Vennhausen is an urban borough of Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It borders on Unterbach, Eller and Gerresheim. Unterbach was a local borough of Erkrath, Germany, until 1975 when it became an urban borough of Düsseldorf in a local reorganisation se also Walton Eller Eller is an urban borough of Düsseldorf. Gerresheim is one of the oldest parts of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany.
A few hundred years ago the area was swamp, moor and fen, hence the name for the settlement Vennhausen, which is derived from "Venn", a Low German word for fen. Vennhausen became a settlement much later than its neighbouring bouroughs, starting in the Tannenhof. In 1809 Vennhausen became a part of the communal district of Gerresheim due to the Napoleonic area reforms at that time. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. In 1872 Vennhausen got its own railway station which helped with the transportation of workers, who had settled in Vennhausen, to and from the factories in Gerresheim and Eller. se also Walton Eller Eller is an urban borough of Düsseldorf. The station was closed in the 1970's. In 1909 Vennhausen became a part of Düsseldorf. Today Vennhausen has about 10,000 inhabitants.
Vennhausen is a green part of Düsseldorf, especially the neighboring Eller Forst (a small wood) and the Unterbacher See (Lake Unterbach) The later has two beaches which are popular recreational areas of Düsseldorf.
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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