Düsseldorf (region)

  • Germany Land Nordrhein-Westfalen Regierungsbezirk Dusseldorf

The county of Dusseldorf is one of five administrative districts in the state of North Rhine -Westphalia.

His authority ie District Government Dusseldorf and as a regional council government funding authority in principle three -tier structure of state administration in the country. It is the general representation of the state government in the district, it bundles the activities of the ministries, it exercises supervision and coordinated government action. It is headquartered in the historic government building on the Cecilienallee 1-2 in Dusseldorf - PEMPELFORT.

  • 5.1 Stand 1822
  • 5.2 List of districts and towns 5.2.1 circles
  • 5.2.2 Independent Cities

Geography

The county of Dusseldorf is in the northwest of North Rhine -Westphalia. He has been inhabited populous and very dense. The structure of the district is predominantly urban. Only ten independent cities, four of them in the western ( Rhenish ) Ruhr belong to its territory. Nevertheless, about 52 % of the area is agricultural land and one-seventh of the area is forested. The highest point in the district is the Brodt mountain with 378.86 m above sea level. NN in Remscheid.

Statistics

For purposes of the official statistics of the European Union NUTS region DEA1 Dusseldorf has been established within the limits of the district of Dusseldorf.

Neighboring districts and countries

The county is bordered on the north by the Dusseldorf Münster Region, on the east by the administrative district of Arnsberg and to the south by the Region of Cologne and in the west to the Netherlands.

History

The history of the governmental district goes back to the "Prussian Regulation on improved means of provincial authorities " of 30 April 1815. At that time Prussia's government and administration was reorganized after the Congress of Vienna and the provinces divided into a total of 28 administrative districts, one of which is the administrative district of Dusseldorf. Like the rest, so the government in Dusseldorf took with the April 22, 1816 for their work. After only six years from June 22, 1822 Klever District was combined with the Düsseldorf. At the same time the original 18 counties were reduced to 13.

The provincial government

Administrative divisions

Booth 1822

  • Dinslaken
  • Dusseldorf
  • Elberfeld
  • Food
  • Funds
  • Gladbach
  • Grevenbroich
  • Kempen
  • Kleve
  • Krefeld
  • Lennep
  • Mettmann
  • Neuss
  • Rees ( seat of the district administration in Rees, 1842 in Wesel )
  • Rheinberg
  • Solingen

List of districts and towns

Circles

Independent Cities

Current status

Since 1 January 1975, the government district Dusseldorf divided into five districts with a total of 56 municipalities belonging and ten county-level cities.

  • Kleve
  • Mettmann
  • Rhein-Kreis Neuss
  • Viersen
  • Wesel
  • Dusseldorf
  • Duisburg
  • Food
  • Krefeld
  • Mönchengladbach
  • Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • Oberhausen
  • Remscheid
  • Solingen
  • Wuppertal
Administrative centre Municipality Kleve (region) Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode Francis Kruse Eggert Reeder Wesel (district) Mettmann (district) Viersen (district) Borken (district) Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Oberbergischer Kreis Recklinghausen (district) Essen Detmold (region) Integrated Authority File
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