Borough 2 (Düsseldorf)

Stadtbezirk 2
Borough of Düsseldorf
Pauluskirche, Düsseldorf-Düsseltal
Pauluskirche, Düsseldorf-Düsseltal
Location of Stadtbezirk 2 within Düsseldorf
Stadtbezirk 2 is located in Germany
Stadtbezirk 2
Stadtbezirk 2
Stadtbezirk 2 is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Stadtbezirk 2
Stadtbezirk 2
Coordinates: 51°12′29″N 6°46′36″E / 51.20806°N 6.77667°E / 51.20806; 6.77667
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
DistrictUrban district
CityDüsseldorf
Subdivisions3 quarters
Area
 • Total
7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total
64,183
 • Density9,000/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Humboldtstraße, Düsseltal
Zoopark (formerly Düsseldorf Zoological Garden) in Düsseltal

Borough 2 (German: Stadtbezirk 2) is a borough of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The borough covers an area of 7.15 square kilometres and (as of December 2020) has about 64,000 inhabitants.[1]

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

Subdivisions

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

# City part Population (2020)[1] Area (km²)[2] Pop. per km²[1]
021 Flingern-Süd 10,284 1.48 6,856
022 Flingern-Nord 25,867 2.79 9,271
023 Düsseltal 28,032 2.88 9,567

Places of interest

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Landmarks

Parks and open spaces

  • Zoopark

Transportation

The borough is served by numerous railway stations and highway.[3] Stations include Düsseldorf Zoo, Düsseldorf Flingern and a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The borough can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 7 and 8.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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


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