What was once a densely wooded area with very few inhabitants (only around 200 in 1850!) is still heavily industrialised: the area of manufacturing industry in the south-eastern part of Lierenfeld is almost twice as large as the residential area! However, a lot has been done in recent years to improve the residential area - for example, the renovation of the Heimgarten estate, a 1920s development. Lierenfeld is also a multicultural neighbourhood: of the 11,000 or so residents, around 58 per cent have a migrant background, mainly Turkish, Syrian or Greek. This makes for a huge variety of places to eat and shop. The district is very popular with young people: at the end of the 1980s, concerts and parties moved into the empty factory halls. A former Mannesmann factory was transformed into the multifunctional venue Stahlwerk, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Since the end of the 2010s, artists and creative businesses have increasingly been drawn to the district, which still has spacious lofts, factory halls and back courtyards. In short, Lierenfeld is an extremely diverse part of Düsseldorf with an enormous capacity for change.

AN EXITING MIX OF ENTERPRISES

• Rheinbahn, Lierenfelder Straße 42
(www.rheinbahn.de)
• Raab Karcher building materials,
Ronsdorfer Straße 96
(www.welt-der-baustoffe.de/a/standorte/raab-karcher/duesseldorf)
• ABA (waste disposal), Ronsdorfer Straße 94
(www.aba-anlagen.de)
• Caldic Deutschland (speciality chemicals),
Am Karlshof 10
(www.caldic.com/Our-locations/Deutschland)
•Nucleus (ultrasonic welding technology),
Tichauer Weg 32, (www.nucleusultrasonics.com)
• Maruyasu (sushi producer), Königsberger Straße 100
(www.maruyasu.de)

Words: Tom Corrinth

This is...Lierenfeld!