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Walking on downtown Dusseldorf state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dusseldorf is the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seat of the administrative district of Dusseldorf. With 619,477 inhabitants on December 31, 2021, the independent city on the Rhine is the second largest city in the federal state after Cologne. The city is the seventh largest city in Germany in terms of population. Düsseldorf is part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region with around 10.2 million inhabitants and the Rhineland metropolitan region with 8.7 million inhabitants. The city lies in the heart of the central European economic area.
In 1288, the place at the mouth of the small river Düssel in the Rhine received city rights. From the late 14th century to the early 19th century, the city was the seat of government of countries of the Holy Roman Empire and the Confederation of the Rhine: the Duchy of Berg, the Duchies of Jülich-Berg and Jülich-Kleve-Berg, and the Grand Duchy of Berg, from 1690 to 1716 also residence of the Count Palatine and Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz. Prussian since 1815, in 1816 it became the seat of the administrative district of Düsseldorf. From 1824 to 1932 the city was the seat of parliament for the Rhine Province. In the course of the German Empire, Düsseldorf developed into the “desk of the Ruhr area” in the course of high industrialization in Germany and became a major city when it exceeded the mark of 100,000 inhabitants in 1882.
The Rhine metropolis is one of the five most important economic centers in Germany with strong international ties. Düsseldorf is a trade fair city and home to many listed companies, including Henkel, which is listed on the DAX. In addition, it is the German location with the highest turnover for auditing, management consulting and clothing fashion as well as an important financial and stock exchange centre. It is also a leading location for the art trade in Germany.
Düsseldorf has several Rhine ports. Its airport is the intercontinental hub of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is also the seat of 22 universities, including the renowned Düsseldorf Art Academy and the Heinrich Heine University. Düsseldorf also enjoys national fame through its old town (“longest bar in the world”), its shopping boulevard Königsallee (“Kö”), its Düsseldorf carnival, the Fortuna Düsseldorf football club and the Düsseldorfer EG ice hockey club. Other attractions are numerous museums and galleries as well as the Rhine promenade and the modern media harbor. The cityscape is also characterized by numerous skyscrapers and church towers, the 240 meter high Rhine Tower, many monuments and seven Rhine bridges. The large number of East Asian residents is remarkable, including the Japanese community with over 8400 inhabitants, which forms the largest Japanese community in Germany and the only Japantown in Germany.
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