Rodenkirchen
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Rodenkirchen is a southern borough of Cologne (Köln) in Germany. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 54.56 square kilometres (21.06 mile²). The borough includes the disctricts Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, Raderberg, Raderthal, Rodenkirchen, Sürth, Rondorf, Weiß and Zollstock.
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[edit] Traffic
The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne and Bonn by line 16 of the Cologne Stadtbahn. The Bundesautobahn 555 connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Ring.
[edit] Landmarks
- Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
- Maternus-Shrine
- Villa Malta
- Alt St. Maternus
[edit] 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.
[edit] Restaurant-ship "Alte Liebe"
The ship named "Alte Liebe" (English:Old Love) is a well-known landmark even beyond the borders of Rodenkirchen. It burned down three times since it was built in 1947. Today it is uses as a restaurant and for little events like marriages.
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