Wesseling is an industrial German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 city on the Rhine bordering 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...

 city on the south. Wesseling originates from the Latin „Wasliacum“ which means "Villlage of Waslica" The story that Wesselig originates from "changing of the rope" ( from when Rhine boats were pulled by horses is something like an "urban legend" because the name Wesseling is centuries older than the horse-changing station, which was located in Wesseling in the 18th century. In addition to 4 subdivisions, Wesseling has the industrial areas "Rheinbogen" and "Eichholz". Home to several chemical companies including Evonik, and Basell, and a Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

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 oil refinery; the city was a bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II

Oil Campaign of World War II

The Allied Oil Campaign of World War II was directed at facilities supplying Nazi Germany with petroleum, oil, and lubrication products...

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District	Population (Total: 36.729)	Area [m²] (Total: 23.373.148)
Wesseling-Mitte	12.409	7.787.685
Keldenich	15.394	5.535.832
Berzdorf	4.869	4.293.268
Urfeld	4.057	5.756.363