Hellerhof (Dusseldorf)

Hellerhof district of the state capital Düsseldorf
Basic data
Geographic location :	51 ° 8 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  E
Height:	38  m above sea  level
Surface:	2.04 km²
Residents:	5,882 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2,883 inhabitants per km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1929
District:	District 10
District number:	102
Transport links
Autobahn :
S-Bahn :	S 6 P 68
Express bus:	SB 57
Bus route:	789

Hellerhof is the southernmost district of the state capital Düsseldorf and is mainly characterized by residential use in single-family houses. It is the district with the youngest population. Hellerhof has around 6,050 inhabitants (as of 12/2016) and belongs to the 10th district .

geography

Hellerhof - Garath boundary stone

In the south, Hellerhof borders the Mettmann district with the cities of Monheim , ( Monheim-Baumberg district ) and Langenfeld . To the north lie the Düsseldorf districts Garath and Urdenbach .

Traffic routes

The A 59 autobahn (over a soundproof bridge) and Landesstraße 219 run through the middle of Hellerhof and separate this district in two halves, Hellerhof-Ost, where there are not only residential buildings but also commercial establishments and a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists crossing the L 219 leads to the S-Bahn station, and Hellerhof-West, where only residential buildings and the shopping center are available. From the Hellerhof-S S-Bahn stop, the S6 S-Bahn runs in the direction of Essen (via Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof) - downtown Düsseldorf can be reached by train in 19 minutes - as well as in the opposite direction to Cologne via Langenfeld and Leverkusen . At four bus stops, bus line 789 in the direction of Monheim and Düsseldorf-Holthausen , and a fifth - “Eichsfelder Straße” - connects the industrial area Hellerhof-Ost with Monheim. With the SB57 from "Eichsfelder Straße" there is a direct connection to Heinrich Heine University within 19 minutes.

S-Bahn stop

The Düsseldorf-Hellerhof S-Bahn station

The Düsseldorf-Hellerhof S-Bahn (S-Bahn) stop ( 51 ° 7 ′ 58.6 ″  N , 6 ° 54 ′ 29.8 ″  E ), which went into operation in 1982, is located about 14 kilometers south of Düsseldorf Central Station . It is located on the Cologne – Duisburg railway line and belongs to station category 4.

The train station is centrally located in the Düsseldorf-Hellerhof district. It is located in an elevated position above the Hellerhofweg.

It has a central platform with access to Hellerhofweg and a lift to the platforms.

The station is currently served by two S-Bahn lines, the S6 and S68, as well as the SB 57 express bus and the 789 bus.

←	Lines			→
Garath		S6 K – DU		Langenfeld-Berghausen

history

Pedestrian bridge over the Hellerhofweg

Since Hellerhof was only formed in the second half of the 20th century from the south-eastern third of what was then the Garath district, this district has no older history. However, in addition to Garath, a large farm in the Hellerhof area also has a long and older history. This farm was mentioned in a document as "Hoff zum Hellendaill" as early as 1447. The name is derived from the valley of the Garath brook , the banks of which in the area of ​​the farm drop off steeply like a gorge. The valley was called Höllental and is therefore the namesake.

In the document from 1447 already cited, the farm became the property of the owner of Haus Garath through inheritance . The farm is also mentioned in another document in 1503. Because the farm was located on the thoroughfare from Düsseldorf to Mülheim (Cologne) at that time, it was completely devastated during the Thirty Years' War by groups of mercenaries who frequently passed through . The road was moved about 500 m to the east in 1670. From this point on, the farm was located off the road and was rebuilt and leased. In 1676 the name of a tenant was first mentioned in a church register. In 1788 the farm was sold to Gottfried Klein and was now an independent farm. Later the farm was divided into the two farms Neu- and Althellerhof with the purchase of land. The buildings of the Neuhellerhof were also called Haus an der Chaussee in the 19th century . Around 1850, Prince Peter von Arenberg acquired the Neuhellerhof and leased it in 1895. In 1909 Paul Poensgen , who had already acquired Haus Garath in 1890, also took over the Neuhellerhof. In 1936 the lease of the Althellerhof ended. After the lease agreement for the Neuhellerhof was terminated in 1939, the Neuhellerhof and Althellerhof were merged again into one estate. The last owner of the farm from the von Burgsdorff family sold areas on both sides of Koblenzer Strasse to the city of Düsseldorf for development in 1962/1971. The name of the district is derived from the Althellerhof known as the "Musterhof".

Since Hellerhof was formed relatively late, it has by far the youngest population of any district in Düsseldorf. The development of the district began in 1976. As a rule, there are mostly one- and two-family houses and only a few multi-family houses and high-rise buildings have been built in order to be able to settle a well-educated, affluent population south of Garath, consisting mainly of young families, who would otherwise be able to settle in the southern neighboring cities Langenfeld and Monheim am Rhein would have migrated. In the 1980s and 1990s the advertising slogan was: "Living in Düsseldorf - green Hellerhof." The corresponding logo represented a pink butterfly in the green, which was previously set up as a sculpture at the shopping center.

