Düsseldorf-Volmerswerth

Volmerswerth is a borough in western Düsseldorf, District 3, by the river Rhine. It borders the boroughs Hamm, Bilk and Flehe. Its area is 2.17 km².

While more and more houses are constructed, the remaining agricultural land is the reason for many of the people coming to Volmerswerth for walking, inline-skating and bicycling along the Rhine on the weekends.

History

The island Volmerswerth was mentioned for the first time in 1173. At that time the owner of the little fishing settlement was the monastery Schwarzrheindorf.

Volmerswerth got its own church in the year 1300. In 1456 it got its own justice court, but in 1487 it became a part of Düsseldorf. In 1856 the neo-gothic church was constructed.

Demography

Only 2,173 people live in Volmerswerth. [ [http://www.duesseldorf.de/statistik/d_ueberblick/stadtteile/035.shtml Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf im Überblick- Stadtteil 035 Volmerswerth ] ] Of these, only 9.3% of them are not German citizens (in Düsseldorf as a whole the figure is 17%). The reason is that Volmerswerth was traditionally a rural district inside of the city of Düsseldorf. The situation is changing because Volmerswerth is one of the few boroughs near the river Rhine, where it is possible to built new houses. The average age in Volmerswerth is 42 years. The unemployment rate is about 10.2%.

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