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Düsseldorf, Germany

Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf skyline with Rheinturm and Neuer Zollhof, inside Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany's busiest and upscale shopping street Königsallee and Stadttor
Düsseldorf skyline with Rheinturm and Neuer Zollhof, inside Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany's busiest and upscale shopping street Königsallee and Stadttor
Flag of Düsseldorf
Flag
Coat of arms of Düsseldorf
Coat of arms
Düsseldorf  is located in Germany
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Coordinates: 51°14′N 6°47′E / 51.233°N 6.783°E / 51.233; 6.783Coordinates: 51°14′N 6°47′E / 51.233°N 6.783°E / 51.233; 6.783
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Düsseldorf
District Urban district
Government
 • Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel (SPD)
 • Governing parties SPD / Greens / FDP
Area
 • City 217.41 km2 (83.94 sq mi)
Elevation 38 m (125 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • City 612,178
 • Density 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
 • Urban 1,220,000
 • Metro 11,300,000 (Rhine-Ruhr)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 40210-40629
Dialling codes 0211, 0203 (Ortsnetz Duisburg), 02104 (Ortsnetz Mettmann)
Vehicle registration D
Website www.Duesseldorf.de
Ten largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population (2014)
 Turkey 13,527
 Greece 9,940
 Poland 8,516
 Italy 6,915
 Serbia 6,657
 Japan 5,279
 Morocco 4,595
 Russia 4,133
 Republic of Macedonia 3,678
 Spain 3,573

Düsseldorf (German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔɐ̯f], Low Franconian, Ripuarian: Düsseldörp [ˈdʏsl̩dœɐ̯p]) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies. Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows.

Düsseldorf is known for its academy of fine arts (Joseph Beuys, Emanuel Leutze, August Macke, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Andreas Gursky), its pioneering influence on electronic/experimental music (Kraftwerk) and its Japanese community. On the river Rhine, Düsseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February / March.Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world.

When the Roman Empire was strengthening its position throughout Europe, a few Germanic tribes clung on in marshy territory off the eastern banks of the Rhine River.


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