Elberfeld (city district)

Elberfeld (0) ; District of Wuppertal
Coordinates	51 ° 15 '26 " N , 7 ° 8' 57" E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '26 " N , 7 ° 8' 57" E
height	140- 326 m above sea level. NHN
surface	11.07 km²
Residents	65,645 (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density	5930 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners	22.7% (Dec. 31, 2014)
politics
	Allocation of seats (district representation)
Transport links
Highway
Federal road
railroad	RB 48 RE 4 RE 7 RE 13 IC ICE
Train	S 7 S 8 S 9
Local transport	Suspension railway
	Source: Wuppertal statistics - spatial data

Elberfeld is a district of Wuppertal and corresponds to the expanded historical center of the old town of Elberfeld . Together with the districts of Elberfeld-West and Uellendahl-Katernberg , it forms the Elberfeld district.

geography

The Mount of Olives is part of the Elberfelder Nordstadt .

Panorama Wuppertal-Elberfeld

The borough has some of the oldest church buildings in the city, including the Old Reformed Church and the Old Lutheran Church. Important church buildings of the 19th century are the Catholic Laurentiuskirche from 1835, the New Reformed Church (1858) and the Friedhofskirche (1898). A richly furnished historical building from the turn of the century is the historic town hall on Johannisberg , the town's concert hall. The Von-der-Heydt-Museum , an important art museum in the Rhineland, is also located in Elberfeld. The natural history Fuhlrott Museum was closed in 2008. The theater of the Wuppertaler Bühnen and the Rex Theater are also located in the district. Listed sports facilities are the stadium at the zoo from the 1920s and the so-called swimming opera from the 1950s.