Troisdorf

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Troisdorf


Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Cologne
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Population	76,596 (2005)
Area	62.17 km²
Population density	1,228 /km²
Elevation	55 m
Coordinates	50°49′ N 7°9′ E
Postal code	53840-53844
Area code	02241, 02203, 02246, 0228
Licence plate code	SU
Mayor	Manfred Uedelhoven (CDU)
Website	troisdorf.de

Troisdorf is a town in Germany (Population (31.03.2003 est): 75 568), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located ca. 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn (7' 9" east, 50' 49" north, total area: 62,17 square kilometers, altitude: 48 -134,4 m). It is part of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district).

1 History
2 Noted Troisdorf people
3 Twin cities in Europe :
4 External links

[edit] History

In 1952 Troisdorf became a free city, in 1969 the urban area got extended with the township of Sieglar and the villages Altenrath and Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (total population 1969: about 51 000). The first colonization goes back to the 9th (Eschmar and Sieglar 832) and 10th ( Bergheim 987) century with the first churches build around 700 AD in Bergheim (St. Lambertus).

About 9600 foreign nationals live in Troisdorf. The two strongest foreign national population groups are Turks (3100) and Greeks (1600). In 1972 (4.6.1972) Troisdorf founded the first advisory council for its foreign citizens in Germany.

Today there are 12 districts (population in 31.03.2003):

Troisdorf (15720)
Spich (12547)
Sieglar (9871)
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (7713)
Oberlar (6115)
West (5522)
Bergheim (4471)
Rotter-See (3205)
Eschmar (3170)
Kriegsdorf (2689)
Altenrath (2615)
Müllekoven (1930)

There is Europe's only picture-book museum in the Burg museum Wissem.

[edit] Noted Troisdorf people

Rupert Neudeck, founder of the Cap Anamur, a German humanitarian aid organisation
Paul Schäfer, founder Colonia Dignidad, a German sect in Chile
Sophie Moser
Tom Buhrow, famous German news anchor