Rodenkirchen is a southern city district

City district

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 of Cologne

Cologne

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 (Köln) in Germany. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and covers as an area of 54.56 square kilometres (21.06 mile²). The borough includes the quarters

Quarter (country subdivision)

A quarter is a section of an urban settlement.Its borders can be administratively chosen , and it may have its own administrative structure...

 Bayenthal

Bayenthal

Bayenthal is a small municipal part of Cologne, Germany and part of the district of Rodenkirchen. Bayenthal lies on the left bank of the river Rhine, between the district of Innenstadt to the North and Marienburg to the South. The borders to these are defined by the Southern Bridge and the...

, 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
201	Bayenthal Bayenthal Bayenthal is a small municipal part of Cologne, Germany and part of the district of Rodenkirchen. Bayenthal lies on the left bank of the river Rhine, between the district of Innenstadt to the North and Marienburg to the South. The borders to these are defined by the Southern Bridge and the...	8,508	1,28	6,647
202	Marienburg Marienburg -The historical German names of these places:*Ordensburg Marienburg , the large brick castle built by the Teutonic Knights**Malbork, Poland, site of the Ordensburg Marienburg, formerly Marienburg in Westpreußen and during World War II, Nazi Stalag XX-B for enlisted men*Alūksne, Latvia*Feldioara,...	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 Rodenkirchen Rodenkirchen is a southern city district of Cologne in Germany. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and covers as an area of 54.56 square kilometres...	15,764	7,83	2,014
209	Weiss Weiss Weiss may refer to:* Weiss , including Weiß* Mount Weiss, a mountain located in the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park* USS Weiss , a cancelled John C...	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

Transport

Rodenkirchen is connected to the city centre of Cologne and Bonn

Bonn

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 by line 16 of the Cologne Stadtbahn

Cologne Stadtbahn

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. Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Ring

Cologne Ring

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, Bundesautobahn 555

Bundesautobahn 555

Bundesautobahn 555 , connecting the cities of Cologne and Bonn, was constructed between 1929 and 1932, and opened to traffic on August 6, 1932....

 connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Beltway.

Points of interest

• Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
  Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
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• Maternus
  Maternus
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  -Shrine
• Villa Malta
• Alt St. Maternus
• Forstbotanischer Garten Köln
  Forstbotanischer Garten Köln
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  , an arboretum
  Arboretum
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   and woodland botanical garden
  Botanical garden
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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

Tympanum (architecture)

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 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 like e.g. weddings.

Twin towns – sister cities

Rodenkirchen is "twinned

Town twinning

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" with the following cities:
Benfleet

Benfleet Urban District

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, United Kingdom Eygelshoven

Eygelshoven

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, The Netherlands

External links

• http://www.rodenkirchen.de
• Official webpage of the district
• Map of Köln-Rodenkirchen