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Encyclopedia > Duesseldorf (region)
Statistics
State: North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital: Düsseldorf
Area: 5,289.81 km²
Inhabitants: 5,251,119 (2002)
pop. density: 993 inh./km²
Map
Image:North rhine w duesseldorf.png

Düsseldorf is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. It covers the western part of the Ruhr Area, as well as the Niederrheinische Tiefebene, the lower Rhine area.


It was created in 1815 when Prussia reformed its internal administration. In 1822 the Regierungsbezirk Kleve was incorporated.

Kreise
(districts)		 Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Cleves (Kleve)
  2. Mettmann
  3. Neuss
  4. Viersen
  5. Wesel
  1. Duisburg
  2. Düsseldorf
  3. Essen
  4. Krefeld
  5. Mönchengladbach
  6. Mülheim
  7. Oberhausen
  8. Remscheid
  9. Solingen
  10. Wuppertal

External links

Official website (http://www.brd.nrw.de/BezRegDdorf/hierarchie/)


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Düsseldorf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2146 words)
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany.
In 1380, Düsseldorf was made regional capital of the Duchy of Berg.
There exists a long-distance station served by regional and national services and linked to the airport by the SkyTrain, an automatic peoplemover based on the Dortmund H-Bahn.
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