Westfalenpark
The Westfalenpark is a large public park in Dortmund, Germany. With an area of 70 ha, the park is one of the largest inner-city parks in Europe and is a popular destination for excursions and recreation in North Rhine-Westphalia.Photo: Mbdortmund, GFDL.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westfalenstadion and Volkssternwarte Dortmund.
Westfalenstadion
Stadium
Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Westfalenstadion is a football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund. Officially called Signal Iduna Park for sponsorship reasons and BVB Stadion Dortmund in UEFA competitions, the name derives from the former Prussian province of Westphalia.
Volkssternwarte Dortmund
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Volkssternwarte Dortmund is an observatory.
Florianturm
Tower
Photo: Alexostrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Florianturm is a telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund. It is named after St. Florian, the patron saint of gardeners. The Florianturm is the TV tower of Dortmund and was built in 1959 as an attraction for a federal horticultural show with a height of 219.6 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hörde and Kreuzviertel.
Kreuzviertel
Quarter
Kreuzviertel is a neighbourhood of Dortmund, Germany and it has about 15,885 inhabitants. Along with the Nordstadt in the north and the Kaiserviertel in the east, it is part of Dortmund's dense inner city districts.
Brünninghausen
Suburb
Brünninghausen is a Stadtteil in the south of the city of Dortmund in Germany. It belongs to the Stadtbezirk Hombruch. With a population of 3,913 and an area of 2.16 km2 it is one of the smaller parts of Dortmund.
Westfalenpark
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Dortmund, Germany
- Categories: tourism, recreation area, and theme park
- Location: Dortmund, Arnsberg, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49532° or 51° 29′ 43″ northLongitude
7.4796° or 7° 28′ 47″ eastElevation
114 metres (374 feet)Open location code
9F39FFWH+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 17707818OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkGeoNames ID
6695933Wikidata ID
Q2565135
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Westfalenpark” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حديقة وستفاليا”
- Cebuano: “Westfalenpark”
- Chinese: “威斯特法倫公園”
- German: “Westfalenpark”
- Japanese: “ヴェストファーレンパーク”
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