Düsseldorf-Oberbilk

Oberbilk is an inner-city urban borough in the south-east of the German city of Düsseldorf. The back exit of the Central Station leads to Oberbilk. The new District Court of Düsseldorf is located in Oberbilk since 2010, as is the main office of the Communal Library of Düsseldorf. Oberbilk is also home to the Mitsubishi Electric Halle, a concert arena with a capacity for 7,500.

Oberbilk has a high population density, with 27,570 people living in just 4.38 km². Twenty-three percent are non-German, which is higher than the 17% found in Düsseldorf as a whole.

Traditionally Oberbilk was a working class borough containing heavy industry. This changed in the 1980s and, following restructuring, employment is now dominated by the third sector. Unemployment is high.

Oberbilk lies to the south-east of the Central Station and borders on the Central District, Bilk, Flingern, Lierenfeld and Wersten.

In Oberbilk there are five underground lines, leading in one direction to the south of Düsseldorf, in the other direction to the Central District and the northern and western boroughs of the city. There are also metro lines to the neighbouring cities of Duisburg and Meerbusch.

Düsseldorf-Oberbilk station connects it with the Central Station, the International Airport, other parts of Düsseldorf, Cologne, Leverkusen, Solingen, Ratingen Ost, Duisburg, Mülheim and Essen.

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