Düsseldorf-Angermund
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Angermund is an urban borough of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

. Angermund is the northernmost part of Düsseldorf, neighbouring to Kalkum
Düsseldorf-Kalkum
Kalkum is an urban borough of Düsseldorf.It is in the north of the city, neighboring to Kaiserswerth, Angermund, Wittlaer and Ratingen.Kalkum has been existing latest since the 12th century A.C.....

, Kaiserswerth
Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth
Kaiserswerth is one of the oldest parts of the City of Düsseldorf. It is in the north of the city and next to the river Rhine. It houses the Deaconess's Institute of Kaiserswerth where Florence Nightingale studied....

 and Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...

. Having the second largest income in Düsseldorf, it provides a home to many corporate managers and foreign, mainly American, British and Dutch employees.

Name and History

The name comes from the rivulet Anger, flowing into the river Rhine near Angermund.
Angermund was written mentioned first time in 960 A.C..
The Castle Angermund was built in the 14th century A.C..
Angermund became a part of Düsseldorf in 1975.

Statistics

  • Area: 13.30 km²
  • inhabitants: 6035 (53,1% females)
  • inhabitants per km²: 454

Sights

The Castle Heltorf and its park are well-known in that region with its rhodedrendron plants.
The old Castle Angermund from the 14. century is the other sight of angermund.

Infrastructure

There is one S Bahn line (S1) connecting Düsseldorf-Angermund station
Düsseldorf-Angermund station
Düsseldorf-Angermund is a railway station situated at Angermund, Düsseldorf in western Germany. It is served by the S1 line of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.- References :...

 southbound with Düsseldorf Airport and Düsseldorf Hbf as well as with Duisburg Hbf and the Ruhrgebiet, northbound. In addition to the railway service, there are two bus lines (728, 751) connecting Angermund with Ratingen Hösel and Düsseldorf Kaiserswerth. Two Autobahns are accessible via Duisburg Rahm and Ratingen Lintorf as well as a southbound highway going straight downtown. Subway service is accessible via Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth and the airport railway station is one S Bahn stop south of Angermund.
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