District 7, Düsseldorf

District 7 (German: Stadtbezirk 7) is an eastern city district of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The district covers an area of 27,97 square kilometres and (as of December 2009) has about 44,000 inhabitants. The district borders with the Düsseldorf districts 8, 2 and 6 to the South, West and North. To the East the district borders with the rural districts of Kreis Mettmann.

Stadtbezirk 7
District of Düsseldorf
Location of District 7 shown in red
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Düsseldorf
Area
• Total	27.97 km^2 (10.80 sq mi)
Population  (December 2009[1])
• Total	43,814
• Density	1,566/km^2 (4,060/sq mi)

typical residential street in Grafenberg

Düsseldorf-Grafenberg Racecourse in Grafenberg

Subdivisions

District 7 is made up of five Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²
071	Gerresheim	28,003	6,74	4,154
072	Grafenberg	5,429	0,94	5,775
073	Ludenberg	6,941	6,44	1,077
074	Hubbelrath	3,468	13,01	250
075	Knittkuhl	1,947	0,85	2,291
source: Amt für Statistik und Wahlen der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (in German)

Places of interest

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

• Düsseldorf-Grafenberg Racecourse, Grafenberg

Landmarks

• St. Margareta, Gerresheim

Parks and open spaces

• Ostpark

Transportation

The district is served by numerous railway stations and highway.[2] Stations include Düsseldorf-Gerresheim and both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn light rail- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The district can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 3 as well as Bundesstraße 7 and 8.

See also

• Districts of Düsseldorf

References

1. Stadtbezirk 7 Archived December 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 2009 (in German)
2. Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr

External links

• Official webpage of the district (in German)