Westen
District of Wuppertal
in Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Essen Mulheim Airport (13 mi) - Düsseldorf International Airport (17 mi)
- Dortmund Airport (26 mi)
- Cologne Bonn Airport (28 mi)
- Mönchengladbach Airport (29 mi)
- Norvenich Airport (38 mi)
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (64 mi)
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Twenthe Airport (70 mi)
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- Cologne Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- Aachen Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (Unesco heritage, 108 mi)
- Schokland and Surroundings (Unesco heritage, 112 mi)
- Messel Pit Fossil Site (Unesco heritage, 117 mi)
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City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (Unesco heritage, 123 mi) - Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch (Unesco heritage, 128 mi)
- Kölner Zoo (zoo, (23 mi)
- Fernsehturm Dortmund ( Florianturm) (observation point, (21 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.270 and 7.168 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 16' 12" and E 7° 10' 3"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- German
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 03:39 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Berlin
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:56 am and 4:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Germany.
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Delve into Westen
The district Westen of Wuppertal in Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia) is a district located in Germany about 280 mi west of Berlin, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 4°C / 38 °F |
| Night Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 17% |
| Air Humidity | 93% |
| Air Pressure | 991 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
3°C (37 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
1°C (34 °F)
-2°C (29 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
2°C (36 °F)
1°C (33 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
IntercityHotel
Ascot garni
Amical
Vienna House Easy Wuppertal
Best Western Waldhotel Eskeshof
Park Villa
Bergische Schweiz
Nüller Hof
Langerfelder Hof
TRYP by Wyndham
Videos from this area
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Hubschrauber Start in Wuppertal
Am Sonntag, den 18. Mai 2014 landete der Rettungshubschrauber Typ Eurocopter EC-135 mit der Kennzeichung D-HZSN der Luftrettung (Christoph 3 aus Köln) aufgrund eines Patiententransportes ...
Dachstuhlbrand in Wuppertal Unterbarmen
Am Dienstag, den 07.10.2014 kam es gegen 16:30 Uhr aus bisher ungeklärter Ursache zu einem Dachstuhlbrand in einem leerstehendem Gebäude im Christbusch. Die Berufsfeuerwehr war mit mehr ...
ADAC Hubschrauber Start in Wuppertal
Am Freitag, den 16.08.2013 landete der ADAC Intensiv Transport Hubschrauber (ITH) Christoph Rheinland auf dem Gelände des Helios Klinikum Wuppertal Barmen an der Liebigstraße für einen ...
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Nacht Zeitraffer Wuppertal Barmen
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Wohnungsbrand Siegesstraße Wuppertal
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Weihnachtsmarkt Impressionen Wuppertal Barmen 13.12.2012 Full HD TV21NRW
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Chinesische Phytotherapie Ausbildung in Wuppertal und Witten-Herdecke
Seit 1995 bildet die August-Brodde-Schule in Wuppertal Ärzte und Heilpraktiker in Chinesischer Phytotherapie aus. Seit 2012 findet die Ausbildung mit neuem Konzept in Kooperation mit dem Zentrum.
Gereon Lepper - Roaring Forties
Ausstellung vom 24. Juni bis 28. September 2014 Der Bildhauer Gereon Lepper (1956*, Ratingen) arbeitet seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre an einer skulpturalen, das plastische Potenzial von Natur...
Hubschrauber startet in Wuppertal
Der Intensivtransporter D-HBKK landete am 30.12.2012 um 11:44 Uhr auf dem Landeplatz des Helios Klinikum Barmen in Wuppertal. Um 12:27 Uhr startete er dann wieder in Richtung Süden.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Elberfeld
See also Elberfeld, Indiana. For the baseball player with this name, see Kid Elberfeld. link =This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia. View a machine-translated version of the German article.
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy is a German research institution that explores and develops models, strategies and instruments to support sustainable development at local, national and international level. Sustainability research at the Wuppertal Institute focuses on ecology and its relation to economy and society.
Tuffi
Tuffi (*1946 in India, † 1989 in Paris, France) was a female circus elephant that became famous in Germany in 1950 when she jumped from the suspended monorail in Wuppertal into the river below. On 21 July 1950 the circus director Franz Althoff had Tuffi, then 4 years old, take the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal, as a marketing gag.
Barmen
Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 with the city of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. Barmen was the birthplace of Friedrich Engels and together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric suspended monorail tramway system, the Schwebebahn floating tram.
Wuppertal Suspension Railway
The Wuppertal Suspension Railway is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. Its full name is "Electric Elevated Railway Installation (Suspension Railway), Eugen Langen System" (Anlage einer elektrischen Hochbahn, System Eugen Langen). It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system.
Lichtscheid
The Lichtscheid is the highest hill of the German town Wuppertal. It has an altitude of 350 metres.
Uni-Halle
Uni-Halle is an indoor sporting arena located in Wuppertal, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 4,100 people. It is currently home to the Bergischer HC handball team.
Vorwerk (company)
Vorwerk is an international diversified corporate group headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany. The main business is the direct distribution of various products like household appliances, fitted kitchens or cosmetics. Vorwerk was founded in 1883. Including sales representatives, the family enterprise, which is operated as a limited partnership, employs almost half a million people in over 60 countries worldwide, (as of 2011). For the year 2011, the company posted revenues of 2.367 billion euros.
