Rodenkirchen

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.

Rodenkirchen
2nd District of Cologne
Hauptstraße with Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge in the background
Coat of arms
Location of Rodenkirchen shown in red
CountryGermany
Federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
CityCologne
Area
 • Total54.6 km2 (21.1 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2008)
 • Total100,935
 • Density1,850/km2 (4,800/sq mi)

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
201Bayenthal8,5081,286,647
202Marienburg5,4973,051,802
203Raderberg5,6430,846,718
204Raderthal4,7683,211,485
205Zollstock21,0495,044,176
206Rondorf9,5328,201,162
207Hahnwald2,0683,00687
208Rodenkirchen15,7647,832,014
209Weiss5,7544,161,383
210Sürth10,3483,462,993
211Godorf2,2454,60488
212Immendorf2,0105,23385
213Meschenich7,6484,721,621
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Points of interest
Gastronomical ship "Alte Liebe"
Classic restaurant "Zum Treppchen"
Boathouse of the local rowing club

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
Main article: Transport in Cologne

Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Ring, Bundesautobahn 555 connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Beltway.

Rhine bridges

Public transport
The Rodenkirchen stadtbahn station in 2010

Rodenkirchen is served by the Cologne Stadtbahn at Rodenkirchen, connected to the city centres of Cologne and Bonn by lines 16 and 17.

Twin towns – sister cities
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Rodenkirchen is "twinned" with the following cities:[1]

References
  1. "Partnerstädte". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2009.


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