Düsseldorf Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Physical geography=== [[File:Düssel.png|thumb|The course of the Düssel from its source in the Düssel Hill Country (Düsselhügelland) ([[:de:Düsselhügelland|de]]) through the [[Neandertal (valley)|Neandertal]] to Düsseldorf, where it forms three [[River bifurcation|bifurcations]], dividing into the four branches (from north to south) Kittelbach, Nördliche Düssel, Südliche Düssel and Brückerbach]] [[File:Düsseldorf.jpg|thumb|Düsseldorf skyline]] Düsseldorf lies at the centre of the [[Lower Rhine]] basin, where the delta of the [[Düssel]] flows into the Rhine. The city lies on the east side of the Rhine, except [[District 4, Düsseldorf|District 4]] ([[Düsseldorf-Oberkassel|Oberkassel]], [[Düsseldorf-Niederkassel|Niederkassel]], [[Düsseldorf-Heerdt|Heerdt]] and [[Düsseldorf-Lörick|Lörick]]). Across the Rhine, the city of [[Neuss]] stands on the delta of the [[Erft]]. Düsseldorf lies southwest of the [[Ruhr]] urban area, and in the middle of the [[Rhine-Ruhr]] metropolitan region. Düsseldorf is built entirely on [[alluvium]], mud, sand, clay and occasionally gravel. The highest point in Düsseldorf is the top of Sandberg in the far eastern part of the city ([[Düsseldorf-Hubbelrath|Hubbelrath]] borough) at {{convert|165|m|ft|0}}. The lowest point is at the far northern end in [[Düsseldorf-Wittlaer|Wittlaer]] borough where the Schwarzbach enters the Rhine, with an average elevation of {{convert|28|m|ft|0}}. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page