University of Wuppertal
The University of Wuppertal (Universität Wuppertal) is a German scientific institution, located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The university, the full German name of which is Bergische Universität Wuppertal (BUW), was formed in 1972 and is located in the city of Wuppertal, within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Wuppertal Central Station
Wuppertal Central Station (Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station in the city of Wuppertal, just south of the Ruhr Area, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the line between Düsseldorf/Cologne and Dortmund. The 1848 reception building is one of the oldest of its kind. The station was originally Elberfeld station and has been renamed several times since. Since 1992, it has been called Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof.
Von der Heydt Museum
The Von der Heydt Museum is a museum in Wuppertal, Germany. The Von der Heydt Museum includes works by 19th and 20th century artists. The first of Pablo Picasso’s works that ever appeared in public was displayed here.
Biblical Archaeological Institute
The Biblical Archaeological Institute Wuppertal (BAI) was established in 1999 by the Protestant Church of the Rhineland. It constitutes an institute of the “Protestant University of Wuppertal” as well as an associated institute of the University of Wuppertal and holds the right to award doctorates at both universities. The necessary financial endowment is provided by the “Friends of the BAI” (e.V.).
Botanischer Garten Wuppertal
The Botanischer Garten Wuppertal (2.5 hectares), also known as the Botanischer Garten der Stadt Wuppertal, is a municipal botanical garden located at Elisenhöhe 1, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily without charge. The garden dates to 1890 when a botanical school garden was first created on a 4600 m² plot that is now the Rose Garden.
Polizeipräsidium Wuppertal
The Polizeipräsidium Wuppertal (Police Headquarters of Wuppertal) is a part of the North Rhine-Westphalia Police. The jurisdiction spans over the cities of Wuppertal, Remscheid and Solingen. Head of authority is Leitender Polizeidirektor Georg Schulz.
Wuppertal-Barmen station
Wuppertal-Barmen station is a station in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Elberfeld–Dortmund railway. Its entrance building is protected as a monument. It was Barmen Hauptbahnhof prior to Barmen's incorporation in Wuppertal in 1929. Before the Second World War it was an important stop for express trains and had substantial freight traffic.
Wuppertal-Steinbeck station
Wuppertal-Steinbeck station is a station on the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The current station building was built in 1913 and it has been heritage-listed since 1991. It replaced an older station building that was built between 1860 and 1870. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station
Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station is located in the German city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
Klusensprung
Klusensprung is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Müllers Marionetten-Theater
Müllers Marionetten-Theater is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Opernhaus Wuppertal
Opernhaus Wuppertal is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Rex-Theater
Rex-Theater is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Schauspielhaus (Wuppertal)
Schauspielhaus is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Thalia-Theater (Wuppertal)
Thalia-Theater is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Lego-Brücke
The Lego-Brücke is a concrete beam bridge which crosses over the Schwesterstraße in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Wuppertal, Germany. In 2011, graffiti and street artist Martin Heuwold repainted the bridge in the style of Lego bricks, receiving national and international media attention for his work. The work was awarded the Deutscher Fassadenpreis Advancement Prize in 2012.
Klauser Schuhe
The company Klauser, also known as Klauser Schuhe or Schuhhaus Klauser, is one of the largest owner-operated shoe retailers in Germany. With its main office located in Wuppertal, the company employes 1900 people in 130 branches. Klauser celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2011.
These districts also belong to Wuppertal.
- Barmen
- Carnap
- Dahl
- Elberfeld
- Hatzfeld
- Laaken
- Lichtenplatz
- Nuetzenberg
- OEhde
- Rauental
- Scheidt
- Steinbeck
- UEllendahlerbrunnen
- Weinberg
These are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Wuppertal.
- Dilldorfer Hoehe
- Rosendahl
- Siebenmorgen
- Lustheide
- Huettenstrasse
- Klausenberg
- Duesseldorf-Pempelfort
- Kriel
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Wuppertal.
- Remscheid
- Solingen
- Schwelm
- Mettmann
- Bochum
- Kurten
- Odenthal
- Essen
- Gelsenkirchen
- Herne
- Bergisch Gladbach
- Leverkusen
- Hagen
- Lindlar
- Recklinghausen
- Bottrop
- Schalksmuehle
- Oberhausen
- Engelskirchen
- Dortmund
- Duesseldorf
- Cologne
- Marienheide
- Much
- Duisburg
- Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde
- Luedenscheid
- Gummersbach
- Siegburg
- Neuss
Elberfeld: Döppersberg − Wuppertal Hbf, Elberfeld (source)
Elberfeld: Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof, Elberfeld (source)
Elberfeld: Wuppertal Döppersberg − Morianstraße, Elberfeld (source)
Wuppertal: Elberfeld − Barmenia Versicherungen − Elisenhöhe − Wuppertal-Unterbarmen, Wuppertal (source)
Wuppertal: Alter Markt, Wuppertal (source)
Wuppertal: Blick von der Gathe in Richtung Morianstraße, Wuppertal (source)
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