Wittlaer is an urban quarter of Düsseldorf , part of Borough 5 . It borders Stockum , Kalkum , Angermund , and the city of Duisburg . It is close to Düsseldorf Airport . Wittlaer has the lowest point in Düsseldorf, where the Schwarzbach flows into the river Rhine . It is 28 m above sea level. It has an area of 6.89 km (2.66 sq mi), and 8,117 inhabitants (2020).
7-471: The history of Wittlaer started at latest in the 12th century. For a long time it was an agricultural settlement. After World War II, Wittlaer grew as a suburb of Düsseldorf and Duisburg. In 1975, Wittlaer became a part of Düsseldorf. The most prominent sight of Wittlaer is the Catholic Church St. Remigius, dating from the 13th century. Wittlaer is connected to the airport by road and bus links,
14-676: A total length of about 40,000 km. German Bundesstraßen are labelled with rectangular yellow signs with black numerals, as opposed to the white-on-blue markers of the Autobahn controlled-access highways . Bundesstraßen , like autobahns, are maintained by the federal agency of the Transport Ministry . In the German highway system they rank below autobahns, but above the Landesstraßen and Kreisstraßen maintained by
21-497: The federal road B 8 goes across Wittlaer. Wittlaer has an underground line station. Wittlaer has two newer settlements, which are separated from the nucleus of Wittlaer: 51°18′54″N 6°45′02″E / 51.31500°N 6.75056°E / 51.31500; 6.75056 Bundesstra%C3%9Fe Bundesstraße ( German for "federal highway"), abbreviated B , is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways . Germany's Bundesstraßen network has
28-701: The federal states ( Bundesländer ). Therefore, officially classified as Landesstraßen , they are still colloquially called Bundesstraßen and have retained their "B" designation (except for Vorarlberg ), followed by the number and a name. They are marked by a blue square sign with white number and are per se priority roads. Before 2002 there has been a further category of Bundesstraßen with circular yellow sign and black number that shows that this road has no fixed priority (right of way for users). A few yellow signs lived longer than 2002. Germany and Austria have plans to reconstruct and/or replace Bundesstraße as/by motorways (Autobahn), outside built-up areas, especially
35-441: The federal states and the districts respectively. The numbering was implemented by law in 1932 and has overall been retained up to today, except for those roads located in the former eastern territories of Germany . One distinguishing characteristic between German Bundesstraßen and Autobahnen is that there usually is a general 100 km/h (62 mph) speed limit on federal highways out of built-up areas , as opposed to
42-653: The federal highways are only single carriageway with one lane for each direction and no hard shoulder pull-out area. The closest equivalent in the United States would be the U.S. highway system . In contrast to Germany, according to a 2002 amendment of the Austrian federal road act, Bundesstraßen is the official term referring only to autobahns ( Bundesstraßen A ) and limited-access roads ( Schnellstraßen, Bundesstraßen S ). The administration of all other former federal highways ( Bundesstraßen B ) has passed to
49-527: The merely advisory speed limit ( Richtgeschwindigkeit ) of 130 km/h (83 mph) in unmarked sections of the autobahns. However, a number of Bundesstraßen have been extended as expressways ( dual carriageways ) (colloquially called "Yellow Autobahns"), which can be compared to motorway-grade A roads in the U.K. like the A1(M) . Many of these have speed limits of usually 100–120 km/h, others have only an advisory speed limit like autobahns. Most sections of
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