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Map of DUSSELDORF

editor — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 03:45:00 +0000

DUSSELDORF The core of the city is an avenue, some say, a fashion promenade: the Konigsallee, affectionately dubbed the ‘Ko\ Not only Diisseldorfers believe it to be one of the most splendid boulevards of the Old World. It is only one kilometer long, but nobody dashes through the ‘Ko’ in 12-15 minutes, it is not for rushing. It is lined with the finest shops, boulevard cafes and small restaurants. Chestnut and plane trees make a green roof over the 85-meter wide triumphal avenue. Everyone strolling along the elegant ‘Ko’ will enjoy the atmosphere of fashion and art that pervades this

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Travel to DUSSELDORF

editor — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 03:50:00 +0000

HISTORY The one-time provincial town on the Lower-Rhine first blossomed around 1400. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Diisseldorf became a capital, namely of the Duchies of Jiilich, Cleves and Berg. There is manifold evidence of the golden age when Duke Johann Wilhelm, the ever popular Jan Wellem, held court here (1679-1716). Art was collected and created, much was celebrated, built and squandered. Only the industrialisation of the nineteenth century brought about new prosperity after long periods of turbulence and frequent war. But of course, even ‘Prussian’ Diisseldorf had its Rhenish life-style and way of thought. The position of

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Sights and Attractions in DUSSELDORF

editor — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

SIGHTS Thyssen High-Rise Building at Jan-Wellem Platz; Rhine Tower (the city’s highest building); Ehrenhof (includes the recently refurbished Museum of Art); Church of S. Lambertus (13th c.); Andreaskirche (church, first half of 17th c.; Benrath Castle (late Baroque, 1755-73); Castle Garden at Benrath, Hofgarten, Nordpark with its Japanese Garden, Siidpark, one of the city’s most important areas of green; Geresheim & Quadenhof, former Collegiate Church pf S. Margaretha; Kaiserswerth. The poisonous, trailing, stinging cells (nematocyst) of the lion’s mane jellyfish that flow along in the strong currents can be a real nuisance during July and August. The surrounding seabed consists

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