Ehrenfeld ( ; ) is a borough (''

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'') of the City of

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in Germany. It includes the seven quarters Bickendorf, Bocklemünd, Mengenich, Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Ossendorf and Vogelsang. It has about 109,500 inhabitants (as of December 2020) and covers an area of 23.98 square kilometres. The district borders with the Cologne districts of

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to the North,

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and Innenstadt to the East and Lindenthal to the South-West. Ehrenfeld is characterized by lively and popular residential areas and shopping streets, the media center "Coloneum" with the most modern production and

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s and a large and vivacious free cultural scene with many artists'

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s, 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

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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):

Transportation

The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne by numerous light rail stations of

Cologne Stadtbahn The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling). The te ...

line 3, 4, 5 and 13. The

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connects Ehrenfeld with the

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, Venloer Straße is the district's principal road leading onto the

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. The

Köln-Ehrenfeld station Köln-Ehrenfeld is a railway station situated at Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Ehrenfeld, Cologne in western Germany on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway, Cologne–Aachen railway. It was opened with the first part of the line in 1839. It is served b ...

(Bahnhof Ehrenfeld) connects the borough to the regional rail network.

References

External links

Official webpage of the district
Boroughs and quarters of Cologne City districts in Germany {{Cologne-geo-stub