Düsseldorf-Benrath

Quarter of Düsseldorf in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

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. By the end of the fifth century the area is known as "Rode" or "Roide", which is a cleared area. The castle and the manor of the Benrodes became property of the Counts of Berg by the 13th century. The first church of Benrath was constructed in 1002. The village developed parallel to the castle. The old Church St. Cäcilia was built at the time. Benrath is a place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics. During the Industrial Revolution, Benrath grew very fast because it is next to the important Cologne–Duisburg railway. In 1929, Benrath became part of Düsseldorf.

In German language linguistics. the Benrath line (or Benrather Linie) is the border between Low German and Middle German dialects although both sides of the line have a Rhenish dialect. The line is also called maken machen line since speakers say south of itmachen and north of it makenbecause of the High German consonant shift.

The Schloss Benrath (Benrath Castle) is one of the greatest baroque castles in Germany. The castle has a museum and a very famous park.

TSG Benrath 1881 e. V.
Ruder Gesellschaft Benrath 1908 e. V.
Sportgemeinschaft Benrath Hassels 1910/12 e. V.
Tennisclub Benrath 1913 e. V.
VfL Benrath 06 e. V.
Schützenbruderschaft St. Cäcilia Benrath e. V. von 1553
DEC Devils e. V. – women icehockey in Düsseldorf

Benrath has a regional railway station on the railway track Cologne–Duisburg line of the historic Cologne Minden Railway Company. The Düsseldorf Benrath station is a pre modern clinker brick building Bahnhof from the 1930s and the second railway station at this place. It is served by two Regional Express services: RE 1 (NRW Express) and RE 5 (Rhein Express) and Rhine Ruhr S Bahn line S 6, all operated by Deutsche Bahn. A tram of the Rheinbahn, line 701, connects Benrath to the city of Düsseldorf. There are also the lines 730 Urdenbach Lohausen, 778/779 circle course Garath, 784 Urdenbach–Hilden–Wuppertal Vohwinkel, 788 Benrath Ost–Monheim am Rhein (Busanzeige Monamare) and 789 Holthausen–Monheim am Rhein (Busanzeige Monamare) in Benrath. By 1962, a single track narrow gauge tram went from Benrath (beginning in the Paulistraße) via Hilden to Solingen Ohligs to Haan and Wuppertal Vohwinkel. The railway went beyond Benrath to Düsseldorf, Oberbilker Markt, and formed the so called Benrather Netz, which was bought by Düsseldorf in 1910 and so before the amalgamation of Benrath. The multiple unit No. 107 of the railway is preserved in the Bergisches Straßenbahnmuseum in Wuppertal Kohlfurt. At Autobahn A59 is a Anschlussstelle „Düsseldorf Benrath“.