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Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the
Wupper river south of the Ruhr area. Two thirds of the total municipal area is
green belt: woods, meadows, gardens and fields. From any part of the city it is
only a ten-minute walk to one of the public parks or a shady woodland path.
Despite this, it is a major industrial centre. Uniquely for Germany it is a
linear city, owing to the steep hillsides along the river Wupper. Its highest
hill is the Lichtscheid which is 351 metres above sea level.
One of the city’s greatest attractions is the suspended monorail (“Wuppertaler
Schwebebahn”), which was established in 1901. The tracks are 8 m above the
streets and 12 m above the Wupper river.
