Düsseldorf. State capital of North-Rhine Westphalia. Reading our town.

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1 Düsseldorf State capital of North-Rhine Westphalia Reading our town.

2 jrgcastro Introduction

3 Introduction Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and center of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, located in middle west of Germany and next to the river Rhine. With a population of people, it s the second largest city of the state. Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial center and also renowned for its fashion, trade fairs and architecture.

With a population of 586 000 people, it s the second largest city of the state.

4 Triton-Brunnen, Königsallee Triton-fountain, King s Avenue

5 Rathaus Town-Hall

6 Rheinpromenade Rhine Embankment Promenade

7 Dirk Hartung Medienhafen Media Harbor

8 jaime.silva Landtag NRW Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

9 jaime.silva Gehry Bauten Gehry Buildings

10 Tobias Sieben Restaurant in the Media Harbor

11 jaime.silva Culture

12 Culture Art-loving Elector Jan Wellem and his wife Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici of Tuscany, were the patrons of Düsseldorf's first significant cultural activities in the 17th and 18th centuries. Heinrich Heine, Clara and Robert Schumann as well as Felix Mendelssohn are the most prominent artists related to the city. Artistic impulses were often born in the Academy of Fine Arts and the names of Paul Klee, Joseph Beuys as well as Gerhard Richter. The Düsseldorf cultural scene comprises traditional and avant-garde, classical and glamorous styles. The world famous state art collection of North Rhine- Westphalia, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (opera), and the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (theatre) are major elements of Düsseldorf's reputation as a centre of the fine arts.

Artistic impulses were often born in the Academy of Fine Arts and the names of Paul Klee, Joseph Beuys as well as Gerhard Richter.

13 Henning Mühlinghaus Kunstsammlung NRW Arts Collection of North Rhine-Westphalia

14 Tonhalle Concert Hall

15 Schröder+Schömbs PR Fashion Shows

16 History

17 History The first written mention of the town of Düsseldorf dates back to 1135 (then called Dusseldorp in the local Low Rhenish dialect). It was told that under Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa the small town of Kaiserswerth, situated in the North of Düsseldorf, became a well fortified outpost, where soldiers kept their watchful eyes over every movement on the Rhine. Kaiserswerth eventually became a suburb of Düsseldorf in In 1946 Düsseldorf was made capital of the new federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city's reconstruction proceeded very quickly and the economic transformation saw Düsseldorf growing into a wealthy city of trade, administration and service industries as it is known today.

their watchful eyes over every movement on the Rhine. Kaiserswerth eventually became a suburb of Düsseldorf in 1929.

18 nicolasberlin / photocase.com People

19 People 17% of Düsseldorf's population are foreigners, which is a total of 98,686 people. The largest ethnic minority groups are Turks, Greeks and Italians. Düsseldorf has the third-largest Jewish community in Germany, with about 7,600 members, which is more than 1% of the city's population. Düsseldorf and its surroundings have the third-largest Japanese community in Europe and the largest in Germany (about 11,000).

Düsseldorf has the third-largest Jewish community in Germany, with about 7,600 members, which is more

20 miss_yasmina Way of Living

21 Way of Living The Königsallee ("King's Avenue"; nicknamed "Kö") is one of the most important luxury shopping streets in Germany. The Old Town (Altstadt) is called the longest bar in the world because of its 300 bars. Famous is the special beer from Düsseldorf, the Altbier ("old beer"), brewed from an old traditional recipe, which is only brewed in a few places in the world since the end of the 19th century. One of the biggest cultural events in Düsseldorf is the Carnival (also referred to as the "fifth season") which starts every year on 11 November at 11:11 a.m. Düsseldorf's football team is Fortuna Düsseldorf. Their new stadium, the Esprit arena, opened in January 2005 and has a capacity of 51,500.

22 Königsallee King s Avenue

23 Altstadt Old Town

24 Karneval Carnival

25 Größte Kirmes am Rhein Largest Fair on the Rhine

26 ESPRIT Arena

27 The End

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Department of Social Sciences Sociology Political Science Communication and Media Studies BA Social Sciences 3 General Introduction 3 Study Profile 3 The Interdisciplinary Approach 4 Theory and Practice