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Düsseldorf-Hassels
Hassels is an urban quarter in Düsseldorf, Germany, part of Borough 9 (Düsseldorf), Borough 9. It has an area of , and 18,465 inhabitants (2020). It was called "Hasselholt" (modern German ''Haselholz'') meaning hazel wood until the 17th century, when it was shortened to its current name. Hassels belonged to the Knights of Düsseldorf-Eller, Eller and was later administered by the mayor of Düsseldorf-Benrath, Benrath. In 1929 Hassels and Benrath were absorbed into Düsseldorf. Large housing developments were built in Hassels in the 1920s, the 1950s and in the 1970s. Hassels' 17th century church no longer exists. St. Antonius is a Catholic church built in 1929 and there is a Protestant church built in 1964. References Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf {{Düsseldorf-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf Stadtteil Hassels
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Linguistically, Düsseldorf is the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
