Ratingen-Lintorf

Catholic church "Sankt Anna"

Lintorf is a quarter in the northern part of the city Ratingen at the transition of the Berg region into the lower Rhine plain. The elevation is 35 m above sea level. The 1939 population was 3,671 (1939) growing to 14,954 (2003). The area is 16.85 square kilometres (6.51 sq mi) (2003).

Lintorf is on the Cologne-Ratingen-Duisburg line, which since 1985 has had no train stations. The place is connected by autobahns A52 (Essen—Düsseldorf, exit Ratingen Tiefenbroich), A524 (autobahn interchange Breitscheid—Krefeld, exit Ratingen-Lintorf), A3 (Oberhausen—Cologne, exit A52). The old boundary lies in the northern edge of the approach lane of the Düsseldorf International Airport (3 km runway).

Lintorf was the site of a displaced persons camp after World War II, providing a home for Ukrainians, Poles and Yugoslavs awaiting immigration. Ratingen had been the site of an war crime in April 1945. The bodies of eight German anti-Nazis, one woman and two Polish men were found lying in woods near the town.

A rural scattered housing estate developed in the time after World War II from suburban residents of the surrounding cities, primarily from Düsseldorf (12 km). In the first half of the 20th century, lead, clay and gravel was mined. In the period after World War II, the auto manufacturer Hoffmann (licensed production of the Vespa scooter), the company Constructa (washing machines), as well as the company Hünnebeck (metal scaffold construction). The surrounding forests are a popular scenic area.

Political arrangement

Since 1975, part of the city Ratingen, Mettmann district, Düsseldorf region, North Rhine-Westphalia state. Until 1974, it was an independent municipality and seat of the administration of Amt Angerland.

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    Coordinates: 51°19′58″N 6°49′51″E / 51.33278°N 6.83083°E