Bendorf is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz

Mayen-Koblenz

Mayen-Koblenz is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ahrweiler, Neuwied, Westerwaldkreis, district-free Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Hunsrück, Cochem-Zell, and Vulkaneifel....

, in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 7 km north of Koblenz

Koblenz

Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...

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Structure of the city

The city has the following neighbourhoods:

• Bendorf
• Sayn
• Mülhofen
• Stromberg

Economy

Since the 18th century Bendorf was dominated by mining

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

 and the metallurgical industry. The most imposing relic of this era is the “Sayner Hütte” (Sayn mine works). The ores of the Bendorfer mine works came from the iron ore mine “Trierischer Loh”. The Rhine port Bendorf dates from 1900. In addition to the handling of clay and basalt the port's largest is the place of the largest oil storage between Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

 and Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

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Today, the former industrial city is home to many retail stores. The advertising community, "Bendorf Focus" is an association of traders of the city of Bendorf, which has is aimed at the improvement of the local economy.

The FM radio transmitter Bendorf Vierwindenhöhe is located on the mountain “Vierwindenhöhe”.