Gießerjunge

Gießerjunge is a memorial in Düsseldorf, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia. Gießerjunge is situated nearby to the work of art Gänsebrunnen in Düsseldorf, as well as near the arts center Alte Kämmerei.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Altes Rathaus Düsseldorf and Haus des Karnevals.

city hall Dusseldorf

Town hall

Photo: Alexostrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Düsseldorf City Hall is the city hall of Düsseldorf. It is located at Marktplatz in old town of Düsseldorf, on the bank of Rhine River. Düsseldorf City Hall has five wings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Düsseldorf-Carlstadt.

The Altstadt is one of the 50 quarters of Düsseldorf, Germany; it belongs to central Borough 1. The Düsseldorfer Altstadt is known as "the longest bar in the world", because the small Old Town has more than 300 bars and discothèques; supposedly, each establishment's bar-counter connecting to one next door.

Düsseldorf-Carlstadt

Suburb

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Carlstadt is a quarter of Düsseldorf and belongs to the central Borough 1. It lies south of the Old Town and was named after the Duke Carl-Theodor, who founded this borough.

Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte

Suburb

Photo: ds1987, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stadtmitte is an urban quarter in the central Borough 1 of Düsseldorf, Germany. Stadtmitte borders with Carlstadt, Pempelfort, Oberbilk and the old town of Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf-Altstadt.

Gießerjunge

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Der sagenhafte Düsseldorfer Gießerjunge. Als 1711 Meister Gabriel deGrupello das sagenhafte Jan-Wellem-Reiterbild schuf, rettete der Gießerjunge den Abguß: Er sammelte hurtig fehlendes Metall – auch Schmuckstücke anwesender Damen – und warf es...”
Category: historic site
Location: Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.22565° or 51° 13′ 32″ north

Longitude

6.77162° or 6° 46′ 18″ east

Inception

1932

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F386QGC+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6878355285

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gänsebrunnen in Düsseldorf and Alte Kämmerei.

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