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Düsseldorf [a] is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, ... GAP 15, an 85-metre-high (279 ft) building constructed in 2005 near Königsallee;
Düsseldorf's history of skyscrapers began 1924 with the completion of the 13-storey, 57-meter-high (187-foot) Wilhelm Marx House. The first building to exceed the 100-meter mark was the LVA-Tower in the Carlstadt district of Düsseldorf, built in 1976. Since then, Düsseldorf has completed 3 high-rise buildings of this height.
The Rheinturm (pronounced [ˈʁaɪntʊʁm]; 'Rhine Tower') is a 240.5-metre-high (789 ft) concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters.
The following is a list of the tallest high-rise buildings by German federal state, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural ...
Wilhelm Marx House (Wilhelm-Marx-Haus) is a historical high-rise building in the central district of Düsseldorf in Germany. It was one of the first highrise buildings in Germany. Wilhelm Marx House was finished in 1924 (beginning of the construction was in 1922) and was one of the first skyscrapers in Europe. It is 57 meters high and has 13 ...
The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. [2] A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of 7,110 square kilometres (2,750 sq mi), entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It is the only area in Germany where the traditional dialects are Low Franconian, rather than Low German or High German. It was created as a subdivision of the Prussian Rhineland when Prussia reformed its internal administration in 1815. In 1822 the Regierungsbezirk Kleve was incorporated into Regierungbezirk Düsseldorf.
The entire borough has a high density of institutions and enterprises associated with the arts and culture in general. The borough shares borders (clockwise from north) with Düsseldorf boroughs 5, 6, 2, 3 and - over the Rhine - Borough 4.