Westviertel

Machine-translated from the German article

The Westviertel district of the city of Essen, which directly adjoins the city centre to the west, forms the Stadtmitte together with the Südviertel, the Nordviertel, the Ostviertel, the Südostviertel and the city centre. The Westviertel has only little residential development and consists mainly of industrial areas formerly belonging to the Krupp cast steel works, on which commerce and trade are now based and parks have been laid out. Since armaments industry was located here mainly, most of the buildings of the cast steel works on the site were destroyed by the Allies during the Second World War or subsequently dismantled for reparations.