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Rodenkirchen

Rodenkirchen (German: Köln-Rodenkirchen) is a southern borough (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne (Köln) in Germany. It has about 110,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 54.55 square kilometres (21.06 square miles). The borough includes the quarters Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, Raderberg, Raderthal, Rodenkirchen, Sürth, Rondorf, Weiß and Zollstock.

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 (km)	Pop. per km
201	Bayenthal	8,508	1,28	6,647
202	Marienburg	5,497	3,05	1,802
203	Raderberg	5,643	0,84	6,718
204	Raderthal	4,768	3,21	1,485
205	Zollstock	21,049	5,04	4,176
206	Rondorf	9,532	8,20	1,162
207	Hahnwald	2,068	3,00	687
208	Rodenkirchen	15,764	7,83	2,014
209	Weiß	5,754	4,16	1,383
210	Sürth	10,348	3,46	2,993
211	Godorf	2,245	4,60	488
212	Immendorf	2,010	5,23	385
213	Meschenich	7,648	4,72	1,621
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Points of interest

Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
Maternus-Shrine
Villa Malta
Alt St. Maternus
Forstbotanischer Garten Köln, an arboretum and woodland botanical garden

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

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

Rhine bridges

Südbrücke
A 4 Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke

Public transport

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

Rodenkirchen is "twinned" with the following cities:

Benfleet, United Kingdom
Eygelshoven, The Netherlands

References

^ "Kölner Stadtteilinformationen 2020" (PDF). Stadt Köln. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Partnerstädte". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2009.