Borough 4 (Düsseldorf)

Stadtbezirk 4
Stadtbezirk 4
Borough of Düsseldorf
	Aerial view of Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, looking East across the Rhine
	Location of Stadtbezirk 4 within Düsseldorf
	Stadtbezirk 4 Stadtbezirk 4
	Coordinates: 51°13′49″N 6°45′17″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
District	Urban district
City	Düsseldorf
Subdivisions	4 quarters
Area
• Total	12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	45,039
• Density	3,600/km2 (9,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Borough 4 (German: Stadtbezirk 4) is a borough of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It covers an area of 12.62 square kilometres and has about 45,000 inhabitants (2020).

Rheinkniebrücke connects Oberkassel with Unterbilk

Rheinwiesen park

1911-built Kyffhäuserblock Block in Oberkassel

Borough 4 is the city's only borough on the west bank of the Rhine and its quarters are popular residential areas. Across the river, it shares borders with Düsseldorf boroughs 5, 1 and 3. West and South-west, the borough is bordered by Rhein-Kreis Neuss and the city of Neuss.

Subdivisions

Borough 4 is made up of four Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2020)[1]	Area (km²)[2]	Pop. per km²[1]
041	Oberkassel	19,052	3.68	5,149
042	Heerdt	12,395	4.05	3,060
043	Lörick	7,513	2.55	2,935
044	Niederkassel	6,079	2.34	2,565

Economy

The borough is home to the headquarters of Vodafone Germany, bakery chain Kamps, world-leading tea bag producer Teekanne as well as the Rheinische Post publishing house.

Places of interest

Arts, culture and entertainment

Largest Fair on the Rhine (only during July)

Landmarks

St. Antonius, Oberkassel

Parks and open spaces

Rheinwiesen

Transportation

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

Rhine bridges

Education

Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf

The Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf (JISD) first opened in a church building in Oberkassel on April 21, 1971, before moving to its permanent home in 1973. From 1983 to 2001 junior high school students of the JISD attended classes at the former Lanker School in Oberkassel.[4]

References

"Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 05 Bevölkerung" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
"Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 03 Geografie" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
"Outline of the school Archived 2014-01-02 at archive.today." Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf. Retrieved on 1 January 2014.

External links

Official webpage of the district (in German)

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[pop20-1] "Stadtgebietsprofile - Stadtbezirke und Stadtteile 05 Bevölkerung" (PDF). Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

[geo20-2] "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

[Outline-4] "Outline of the school Archived 2014-01-02 at archive.today." Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf. Retrieved on 1 January 2014.