Wuppertal
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Wuppertal is a city in Germany known for its distinctive Schwebebahn, a suspended overhead tram system that runs above the River Wupper. The city is home to cultural institutions like its concert hall and university, and represents an important center of urban transportation innovation and cultural life.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- City
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Wuppertal.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Wuppertal COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- North rhine w W.svg
- German location.plantext
- Wuppertal within North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.region
- Düsseldorf
- German location.district
- urban
- German location.elevation
- 100-350
- German location.area
- 168.41
- German location.pop_urban
- 608000 (Bergisches Dreieck)
- German location.pop_metro
- 11300000 (Rhein-Ruhr)
Article
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Main sights
- Wuppertal in the arts
- Sports
- Association football
- Team handball
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Roller hockey
- Education
- Politics
- Mayor
- City council
- Transport
- Railways
- Air
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Sister suspension railway
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
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Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and 17th-largest in Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of Elberfeld, Barmen, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg and Vohwinkel, and was initially called "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930. It is the capital and largest city of the Bergisches Land.