Niederkassel
Niederkassel (Ripuarian: Neddekaaßel) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of around 37,000 people. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km (6 mi) north-east of Bonn and 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Cologne. Niederkassel is subdivided into seven quarters (from the south to the north): Mondorf, Rheidt, Niederkassel, Uckendorf, Stockem, Lülsdorf and Ranzel. People can walk next to the river Rhine in Lülsdorf, Niederkassel and Rheidt.
Twin towns – sister cities
Niederkassel is twinned with:
Notable people
- Ernst Dickmanns (born 1936), engineer, pioneer of dynamic computer vision and of driverless cars
- Stephan Engels (born 1960), football player and coach
- Sascha Stegemann (born 1984), football referee
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Partnerstädte". niederkassel.de (in German). Niederkassel. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
External links
Media related to Niederkassel at Wikimedia Commons
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