorf
Subdivisions	6 quarters
Government
• Borough Mayor	Annette Klinke (Greens)
Area
• Total	11.31 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	85,936
• Density	7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Rheinufer Promenade along the River Rhine. Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) offer river cruises to Cologne.

Equestrian statue of Duke Johann Wilhelm (1658 - 1716) at Marktplatz

Hofgarten during autumn of 2006

Despite being one of Düsseldorf's smallest boroughs 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 borough has a high density of institutions and enterprises associated with the arts and culture in general.

The borough shares borders (clockwise from north) with Düsseldorf boroughs 5, 6, 2, 3 and - over the Rhine - Borough 4.

Subdivisions

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

#	City part	Population (2020)[1]	Area (km²)[2]	Pop. per km²[1]
011	Altstadt	2,429	0.477	5,398
012	Carlstadt	2,259	0.451	5,020
013	Stadtmitte	14,654	1.77	8,279
014	Pempelfort	33,137	2.70	12,228
015	Derendorf	20,584	3.36	6,072
016	Golzheim	12,873	2.56	5,068

Places of interest

Landmarks

• Düsseldorf Stock Exchange
• Königsallee
• Kunstakademie
• Marktplatz
• Schlossturm
• Collegiate Church of St Lambertus [de]
• 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, Borough 1 is well served by numerous railway stations and highway.^[3] Largest train station is Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, other stations 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 quarter of Oberkassel.

Rhine bridges

• B 7 Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
• Oberkasseler Brücke

Economy

All Nippon Airways has its Düsseldorf Sales Office in Stadtmitte, Borough 1.^[4]

See also

• Germany portal

• Boroughs of Düsseldorf

References

1. "Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 05 Bevölkerung" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
2. "Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 03 Geografie" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
3. Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
4. "ANA City Offices/Ticketing Offices Europe Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." All Nippon Airways. Retrieved on 13 August 2011. "Düsseldorf Sales Office 2nd Floor, Berliner Allee26, 40212 Dusseldorf"

External links

• Official webpage of the borough (in German)