Düsseldorf-Unterbilk

Unterbilk is a central district of the City of Dusseldorf and belongs to the municipality 3 through quality urban planning and real estate developments in the area of the adjacent media harbor and the government district in a so-called Bilbao effect, which makes in the district as gentrification was noticeable.

Geography

Unterbilk has an area of 1.63 km ². The district borders the districts of Carlstadt, city center, Friedrichstadt, Bilk, Hamm and harbor.

History

Unterbilk originally been a part of bilks, which was first documented in 799. Dusseldorf to 1206 belonged to the parish of St. Martin in Old Bilk Bilk was incorporated in 1384 again to Dusseldorf. The independent Unterbilk district was created by the construction of the railway line from Neuss to Dusseldorf, the severed Bilk. The old Bilk south of the railway line retained the name Bilk, the northerly part was to Unterbilk. 1876 ​​opened the first Racecourse Düsseldorf at the Lausward in Unterbilk. 1890-1896 was built on the Lausward the Düsseldorf harbor. In the 19th century took place then the dense development within the urban growth during the Industrial Revolution.

Traffic

Unterbilk is situated on the national highway 1, which is guided by the Rheinufertunnel.

At the S- Bahn lines S 8, S 11 and S 28 Unterbilk is connected by the S-Bahn stations Bilk and Voelklinger road with driving directions Neuss, Kaarst, Mönchengladbach, Dormagen, Cologne, Bergisch Gladbach, central station Gerresheim, Mettmann, Wuppertal and Hagen. The tram lines 704, 708, 709 and 719 and bus lines connect Unterbilk with other districts.

The Bilker station is also currently served by tram lines towards the city center, Hamm, South Cemetery, Volmerswerth, Brehmplatz, Heinrich -Heine University, Unter Rath, Holthausen and Ratingen. Some of these rail lines will be integrated in the future in the Dusseldorf city rail network. The Bilker station to be upgraded to the local train station.

Demography

In Unterbilk about 18,000 people live in about 11,000 households; among them are approximately 6,200 single-person households. The unemployment rate is at 3% is extremely low. Almost half of the population belongs to the age group of 18 - to 49 -year-olds to; There are few children and young people. The primary and secondary school in the district visit together about 700 students; many are likely to go to schools in neighboring districts. The average age is 42 years. The proportion of non- German citizen is similar to that in the entire city.

Economy

The most important employers in Unterbilk is the state government of North Rhine -Westphalia with its ministries and the State Chancellery. In addition, the Siemens office Dusseldorf is a major employer. The other employees of the district belong to the tertiary sector. The Loretto Road has developed due to the proximity to the media harbor a focus for designer fashion, furniture and restaurant scene. The Agency of the late Werner Copywriter butter sits at the crown of the road. In the neighborhood recording studio, tango and cooking schools offer their services.

Health

In the Protestant Hospital at the crown of the road there is the emergency practice Dusseldorf as a joint task of all doctors in Düsseldorf.

Famous buildings and landmarks

At the boundary between Friedrichstadt and Unterbilk was one day in the Napoleonic era, the city's fortifications from Dusseldorf. After it was razed, there parks were created; within these are the swan mirror and the Emperor pond.

The old Prussian Provincial Parliament in the House of the Estates, was housed in the 1946 to 1988 the state parliament of North Rhine -Westphalia is located in the greenery at the swan mirror and am Kaiserteich. Today, the historic parliament building houses part of the art collection of North Rhine -Westphalia.

The office tower gate is an example internationally distinguished architecture in Unterbilk district. In the city gate and the State Chancellery of North Rhine -Westphalia is located.

The North Rhine- Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts is exchange of ideas and networking. The building was designed by architect Hans Düsseldorf Schwippert, who later became rector of the Academy of Arts.

Religious buildings

About 500 meters north of needs in the Bilk Church Old St. Martin at the intersection Bilker Allee, Volmerswerther road, street Gladbach, Neuss Street, Loretto Road is the newer Bilker parish church of St. Martin. It has a triangular floor plan. In the choir room there is a circular glass window by Alfred Hermann Raddatz with the representation of Christ as Pantokrator and the four evangelists. Even before the construction of the present church 1951-1952 stood at this point a chapel and church. 1686, Elector Jan Wellem build on the request of his first wife Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, half-sister of the Habsburg emperor Leopold, the Loretto Chapel, a replica of the legendary house of the Holy Family of Nazareth in Loreto. 1698 prompted the second wife of the Elector, Anna Maria Luisa de ' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, the superstructure of the chapel, which was a famous and much-visited pilgrimage site. 1893, the chapel was demolished and a neo-Gothic church built by Alfred Tepe.

Furthermore, the Church of Saint Peter is on the church square on the eastern edge of Unterbilk.

Others

A little further south is the Flora Park, which was created after the ruling in Dusseldorf mission statement of the garden city and the reform movements of the urban planning of the late 19th century.

The police headquarters and the regional finance office were built in 1929-1939 on Jürgensplatz on the site of a former hussar barracks. They show objectively - purpose- brick architecture for administrative buildings of the 1920s and 1930s. The Bureau is being modernized and expanded with additions to 2016.

On the peace cookies on Tuesdays and Fridays of the Rhenish Farmers' Market is held. The shooters hold their Möschesonntag here. On the border with the neighboring districts Bilk and Friedrichstadt, Bilker station, the district center Dusseldorf arcades located with shopping center, swimming pool, public library and community hall, where the public meetings of the District Council take place.