Bilk is a quarter ('' Stadtteil'') of Düsseldorf. Together with

Oberbilk Oberbilk is an inner-city urban quarter in the south-east of the German city of Düsseldorf. The back exit of the Central Station leads to Oberbilk. The new District Court of Düsseldorf is located in Oberbilk since 2010, as is the main office o ...

, Unterbilk,

Hamm Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...

, Flehe and

Volmerswerth Volmerswerth is a ''Stadtteil'' (quarter) in western Düsseldorf, Borough 3, by the river Rhine. It borders the quarters Hamm, Bilk and Flehe. It has an area of , and 2,336 inhabitants (2020). Despite increasing urbanisation, the rural enviro ...

it constitutes Borough 3, which is the most populous borough of Düsseldorf. Bilk has an area of , and 41,150 inhabitants (2020). Heinrich-Heine-University is in Bilk.

History

The first documentary mention of Bilk is in the year 799. The Old Church is older and seems to be from about 700 A.D., given by

Saint Suitbert Suitbert, Suidbert, or Swithbert may refer to: *An Alemannic chieftain who founded the town of Schwieberdingen *Saint Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt *Saint Suitbert the Younger *Suitbert Bäumer Suitbert Bäumer (28 March 1845 – 12 August 1894) was a ...

, but was destroyed by fire about 900, and is mentioned in 1019 for the first time. During the following centuries, the church was reconstructed frequently, especially in the 12th century and the 17th century. Until the year 1206 the fishing settlement ''dusseldorp'', located to the North of Bilk, belonged to the Bilk parish. After August 14 of 1288 (the Battle of Worringen) Düsseldorf got City Rights, the Old Bilk Church became a city church. In 1380 the County of Berg became the Duchy of Berg, Düsseldorf the capital of a duchy. In 1384 the village of Bilk (south of the Old Bilk Church, which belonged to Düsseldorf from beginning) became part of the city of Düsseldorf. Starting in 1852 in the South of Düsseldorf there was a growth of factories during the Industrial Revolution. Düsseldorf grew to the south and the traditionally industrial centres of the city are still there today. In 1893 the ''Hammer Eisenbahnbrücke'' - a railway bridge across the river Rhine - was finished. Bilk got its own railway station, which today is only a station for regional trains. The

Bilk Observatory Bilk is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') of Düsseldorf. Together with Oberbilk, Unterbilk, Hamm, Flehe and Volmerswerth it constitutes Borough 3, which is the most populous borough of Düsseldorf. Bilk has an area of , and 41,150 inhabitants (2020) ...

was founded in 1843 and destroyed by bombing in 1943. In 1852 24 asteroids were found there, called ''the 24 Düsseldorf planets''. The New Harbour of Düsseldorf was built between 1890 and 1896, but after a steel factory closed its production, the port losts its importance. In 1990 a great part of it was closed and filled in. The media industry settled on this land and a cultural centre grew. In 1999 the

Gehry Frank Owen Gehry, , FAIA (; ; born ) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are considered ...

buildings completed the new assemble.

Infrastructure

Düsseldorf-Bilk station Düsseldorf-Bilk station is a through station in the district of Bilk in the city of Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has two platforms and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. History The stat ...

is now served only by the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (slow regional trains) and is connected by the lines S 8, S 11 and S 28 to Neuss, Mönchengladbach, Kaarst, Wuppertal,

Hagen Hagen () is the Largest cities in Germany, 41st-largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany. The municipality is located in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the R ...

Erkrath Erkrath () is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Erkrath is situated on the river Düssel, directly east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal, close to the famous Neandertal. It has two stations, Er ...

, Mettmann, Dormagen, Cologne and other parts of Düsseldorf ( Central station, Düsseldorf-Gerresheim,...). Tram lines connect Bilk with the central district of Düsseldorf and a lot of other districts, especially with the south of the city, Neuss,

Ratingen Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf. Administration With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...

