Bilk
Sign in to savethumb|Map of Düsseldorf, showing Bilk (in red) within Borough 3 (Düsseldorf)|Borough 3 (in pink) Bilk () is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Düsseldorf. Together with Oberbilk, Unterbilk, Hamm, Flehe and Volmerswerth it constitutes Borough 3, which is the most populous borough of Düsseldorf. Bilk has an area of , and 41,150 inhabitants (2020). Heinrich-Heine-University is in Bilk.
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- 41150
- Area
- 5.56
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thumb|Map of Düsseldorf, showing Bilk (in red) within Borough 3 (Düsseldorf)|Borough 3 (in pink) Bilk () is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Düsseldorf. Together with Oberbilk, Unterbilk, Hamm, Flehe and Volmerswerth it constitutes Borough 3, which is the most populous borough of Düsseldorf. Bilk has an area of , and 41,150 inhabitants (2020). Heinrich-Heine-University is in Bilk.
== History == thumb|Old Saint Martin Church thumb|140px|Observatory (Bilker Sternwarte) The first documentary mention of Bilk is in the year 799. The Old Church is older and seems to be from about 700 A.D., given by Saint Suitbert, but was destroyed by fire about 900, and is mentioned in 1019 for the first time. During the following centuries, the church was reconstructed frequently, especially in the 12th century and the 17th century.
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