Hilden
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| District | Mettmann |
| Mayor | Günter Scheib (SPD) |
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| Area | 25.96 km2 (10.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (164 ft) |
| Population | 56,524 (31 December 2004) |
| - Density | 2,177 /km2 (5,639 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | ME |
| Postal codes | 40721,40723,40724 |
| Area codes | 0 2103 |
| Website | www.hilden.de |
| Location of the town of Hilden within Mettmann district | |
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Hilden is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is situated in the District of Mettmann, 10 km west of Solingen and 15 km east of Düsseldorf on the right side of the Rhine.
Hilden has been twinned with Warrington, UK since 1968 as well as with Nové Město nad Metují (near Náchod) in the Czech Republic.
The current Mayor is Günter Scheib and Hans J. Kurowsky is responsible for economic development.
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[edit] Geography
With approx. 57,000 inhabitants, Hilden is the fourth largest city in the District of Mettmann. In contrast to the surrounding cities, it has no suburban districts or incorporated villages. Hilden has a compact urbanized city centre and borders some smaller woods.
[edit] Economics
[edit] Transportation
Hilden is accessible by the nearby intersecting freeways A3, A59 and A46 as well as Line 7 of the regional S-Bahn which connects Solingen-Hbf and Düsseldorf International Airport.
Within Hilden, residential speed limits were reduced to 30kph (18.6mph) in 1992 to encourage cycling. [1]
[edit] Businesses
Hilden sports a healthy industry; main companies include the German headquarters of 3M and Qiagen, as well as many other businesses and enterprises from the technology and logistics sector.
[edit] Festivities
- annual "Hildener Jazztage" (Hilden jazz days)
[edit] People
- Max Volmer, physical chemist
[edit] External links
- http://www.hilden.de/ - official homepage
- http://www.wilhelm-fabry-museum.de/ - presentation of the 1000-year history of Hilden as well as the founder of the scientific surgery in 1560 Wilhelm Fabry
- http://www.musketiere.org (German) - local carnival club
- http://www.muthilden.de (German) - initiative for civic responsibility
- http://www.asp-hilden.de (German) - adventure playground
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