Rodenkirchen () is a southern

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(''Stadtbezirk'') of

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(Köln) in Germany. It has about 110,000 inhabitants and covers an area of . 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

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, today represents the center of the borough. It has more than 16,000 inhabitants.

Subdivisions

Rodenkirchen is made up of 13 ''Stadtteile'' (city parts):

Points of interest

* Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge * Maternus-Shrine * Villa Malta * Alt St. Maternus * Forstbotanischer Garten Köln, an

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and woodland

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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 * Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke

Public transport

Rodenkirchen is served by the Cologne Stadtbahn at Rodenkirchen, connected to the city centres of Cologne and

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by lines 16 and 17.

Twin towns – sister cities

Rodenkirchen is " twinned" with the following cities: * Benfleet, United Kingdom * Eygelshoven, The Netherlands

References

External links

Rodenkirchen.de

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