, and the university. Also, bus lines connect Bilk with other parts of the city and the neighboring towns.

Buildings and attractions

* Alte Bilker Kirche (Old Saint Martin Church), oldest building in Düsseldorf * Bilker Kirche (Saint Martin Church) * Polizeipräsidium (1929–1932) and Oberfinanzdirektion (1929–1939) * Rheinturm (high 240,5 m) * Düsseldorfer Stadttor (won some architecture awards) * K21 -

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is the art collection of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Düsseldorf. United by this institution are three different exhibition venues: the ''K20'' at Grabbeplatz, the ''K21'' in the ...

* Botanic Garden Düsseldorf * Gehry buildings in the Harbour

Famous people who lived in Bilk

Johann Friedrich Benzenberg Johann Friedrich Benzenberg (5 May 1777 – 7 June 1846) was a German astronomer, geologist, and physicist. Biography Benzenberg was born near Elberfeld, Germany on 5 May 1777 to Heinrich Benzenberg and Johanna Elisabeth. He married Charlotte Pla ...

(1777–1846), astronomer *

Ferdinand Freiligrath Ferdinand Freiligrath (17 June 1810 – 18 March 1876) was a German poet, translator and liberal agitator, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement. Life Freiligrath was born in Detmold, Principality of Lippe. His father was a teacher. ...

(1810–1876) *

Maria Melos Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(1820–1888) *

Ferdinand Lassalle Ferdinand Lassalle (; 11 April 1825 – 31 August 1864) was a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher, socialist and political activist best remembered as the initiator of the social democratic movement in Germany. "Lassalle was the first man in Ger ...

(1825–1864), one of the founders of the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

Heinrich Spoerl Heinrich Christian Johann Spoerl (; 1887–1955) was a German author. Biography Spoerl was born on 8 February 1887 in Düsseldorf, where he also grew up. He studied jurisprudence in Marburg, Berlin and Munich and was a solicitor in Düsseldorf fr ...

(1887–1955), writer and his son

Alexander Spoerl Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ...

(1917–1978), writer *

Jakob Salentin von Zuccalmaglio Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial A ...

(1775–1838), jurist * Heino (1938)

Literature

* Udo Achten (Hrsg.): ''Düsseldorf zu Fuß, 17 Stadtteilrundgänge durch die Geschichte und Gegenwart''. 1. Aufl., VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 1989 * Karl Endmann: ''Düsseldorf und seine Eisenbahnen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart''. 2. Aufl., Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1987 * Oswald Gerhard und Wilhelm Kleeblatt (Hrsg.): ''Düsseldorfer Sagen aus Stadt und Land''. Werkgetreue Neuausgabe von 1926, Verlag der Goethe-Buchhandlung, Düsseldorf 1982 * Karl Emerich Krämer: ''Durchs Düsseltal nach Düsseldorf''. 1. Aufl., Mercator-Verlag Gert Wohlfahrt, Duisburg/München 1968 * Sonja Schürmann: ''Düsseldorf, Eine moderne Landeshauptstadt mit 700jähriger Geschichte und Kultur''. 1. Aufl., DuMont Kunst-Reiseführer, Köln 1988 * Hermann Smeets: ''Villa Bilici. Düsseldorf-Bilk früher und heute''. 1. Aufl., herausgegeben von der Stadt-Sparkasse Düsseldorf, Triltsch Druck und Verlag, Düsseldorf 1983 * Hugo Weidenhaupt: ''Kleine Geschichte der Stadt Düsseldorf''. 4. Aufl., Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1968

References

External links

Go-Bilk

Websites from Bilk at Duesselgo.de

Bilker Heimatfreunde

Stadtteilinfos

Katholische Pfarrgemeinde St. Martin Bilk-Friedrichstadt

Evangelische Friedens-Kirchengemeinde Bilk-Unterbilk-Friedrichstadt

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