Stockum is an urban borough of
DüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
. It is located north of
UnterrathUnterrath is one of the 49 boroughs of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany and is located in the north of the municipality. It is in the neighbourhood of the Düsseldorf Airport.-Geography:...
and
GolzheimGolzheim, a borough of Düsseldorf in District 1 on the Rhine, just north of the city center, is primarily a business and hotel district, but retains some of the old stately villas.-History:...
, east of
KaiserswerthKaiserswerth is one of the oldest parts of the City of Düsseldorf. It is in the north of the city and next to the river Rhine. It houses the Deaconess's Institute of Kaiserswerth where Florence Nightingale studied....
, west of
LohausenLohausen is an urban borough in the north of Düsseldorf, in neighbourhood to Stockum, Kaiserswerth, Unterrath, Wittlaer, the river Rhine and Ratingen. The airport of Düsseldorf is in Lohausen....
and the Düsseldorf Airport, south of
KalkumKalkum is an urban borough of Düsseldorf.It is in the north of the city, neighboring to Kaiserswerth, Angermund, Wittlaer and Ratingen.Kalkum has been existing latest since the 12th century A.C.....
.
Stockum has an area of 6.70 km² and 4,894 inhabitants.
In opposide to the neighboring Kaiserswerth there is no interesting history about Stockum.
Stockum became a part of Düsseldorf in 1909.
In 1971 the
Düsseldorf Exhibition CenterDüsseldorf Messe is a trade fair ground and organizer, based in Düsseldorf, Germany. With a workforce of 1,459 employees worldwide and a total exhibition space of 285,000 sqm in Düsseldorf, the company is one of the largest in the industry...
went to Stockum.
It has 18 halls and an exhibition area of about 200,000 m².
There is a huge park (Nordpark) in Stockum, too. In that park there is an aqua zoo and a Japanese garden.
North of the exhibition center there is the new multifunctional sports arena of Düsseldorf, the Esprit Arena.