Wuppertal
Wuppertal | |
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  Wuppertal | |
| Coordinates: 51°16′0″N 07°11′0″E / 51.26667°N 7.18333°ECoordinates: 51°16′0″N 07°11′0″E / 51.26667°N 7.18333°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| Destrict | Urban destrict |
| Govrenment | |
| • Laird Mayor | Peter Jung (CDU) |
| • Governing parties | CDU / SPD |
| Area | |
| • Total | 168.41 km2 (65.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100-350 m (−1,050 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 354,572 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 42001-42399 |
| Diallin codes | 0202 |
| Vehicle registration | W |
| Website | wuppertal.de |
Wuppertal (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊpɐtaːl]) is a ceety in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. It is locatit in an aroond the Wupper river valley, an is situatit east o the ceety o Düsseldorf an sooth o the Ruhr aurie. Wi a population o approximately 350,000, it is the lairgest ceety in the Bergisches Land. Wuppertal is kent for its steep slopes, its firths an pairks, an its suspension railway, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. Twa-thirds o the tot municipal aurie o Wuppertal is green space. Frae ony pairt o the ceety it is anerlie a ten-minute walk in ane o the public pairks or woodland paths.
In the 18t an 19t centuries, Wuppertal wis ane o the biggest industrial regions o continental Europe. Wuppertal the day is still a major industrial centre, bein hame tae industries such as textiles, metallurgy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals (Aspirin wis inventit in Wuppertal in 1897 bi Bayer [3]), electronics, automobiles, rubber, vehicles an printin equipment.
The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment an Energy is locatit in the ceety.
Internaitional relations
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Photogallery
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View on Wuppertal -
Section o the floatin tram ower the Wupper -
teepical steep street in Wuppertal. -
Sculpturepark Waldfrieden - Tony Cragg Points of View (2008) -
View on Burgholz firths wi teepical Bergisches fermerhoose -
Panoramic view ower Ölberg quairter in Wuppertal
Notes and references
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
- ↑ Stadt Wuppertal "Daten und Fakten - Stadtporträt" Archived 2009-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Marvin Brendel. "110 Jahre Aspirin" (in German). GeschichtsPuls. Retrieved 22 Mey 2011.
- ↑ "Partnership towns of the City of Košice" (in Slovak). © 2007-2009 City of Košice Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr. SNP 48/A, 040 11 Košice. Archived frae the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 12 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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- (in German) Wuppertal offeecial wabsteid
Travel guide tae Wuppertal frae Wikivoyage- Offeecial wabsteid o the University o Wuppertal
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