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D�sseldorf: Germany

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The city of Dsseldorf plays an important role in the financial world: some 170 national and international financial institutions and about 130 insurance agencies are based here. Furthermore, one of the biggest German stock exchanges is located here. The print media, represented in Dsseldorf by around 200 publishing houses, have adjusted to the requirements of various fields of the economy – online and offline. Important newspapers and journals such as Handelsblatt, Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsches Wirtschaftsblatt, VDI nachrichten or DM are being published in the city on the Rhine. Almost all of these papers are available online on the Internet. Further, Genios, the daughter of publishing group Handelsblatt runs Germany’s biggest online economic database from here. Renowned film making companies, such as Germany’s biggest cinema enterprise the Riech-Group and TV-channels such as CNN, NBC Giga and QVC have made Dsseldorf a city of moving images.

Districts in Dsseldorf

Dsseldorf today consists of the following districts:

Altstadt(OldTown), Angermund, Benrath, Bilk, Derendorf, Dsseltal, Eller, Flehe, Flingern, Friedrichstadt, Garath, Gerresheim, Golzheim, Grafenberg, Hafen, Hamm, Hassels, Heerdt, Hellerhof, Himmelgeist, Holthausen, Hubbelrath, Itter, Kaiserswerth, Kalkum, Karlstadt, Lichtenbroich, Lierenfeld, Lohausen, Loerick (Lrick), Ludenberg, Moersenbroich (Mrsenbroich), Niederkassel, Oberbilk, Oberkassel, Pempelfort, Rath, Reisholz, Stadtmitte, Stockum, Unterbach, Unterbilk, Unterrath, Urdenbach, Vennhausen, Volmerswerth, Wersten and Wittlaer.

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