Düssel
River in Germany
title: "Düssel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-north-rhine-westphalia", "düsseldorf", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Düssel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Germany ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Düssel |
| image | Koenigsallee okt2004b.jpg |
| image_caption | Königsallee |
| source1_location | Bergisches Land |
| mouth_location | Rhine |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| progression | |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Germany |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| length | 36.0 km |
| basin_size | 163 km2 |
| map | Düssel.png |
| map_caption | Path of the Düssel http://u.osmfr.org/m/374467/ |
| :: |
| name = Düssel | image = Koenigsallee okt2004b.jpg | image_caption = Königsallee | source1_location = Bergisches Land | mouth_location = Rhine | mouth_coordinates = | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = North Rhine-Westphalia | length = 36.0 km | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = 163 km2 | map = Düssel.png | map_caption = Path of the Düssel http://u.osmfr.org/m/374467/ ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Wülfrath_Düsselquelle.jpg" caption="The source of the Düssel in [[Wülfrath"] ::
The Düssel is a small right tributary of the river Rhine in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
River
Its source is east of Wülfrath. It flows westward through the Neander Valley where the fossils of the first known to be Neanderthal man were found in August 1856. At Düsseldorf it forms a river delta by splitting into four streams (Nördliche Düssel, Südliche Düssel, Kittelbach, Brückerbach), which all join the Rhine after a few kilometres. The Nördliche Düssel flows through the Hofgarten and passes under the Golden Bridge.
Düsseldorf takes its name from the Düssel: Düsseldorf means "the village of Düssel". The name Düssel itself probably dates back to the Germanic *thusila and means "roar" (Old High German dōsōn, German tosen).
References
References
- (7 May 2018). "Hofgarten: Baustelle bleibt bis Herbst". [[Westdeutsche Zeitung]].
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