Wuppertal
Wuppertal | |
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 Wuppertal Elberfeld | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Wuppertal  | |
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| Coordinates: 51°16′0″N 07°11′0″E / 51.26667°N 7.18333°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | urban district |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2025–30) | Miriam Scherff (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | SPD / CDU |
| Area | |
| • Total | 168.41 km2 (65.02 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
| • Total | 358,592 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 42001-42399 |
| Dialling codes | 0202 |
| Vehicle registration | W |
| Website | www |
Wuppertal is a city in the west of Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is next to Düsseldorf.
Wuppertal has about 360,000 inhabitants. It has a university, a zoo and daily opened botanical garden, an operahouse, expansive parks and forests with Germany's largest arboretum.
A well-known tourist attraction is the Wuppertal Schwebebahn, a suspension railway hanging about 10 metres (33 feet) above ground along a route of 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi).
Education and science
The Bergische Universität Wuppertal is a university located in Wuppertal, founded in 1972 and visited by approximately 20,000 students. The Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie develops research, strategies and tools in the field of sustainable development at national and international levels. It collaborates with several universities and institutes in Germany and abroad.
Twin towns – sister cities
Wuppertal is twinned with:
South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Saint-Étienne, France
Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Beersheba, Israel
Košice, Slovakia- Schwerin
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Legnica, Poland
References
- ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2025, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "Partnerstädte". wuppertal.de (in German). Wuppertal. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
Other websites
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| Urban districts | Aachen • Bielefeld • Bochum • Bonn • Bottrop • Dortmund • Duisburg • Düsseldorf • Essen • Gelsenkirchen • Hagen • Hamm • Herne • Köln (Cologne) • Krefeld • Leverkusen • Mönchengladbach • Mülheim • Münster • Oberhausen • Remscheid • Solingen • Wuppertal |  |
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| Rural Districts | Aachen • Borken • Coesfeld • Düren • Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis • Euskirchen • Gütersloh • Heinsberg • Herford • Hochsauerland • Höxter • Kleve • Lippe • Märkischer Kreis • Mettmann • Minden-Lübbecke • Oberbergischer Kreis • Olpe • Paderborn • Recklinghausen • Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis • Rhein-Erft-Kreis • Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Rhein-Sieg-Kreis • Siegen-Wittgenstein • Soest • Steinfurt • Unna • Viersen • Warendorf • Wesel | |
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