What is Solingen?
{{Infobox German Location |Art = City |image_photo=Muengstener300x225.jpg |imagesize=300px |image_caption=Müngstener Brücke |Wappen = DEU Solingen COA.svg |Wappengröße = |image_flag = Flagge Solingen.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|10|0|N|07|05|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia |Regierungsbezirk = [[Düsseldorf Government Region|Düsseldorf]] |Kreis = Urban district |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 53-276 |Fläche = 89.45 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 163263 |pop_metro = |Stand = 2006-06-30 |pop_ref = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/rp1_juni05.html | title=Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW }}</ref> |PLZ = 42601-42719 |PLZ-alt = |Vorwahl = 0212 |Kfz = SG |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05122000 |NUTS = |LOCODE = |Gliederung = |Website = [http://www.solingen.de/ www.solingen.de] |Bürgermeister = Franz Haug |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |Partei = [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] |ruling_party1 = |ruling_party2 = |ruling_party3 = |year = |_noautocat = }} '''Solingen''' is a city in [[Germany]], in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. It is near [[Düsseldorf]] and [[Wuppertal]]. About 165,000 people live there. In 1993, five [[Turkish people|Turks]] [[Solingen arson attack|were killed]] in an [[arson]] attack. In 2024, three people were killed with a knife and eight people were injured in a [[2024 Solingen stabbing|mass stabbing]], during a festival for the city's 650th founding anniversary. == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{Cities in Germany}} {{Hanseatic League}} {{north rhine-westphalia}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Solingen| ]]