Living

In Hellerhof you live very quietly, the streets in the district are largely traffic-calmed by speed bumps and the residential areas are shielded from the through streets B 8 and Hellerhofweg by noise barriers . A bridge for pedestrians and cyclists has been built above the noise protection walls in Hellerhof-West, over which the Hellerhofweg can be safely crossed. From Hellerhof-Ost, a pedestrian bridge beginning above the noise protection wall, which crosses the B 8 and a river, leads to the Hellerhof S-Bahn station. In addition, many green areas were created along the streets in the residential areas.

Hellerhof industrial park

In Hellerhof-Ost there has been a large commercial area since the 1990s with various production and service companies such as B. the companies A. u. K. Müller (production of solenoid valves for medical, sanitary and food technology), the company Bilfinger HSG FM Rhein-Ruhr (facility management and services), the company Eifeler Werkzeuge (high-tech coatings for industrial applications) and the company Rhein Biotech / Dynavax Europe (development of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals), the large bakery Pass as well as other handicraft businesses and offices of other companies that have their headquarters here.

Culture and sights

Churches

• Evangelical parish with the Hellerhof community center and the Düsseldorf-Hellerhof family center.
• St. Matthäus is a Catholic parish church in the Garath district of Düsseldorf , which also looks after two properties in the Hellerhof district: the St. Matthäus youth leisure facility and the Johannes-Haus, a meeting room of the St. Matthäus parish church.

Other churches and communities

Jehovah's Witnesses have had a meeting house on Duderstädter Strasse for many years.

Surroundings

Pedestrian bridge over the Garather Mühlenbach

The nearby Baumberger Aue (or Urdenbacher Kämpe ), which flows through the Urdenbacher Altrhein , surrounds the district and is often used on weekends as a destination for excursions and for sports, mostly cycling and jogging. A riding stable enables equestrian sports .

Freetime activities

Hellerhof riding stables

The citizens of Hellerhof can do sports in the Hellerhofer Sportverein eV . The association has over 500 members and offers u. a. hockey, tennis, volleyball, beach volleyball, archery, walking and hiking. The sponsor is the BWM-Autohaus Hans Brandenburg GmbH, whose headquarters are in Hellerhof. Two soccer fields and a basketball court have been set up for recreational athletes . In October 2006 a new tartan small playing field with four basketball hoops and two goals was built. There are a large number of child-friendly playgrounds in Hellerhof. The allotment garden KGV Am Alten Rhein 1987 eV was created for nature lovers.

The Bürgererverein Hellerhof eV is committed to the district and offers regular excursions.

The allotment garden association Hellerhof 1985 e. V. with its own system on Graf-von-Stauffenberg-Strasse.

Once a month there is a flea market in the parking lot behind ALDI on Carlo-Schmid-Straße.

Shopping

In Hellerhof, the retail trade is represented by an Aldi and an Edeka branch, where the Pass bakery is sold, a kiosk with a post office, a pharmacy, a flower shop, a specialty shop for Silesian specialties and a branch of the Busch bakery. A specialist practice for general medicine is located next to the Edeka branch. In summer 2017 a new driving school was opened in the shopping center. The gastronomy consists of a kebab snack bar and a sports bar. Since December 1, 2016, the Sparkasse has only offered a 24-hour ATM and a small area with self-service terminals. After the machine was blown up, there has been no ATM for an indefinite period since September 1, 2019. There is a large two-part parking lot in front of the Aldi branch, with the larger front parking lot belonging to the Aldi shopping area and a parking disc requirement. Opposite the shopping center is the company Hans Brandenburg GmbH Düsseldorf, the only BMW dealer in Düsseldorf-Süd.

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  Hellerhof Passage

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  Butterfly in front of the mall

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  Clubhouse for allotment gardeners

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  Pedestrian bridge over the B 8

Web links

Commons : Düsseldorf-Hellerhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of Düsseldorf
• Official homepage of the Hellerhofer Bürgererverein eV
• Official homepage of the Hellerhofer Sportverein eV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Office for statistics and elections of the state capital Düsseldorf: Statistics for the district 102 - Hellerhof
2. ↑ ^{a b} Hellerhof: When 15 people lived in Hellerhof , rp-online.de, July 15, 2016
3. ↑ ^{a b} In: Series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath ; Booklet, p. 38.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} In: Series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath ; Booklet, p. 39.
5. ↑ The Hellerhof district at düsseldorf.de
6. ^ History of Hellerhof
7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), p. 5
8. ↑ rp-online.de: Düsseldorf-Hellerhof - ATM blown up - perpetrators with loot on the run June 18, 2019. Last accessed on October 28, 2019.