Düsseldorf-Hassels
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Hassels is an urban borough of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf 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...

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Its original name was "Hasselholt" what means hazelnut wood in older German language.
In the 17th century only the first part of the name survived.
Hassels belonged to the Knights of Eller
Düsseldorf-Eller
Eller is an urban borough of Düsseldorf.It is located in the east of the central district. Eller has been a part of Düsseldorf since the year 1909.-History:Archeological findings tell of a continuous settlement in Eller up from the second century A.D....

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Later Hassels became part of the office of mayor of Benrath
Düsseldorf-Benrath
Benrath is a part of Düsseldorf in the south of the city. It has been a part of Düsseldorf since 1929.-History:The name Benrath came from the "Knights of Benrode". The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1222 in a document from Cologne where Everhard de Benrode is named as an attestor...

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In 1929 Hassels became - together with Benrath - part of Düsseldorf.
Large settlements were built in Hassels in the 1920s, the 1950s and in the 1970s.

The old church from the 17th century no longer exists.
Therefore Hassels has an early modern Catholic church, the St. Antonius Church from 1929. It was planned by Hermann Schagen.
The Protestant Church was created by Kleiner in 1964.
The Protestant school was in an old timbered house from 1804 for a long while.
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