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Fun fact 1 about Düsseldorf

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Düsseldorf is unusual among Germany's major cities in having retained the -dorf suffix, which is mostly associated with small villages.

Düsseldorf
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Düsseldorf

Germany

Country
Germany
Population
620.5K
Coordinates
51.23, 6.77
411th most populous city in the world

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the sixth-largest city in Germany, with a 2024 population of 618,685.

From the “Etymology” section

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Photo: Dirk Eubel from Berlin · CC BY-SA 2.0