Duisburg.City overview
A two-layer walnut city map linking Duisburg's harbour districts with the streets towards Wedau.
About the product
Duisburg's waterways connect places built on very different scales. This crop takes in Ruhrort, the Inner Harbour, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord and the Wedau stadium, with streets linking the old centre to former industrial ground. Cut from oiled walnut, the map brings that extended urban network into a portrait format. A black back plate behind the cut wooden layer lends depth to the routes across the city.
What does the map show?
- Ruhrort
- Duisburg Inner Harbour
- Salvatorkirche
- Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
- Two wooden layers with a black back plate
- Precisely cut and engraved
- Fine laser details with clear depth
- Carefully inspected and securely packed
- Handmade in Germany
Configuration
Shape: Rectangular · Design: Layered · Material: Walnut · Sizes: 20 × 30 cm, 35 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm
The configuration shown in the cart and at the time of ordering is authoritative. The preview is not a dimensioned technical drawing.
Availability & production
- Availability
- Made to order
- Production time
- Ships in 3-5 business days
Production starts after successful payment and complete product configuration.
Materials & care
Depending on the variant, lacquered or oiled MDF or oiled real-wood veneer on MDF; optional stainless-steel mounting screws. Acrylic lacquer spray, hard-wax oil and white glue are used in production.
Wood is a natural material. Grain and color may vary slightly from the product images.
Clean with a dry, soft cloth and protect from prolonged moisture and direct heat.
Included & installation
The selected product in the ordered configuration, securely packed and prepared for installation.
- Maximum dimensions 50 × 70 cm and maximum product weight 2 kg.
- Wall-fixing screws and wall plugs are not included. Use fixings suitable for the wall type, substrate and product weight.
- Installation must be carried out by an adult. Keep optional mounting screws and other small parts away from children until installation.
Shipping & returns
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Manufacturer & product identifier
- Manufacturer
- Benjamin Nöst - Lightworks
Rorichmoorer Str. 76
26802 Moormerland, Deutschland
kontakt@lightworks.de - Product identifier
- LW-CAT-ECD3642551DD-S, LW-CAT-ECD3642551DD-M, LW-CAT-ECD3642551DD-L
Together with the order or production batch, the relevant SKU enables traceability. Safety questions and incidents can be reported to the email address shown above.
Product safety
- Decorative product for dry indoor use only; not a toy and not intended for children.
- Protect from moisture, high heat and open flames.
- Do not continue to hang the product after a fall, breakage or visible damage. Keep damaged parts away from children.
Duisburg across harbour districts and industrial landscapes
Duisburg has several centres of gravity. Ruhrort, the Inner Harbour, the former ironworks of Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord and the Wedau sports district reveal different stages of its development. Reading the connections between them brings the central city into focus, with waterways and large sites shaping the intervening neighbourhoods.
Connections across a working city
Duisburg cannot easily be reduced to a single central square. Ruhrort lies northwest of the historic centre, the landscape park stands farther to the northeast, and Wedau extends the urban story southwards. The distances between these places help explain the city's structure. Its connecting streets and corridors matter as much as the destinations they serve.
The Rhine and Ruhr provided the conditions for an important trading city. Harbour development introduced water basins, extensive plots and infrastructure whose scale differs from that of older residential streets. Ruhrort belongs to this wider harbour setting. Comparing its position with the Inner Harbour helps reveal a city organised around several activities rather than a uniform pattern spreading from one historic centre.
Where the harbour meets older streets
The Inner Harbour places substantial former storage buildings close to the old town. Nearby, the Salvatorkirche represents an earlier layer of urban history. The relationship is geographical as well as historical: the church, surrounding streets and harbour occupy adjoining parts of the central city. Their proximity makes the transition between civic and commercial spaces particularly clear.
The Museum Küppersmühle provides a tangible example of a former industrial building finding a cultural role. Its large building volume retains a connection with the harbour's working past. Around the older centre, smaller plots and more closely spaced streets establish a contrasting scale. These differences remain useful clues to how separate parts of Duisburg acquired their forms.
Industrial structures and public ground
At Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, the former ironworks survives as the framework of a public landscape. Blast furnaces and other industrial structures remain among open areas and vegetation. The site's conversion did not erase its previous purpose. Instead, its arrangement continues to make the scale and organisation of industrial production understandable within a different kind of public space.
The Wedau stadium gives the southern part of this urban overview another substantial landmark. Its enclosed form belongs to a sports landscape rather than a former manufacturing site. Comparing the two areas shows how large public destinations can relate differently to the surrounding city. One preserves a complex inherited industrial structure; the other is organised around sporting activity.
Between these prominent sites, ordinary neighbourhoods hold the city together. Their streets bridge changes in scale, from harbour infrastructure to church surroundings and from former works to stadium grounds. Duisburg's character lies in these continuing relationships. The old town, port districts, industrial remains and southern sports area retain their separate identities within one connected central city.
Sources
- Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus – Duisburg — https://www.germany.travel/en/cities-culture/duisburg.html
- Wikipedia – Ruhrort — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duisburg-Ruhrort
- Wikipedia – Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landschaftspark_Duisburg-Nord
- Wikipedia – Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
- Wikipedia – Salvatorkirche (Duisburg) — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatorkirche_%28Duisburg%29
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