Rodenkirchen
| Rodenkirchen | ||
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| 2nd District of Cologne | ||
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Hauptstraße with Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge in the background | ||
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 Location of Rodenkirchen shown in red | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| Federal state | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| City | Cologne | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 54.6 km2 (21.1 sq mi) | |
| Population (December 2008) | ||
| • Total | 100,935 | |
| • Density | 1,850/km2 (4,800/sq mi) | |
Rodenkirchen (German: Köln-Rodenkirchen) is a southern city district of Cologne (Köln) in Germany. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 54.56 square kilometres (21.06 mile²). The borough includes the quarters Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, Raderberg, Raderthal, Rodenkirchen, Sürth, Rondorf, Weiß and Zollstock.
The 1000-year-old quarter Rodenkirchen, situated close to the Rhine, today represents the center of the borough. It has more than 16,000 inhabitants.
Subdivisions
Rodenkirchen is made up of 13 Stadtteile (city parts):
| # | City part | Population (2009) | Area (km²) | Pop. per km² | map |
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| 201 | Bayenthal | 8,508 | 1,28 | 6,647 |  |
| 202 | Marienburg | 5,497 | 3,05 | 1,802 | |
| 203 | Raderberg | 5,643 | 0,84 | 6,718 | |
| 204 | Raderthal | 4,768 | 3,21 | 1,485 | |
| 205 | Zollstock | 21,049 | 5,04 | 4,176 | |
| 206 | Rondorf | 9,532 | 8,20 | 1,162 | |
| 207 | Hahnwald | 2,068 | 3,00 | 687 | |
| 208 | Rodenkirchen | 15,764 | 7,83 | 2,014 | |
| 209 | Weiss | 5,754 | 4,16 | 1,383 | |
| 210 | Sürth | 10,348 | 3,46 | 2,993 | |
| 211 | Godorf | 2,245 | 4,60 | 488 | |
| 212 | Immendorf | 2,010 | 5,23 | 385 | |
| 213 | Meschenich | 7,648 | 4,72 | 1,621 | |
| source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German) | |||||
Points of interest
- Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
- Maternus-Shrine
- Villa Malta
- Alt St. Maternus
- Forstbotanischer Garten Köln, an arboretum and woodland botanical garden
St. Maternus
St. Maternus was built according to the plans of Vinvenz Statz from 1863 to 1867 at the former place of the Carthusian.
St. Maternus was built as a gothic church with only a few ornamentations. It has a tympanum with St. Maternus standing between two angels in front of a panorama of Cologne. Inside the church there is a madonna from Alt St. Maternus (English: Old St. Maternus), the former St. Maternus from 1470.
Restaurant-ship "Alte Liebe"
The ship named "Alte Liebe" (English: Old Love) is a landmark well-known beyond the town of Rodenkirchen. Originally constructed in 1947, it burned down and was restored three times. Today it is used as a restaurant and for events such as weddings.
Transport
Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Ring, Bundesautobahn 555 connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Beltway.
Rhine bridges
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Südbrücke -
Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke
Public transport
Rodenkirchen is the name of a Cologne Stadtbahn station, connected to the city centres of Cologne and Bonn by line 16.
| Preceding station | KVB | Following station | ||
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Siegstraße
toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle | 16 | Heinrich-Lübke-Ufer
toward Niehl Sebastianstraße |
Twin towns – sister cities
Rodenkirchen is "twinned" with the following cities:[1]
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Benfleet, United Kingdom -
Eygelshoven, The Netherlands
References
- ↑ "Partnerstädte". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Köln-Rodenkirchen. |
- Rodenkirchen.de
- Official webpage of the district (in German)
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Coordinates: 50°53′29″N 6°59′28″E / 50.89139°N 6.99111°E