DUSSELDORF

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DUSSELDORF

• Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German
  state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an
  economic centre of Germany. The city is situated
  on the River Rhine and has a high population
  density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has
  over 10 million inhabitants alone. The city is
  renowned for its many events and also for its
  fashion and trade fairs. Every July more than 4.5
  million people visit the Große Düsseldorfer
  Kirmes fair.

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FACTS ABOUT DUSSELDORF

• Country Germany
• State North-Rhine
  Westphalia
• Admin region Düsseldorf
• District Urban district
• City subdivisions 10 districts, 49 boroughs
• Lord Mayor Dirk Elbers (CDU)
• Goveming parties CDU / FDP
• Area 217 km²
  (83.8 sq mi)
• Elevation 38 m  (125 ft)
• Population   581,858  (31
  December 2006)
• Density 2,681
  /km² (6,945 /sq mi)

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HISTORY I

• In the 7th and 8th centuries, the odd farming or
  fishing settlement
• could be found at the point where the small
  river Düssel
• flows into the Rhine.
• It was from such settlements that the city of
  Düsseldorf grew.
• The first written mention of the town of
  Düsseldorf
• dates back to 1135 (then called Düsseldorp).
• 14 August 1288 is one of the most important dates
  in the history
• of Düsseldorf as it was on this day that the
  sovereign
• Count Adolf V of Berg granted the village on the
  banks
• of the Düssel the Town privileges. Düsseldorf's
  growth was very
• impressive under the leadership of Johann Wilhelm
  II (r. 1690-1716)
• in the 18th century, also known to his people as
  Jan Wellem.
• Greatly influenced by his wife Anna Maria Luisa
  deMedici,
• the art lover designed a vast art gallery with a
  huge selection
• of paintings and sculptures that were housed in
  the Stadtschloss (city castle).

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HISTORY II

• The First and Second World War soon plunged
  Düsseldorf into depression. During World War II,
  the city was virtually reduced to a pile of
  rubble as round-the-clock air attacks took their
  toll.
• In 1946 Düsseldorf was made capital of the new
  federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The
  city's reconstruction proceeded at a frantic pace
  and the economic transformation saw Düsseldorf
  growing into the wealthy city of trade,
  administration and service industries as it is
  known today.

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ECONOMY I

• Düsseldorf is not only widely known as a centre
  of the German advertising and fashion industries
  in the last few years the city on the Rhine has
  become one of the top telecommunications centres
  in Germany. There are 18 internet providers
  located in the capital of North-Rhine Westphalia.
  With two of the four big German providers of
  mobile frequencies, D2 Vodafones and E-Plus,
  Düsseldorf leads the German mobile phone market.
  There are also many foreign trading centres in
  Düsseldorf such as NTT,Ericsson, Sandvik,Nokia
  and GTS.
• Many of the internet companies in Düsseldorf have
  their roots in the world of advertising there
  are 400 advertising agencies in Düsseldorf, among
  them three of the largest in Germany.
• In Düsseldorf there are about 170 national and
  international financial institutions and about
  130 insurance agencies and one of the biggest
  German stock exchanges. There are also about 200
  publishing houses in Düsseldorf.

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ECONOMY II

• Several other major companies have their
  headquarters in the city LOréal Germany
  (Cosmetics and Beauty) Henkel KGaA (Branded
  Consumer Goods and Industrial technologies) E.ON
  (energy) ThyssenKrupp (metallurgy) Metro
  (wholesale, retail) Ergo (insurance) LTU (air
  transport), Cognis (chemicals, headquarter in
  Monheim near Düsseldorf, but production mainly in
  Düsseldorf).
• Daimler builds the transporter Mercedes-Benz-Sprin
  ter in Düsseldorf.
• Since the 1960s, there has been a strong
  relationship between the city and Japan. Many
  Japanese banks and corporations have their
  European headquarters in Düsseldorf - so many
  that Düsseldorf has the third largest Japanese
  community in Europe, after London and Paris.

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LIVING IN DUSSELDORF

• The 2007 Mercer HR Consulting survey ranks
  Düsseldorf on place 5 of the cities with highest
  quality of life worldwide and number 1 in
  Germany.
• The "Kö", which stands for Königsallee ("King's
  Avenue"), is a popular shopping destination. Some
  of the most reputed jewellery shops, designer
  labels, and galleries have their stores here. The
  Kö has about the highest rents for shops and
  bureaus in Germany.

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ACTIVITIES IN DUSSELDORF

• Düsseldorf is also famous for its traditional
  footballteam, Fortuna Düsseldorf, the German
  Champion of 1933.
• Other sports in Düsseldorf are ice hockey and
  American football.
• In addition the Junior-Programm is the most
  successful youth-football program in Germany.
• Table tennis is also played as are handball,
  basketball and dancing.

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CULTURE I

• Theaters
• Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Opera Ballet) the
  theater started with theatralic performances in
  1585
• FFT - Forum Freies Theater (Juta and
  Kammerspiele)
• Kom(m)ödchen (political cabaret) Komödie
  Düsseldorf
• Tonhalle Düsseldorf (classical music, jazz, pop,
  cabaret)
• Theater an der Kö
• Capitol (musicals)
• Apollo (varieté, circus shows do not require
  knowledge of German language)

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CULTURE II

• Museums and arts institutes
• Aquazoo-Löbbecke-Museum (aquarium and zoological
  museum)
• Forum NRW
• Goethe-Museum (arts museum)
• Heinrich-Heine-Institut (poetic man who lived in
  Dusseldorf arts museum)
• Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (museum of arts)
• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen - K20
  (Grabbeplatz) and K21 (Ständehaus)
• Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen
  (arts club)
• Museum Kunstpalast (City history museum)
• Schloss und Park Benrath (Palace and park of
  Benrath) - Museum of European Garden Design
• German museum of ceramics

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IMPRESSIONES

• Aquazoo
  Museum of Arts

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DUSSELDORFS CONTACTS

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