District 5, Düsseldorf

The Metropolitan District 5 is one of ten districts of the North Rhine - Westphalian capital Dusseldorf. It comprises the northern districts Stockum, Lohausen, Emperor, Wittlaer Angermund and Kalkum. The shape of districts to organize the city of Dusseldorf was introduced in 1975. The county seat is located on the Kaiserwerther market in Kaiserwerth. The northern boundary of the municipality is also the border with the city of Duisburg Düsseldorf city dar.

Unlike other North Rhine-Westphalian cities such as Cologne or Duisburg the city districts have in Dusseldorf do not have proper names, but are merely indicated by a digit.

Description

The Metropolitan District 5 is geographically the largest of the ten municipalities and includes more than a quarter of the entire urban area of the state capital. The municipality is characterized by strong contrasts. In the south of the area are the Düsseldorf airport, the exhibition grounds and the multi-purpose arena; the north, however, is primarily characterized by agriculture, forests and suburban development in the districts Wittlaer Angermund and Kalkum. The uncollected by the Fair Stockums parts are mostly tasteful residential areas, mostly with villa dating to the 1930s. Lohausen, however, is still dominated village, there is no greater development of the district due to the proximity to the airport was possible. Kaiserwerth finally, with its medieval core, offers the image of a small town atmosphere and is in every respect the center of the entire municipality. In the former town hall of Kaiserwerth are the district council and the district office. Also in Kaiserwerth is the charge of the north of Düsseldorf branch of Düsseldorf city libraries.

Despite the, for Düsseldorf ratios in part, long distances to downtown and the harassment of the airport, the entire municipality is a very popular residential location. Both rents and land values ​​are among the highest in the city. Except in Kaiserwerth and z.T. Stockum, where there are multi-family buildings to a greater extent, outweigh the buildings with one-and two -family homes.

Transport links to Düsseldorf city center and to Duisburg exist on the B 8, the freeway B 8n and the rail line U79. In Angermund an S -Bahn station of the line S1 exists.

History

Kaiserwerth one of the oldest settlements on the city of Düsseldorf and has a rich history as an independent city. Kalkum has the earliest documented reference to Düsseldorf Stadtdgebiet. The corresponding text is from the year 892 ( Calechheim ). Lohausen is first mentioned in 1047 ( Lohuson ) Wittlaer 1144 ( Wizelare ) and Angermund 1188 ( Angermunt ). It was country estates and mansions of the nobility. As a result, smaller settlements developed. Substantially all of the area, however, remained dominated by agriculture, with the exception of Kaiserwerth to modern times. → See also: History of Emperor Werth

1929 were incorporated Kaiserwerth and Lohausen. Flight operations of Lohauser airfield Bergann 1927, the airport was established in 1929. 1937 North Park and adjacent national socialist model settlements was built as part of the Empire Exhibition Working People. 1971 opened the new exhibition center in Stockum. In 1975, the villa suburbs Wittlaer, Kalkum and Angermund were eventually incorporated. Around the turn of the century the demolition of the Rhine stadium in 1972 and the construction of a new multi-purpose arena was (today the ESPRIT arena) with roof opening opportunity.

Special

The municipality is by far the most prosperous in the state capital. The taxable income per taxpayer was in the entire borough in 1998 more than 40,000 euros, in Stockum, Kaiserwerth and Kalkum over 60,000 euros. Wittlaer had the highest value in Dusseldorf with 115 509 euros. Consequently, there were in December 2006, only 130 recipients (0.4%) of Alg II benefits. The immigration rate is 11.8 % below the city average of 16.8%. In the countries of origin EU foreigners dominate with over 40 % as well as Americans and Japanese. In Kaiserwerth are private ' International School of Dusseldorf ', one of two Roman Catholic. Archbishop's high schools of the city and the high school of the Ev.Kirche in the Rhineland.

Results of the 2009 local elections

In the last local elections of 2009, to -participative in the voting population of the municipality chose to 55.6 % CDU, SPD to 13.9% to 12.3%, Greens, FDP to 14.1% to 0.6 % and REP 2.1 % was attributable to the other parties. The district council is thus dominated by a CDU majority, as the CDU has with 11 of 19 seats on an absolute majority.

Assignments

• Since the local election in 2004 is the city district 5 from two municipal districts. The municipal district 21 comprises the districts of Wittlaer Angermund and Kalkum, the local election district 22 the districts Kaiserwerth, Lohausen and Stockum. The directly elected members of the Council of the City of Dusseldorf are Ruth Decker ( CDU ) for the Municipal District 21 (since 2004) and Andrew Paul Stieber (CDU ) for the local election district 22 ( since 2009).
• Since the 2002 elections, the Municipality is one of 5 together with the districts 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 to the Bundestag constituency 107 Dusseldorf I. Directly elected members were Michael Müller (Nordrhein- Westfalen) ( 2002-2005) and Hildegard Müller (CDU ) ( 2005 to withdraw 2008). Currently, the Düsseldorf Thomas Jarzombek (CDU ) of the directly elected MPs in the German Bundestag.
• Since the election of the state parliament of North Rhine -Westphalia in 2005, the Municipality is one of 5 together with the districts 1 and 6 to the state election district 40 Dusseldorf I.