District 6 (Düsseldorf)

Düsseldorf district 6
Geographic location :	51 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E
Area :	19.65 km²
Residents :	65,415 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Population density :	3,329 inhabitants per km²
District Mayor :	Ralf Thomas (SPD)
1st deputy District Mayor:	Birgit Schentek (CDU)
Distribution of seats in the district representation 19 seats:	CDU : 7 SPD : 7 Bü 90 / Greens : 1 FDP : 2 Die Linke : 1 non-party : 1
Website :	www.duesseldorf.de/bv/06.html

The District 6 is one of ten districts of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Dusseldorf . It includes the northeastern districts of Lichtenbroich , Unterrath , Rath and Mörsenbroich . The form of the city districts to structure the city of Düsseldorf was introduced in 1975. The seat of the district administration is on Münsterstrasse in Rath.

In contrast to other large cities in North Rhine-Westphalia such as Cologne or Duisburg , the city districts in Düsseldorf do not have proper names , but are only designated with a number.

Description of the borough

District 6 is bounded in the north by Düsseldorf Airport and the city limits to Ratingen and in the east by the Aaper forest. To the south and west, the district boundaries can only be recognized by road signs, as the development is connected to the neighboring districts 1 , 2 , 5 and 7 .

The industry, especially the Mannesmannröhren-Werk in Rath, which today operates under the name Vallourec , was a defining factor in the city district . With the relocation of locations and production stops, modern commercial and office parks have been created on other old industrial sites, benefiting from the transport links to the A 44 and A 52 motorways and the proximity to the airport.

District 6 is densely populated. The social structure and the building structure are very heterogeneous. Villas stand next to urban terraced houses from the post-war period, cooperative apartments from the 1920s and high-rise buildings from the 1970s. More details can be found in the articles on the individual districts.

History of the borough

St. Joseph Church

The area of ​​today's city district 6 lies on the edge of the Rhenish high terrace, the transition from the Lower Rhine to the Bergisches Land . Here the terrain rises rapidly from 40 m above sea level. NN at a good 100 m above sea level. NN at. At the edge of this transition there were swampy areas, most of the area was forested. The oldest traces of human settlements found so far come from the Neolithic Age . Excavations suggest that there was a permanent settlement in Rath around the year 500.

The Aaper forest was first mentioned in a document in 1140. Aape (or Aype) was the name of a forest rich in water at the time. The first settlers here were clearing farmers who wrested their building and arable land from the dense forest. In 1375 the honor "Roede under dem Aype" is mentioned, the origin of the later settlement Rath.

Only at the end of the 19th century did the real development of the area begin, which was all the more stormy in the following decades. The Ruhr Valley Railway was opened in 1872, Rath received a train station in 1891, and in 1897 Mannesmann moved to Rath. In 1909 the four parts of the city, which today form the 6th district, were incorporated into Düsseldorf at their own request.

Results of the 2014 local elections

See also : Results of the elections for the district representatives in Düsseldorf city district 6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics and urban research at "duesseldorf.de" - district 06 (PDF: 156 KB) accessed on February 7, 2018
2. ↑ http://www.bv6.cduduesseldorf.de/verbindungen
3. ↑ http://www.bv6.cduduesseldorf.de/verbindungen
4. ↑ Allocation of seats (PDF: 2.4 MB) accessed on September 4, 2018