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Kalk, Cologne

Kalk (German: Köln-Kalk [ˈkœln ˈkalk], Kölsch: Kallek [ˈkalək] or [kalːk]) is the Eighth borough or Stadtbezirk of Cologne, Germany. Kalk was merged into the city of Cologne in 1910, the borough was formed in 1975.

The borough of Kalk borders with Mülheim to the North, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis to the East, the Cologne borough of Porz to the South and Deutz to the West.

History

Subdivisions

Kalk consists of nine Stadtteile (city parts):

# City part Population (2009) Area (km) Pop. per km map
801 Humboldt/Gremberg 14,835 2,82 5,258 District map of Kalk
802 Kalk 21,192 2,97 7,128
803 Vingst 11,558 1,12 10,315
804 Höhenberg 11,936 2,20 5,436
805 Ostheim 10,720 3,75 2,862
806 Merheim 9,540 3,81 2,507
807 Brück 9,734 7,51 1,297
808 Rath/Heumar 10,957 13,1 837
809 Neubrück 8,573 1,10 7,806
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Education

The Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule is located in Kalk.

The Japanische Schule Köln e.V. (ケルン日本語補習授業校 Kerun Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese weekend school, holds its classes in the Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule. It began holding classes there as of 20 August 2009.

Transportation

Kalk is served by numerous railway stations and highways. Train stations include Köln-Trimbornstraße and numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 1 and 9. The Bundesautobahn 3 and 4 connect Kalk with the Cologne Beltway.

References

  1. ^ "Kölner Stadtteilinformationen 2020" (PDF). Stadt Köln. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ Home page. Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule. Retrieved on 6 April 2015. "Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule Kantstrasse 3 51103 Köln-Kalk"
  3. ^ "Geschichte Archived 27 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine." Japanische Schule Köln. Retrieved on 14 February 2015. "Wir sind umgezogen. Ab 20.08.2009 findet der Unterricht in der Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule, Kantstr. 3 in 51103 Köln-Kalk statt." Japanese version Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.