Ehrenfeld, Cologne
Ehrenfeld is characterized by lively and popular residential areas and shopping streets, the media center "Coloneum" with the most modern production and movie studios and a large and vivacious free cultural scene with many artists' studios, theatres and clubs.
The landmark of Ehrenfeld is the Helios-lighthouse and the old factory of the perfume manufacturer 4711.
History
Ehrenfeld got its name from the quarter Ehrenfeld, which represents the center of the borough. Ehrenfeld grew substantially during the Gründerzeit boom, became a municipality in 1867 and a town in 1879. Nine years later, Ehrenfeld became part of the city of Cologne. During summer and autumn of 1944 an anti-Nazi resistance group, known as the Ehrenfeld Group, operated from Ehrenfeld.
Subdivisions
Ehrenfeld consists of six Stadtteile (city parts):
# | City part | Population (2009) | Area (km) | Pop. per km | map |
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401 | Ehrenfeld | 35,488 | 3,72 | 9,536 | |
402 | Neuehrenfeld | 23,387 | 2,55 | 9,170 | |
403 | Bickendorf | 16,276 | 2,31 | 7,046 | |
404 | Vogelsang | 8,028 | 3,66 | 2,192 | |
405 | Bocklemünd/Mengenich | 10,563 | 4,93 | 2,141 | |
406 | Ossendorf | 9,966 | 6,81 | 1,463 | |
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German) |
Transportation
The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne by numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 3, 4, 5 and 13. The Bundesautobahn 57 connects Ehrenfeld with the Cologne Beltway, Venloer Straße is the district's principal road leading onto the Cologne Ring. The Köln-Ehrenfeld station (Bahnhof Ehrenfeld) connects the borough to the regional rail network.
map | KVB station | lines | |||||||||
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Bocklemünd | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Westfriedhof | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Wolffsohnstraße | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Akazienweg | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Äußere Kanalstraße | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Leyendeckerstraße | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Venloer Straße/Gürtel | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||
Körnerstraße | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Piusstraße | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Hans-Böckler-Platz/Bf West | 3 | 4 | 5 |
References
- ^ "Kölner Stadtteilinformationen 2020" (PDF). Stadt Köln. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
External links
- Official webpage of the district (in German)