14 Facts About Duisburg

Duisburg is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Duisburg is a city in Germany's Rhineland, the fifth-largest of the nation's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Duisburg is one of the largest cities in the Meuse-Rhenish dialect area and the largest in the South Guelderish area .

Duisburg is a result of numerous incorporations of surrounding towns and smaller cities.

Duisburg is in the Lowland Rhine area at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr and near the outskirts of the Bergisches Land.

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Since 1 January 1975, Duisburg has been divided into seven districts or boroughs from north to south:.

Current Mayor of Duisburg is Soren Link of the Social Democratic Party, who was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2017.

Major logistical center in the Ruhr and location of chemical, steel and iron industries, Duisburg was a primary target of Allied bombers.

Duisburg is served by several autobahns, with 3 east–west routes and 2 north–south routes.

The local radio station "Radio Duisburg" was the first local radio broadcaster in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Besides Dusseldorf Duisburg is a residence of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, one of the major opera houses in Germany.

Buildings vary from old churches such as "St Johann Baptist" in Duisburg-Hamborn, which was built in 900, to modern age buildings such as Micro-Electronic-Centrum in Duisburg-Neudorf, built in 1995.

City contains two botanical gardens, the Botanischer Garten Duisburg-Hamborn and the Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg, as well as a number of municipal parks.

Duisburg is known for its Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon, its rowing and canoeing regattas and the world championships that take place there regularly.