Troisdorf
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| Troisdorf | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Cologne |
| District | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis |
| Town subdivisions | 12 |
| Mayor | Manfred Uedelhoven (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 62.17 km² (24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population | 74,790 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 1,203 /km² (3,116 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SU |
| Postal codes | 53840, 53842, 53844 |
| Area codes | 02241, 02203, 02246, 0228 |
| Website | www.troisdorf.de |
| Location of the town of Troisdorf within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district | |
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Troisdorf is a town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
Troisdorf is located approx. 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
[edit] Division of the town
Troisdorf consists of 12 districts (population as of December 31, 2005):
- Troisdorf (15,947 inhabitants)
- Spich (12,920 inhabitants)
- Sieglar (8,773 inhabitants)
- Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (7,644 inhabitants)
- Oberlar (6,109 inhabitants)
- West (5,531 inhabitants)
- Bergheim (5,232 inhabitants)
- Rotter See (4,098 inhabitants)
- Eschmar (3,242 inhabitants)
- Kriegsdorf (2,640 inhabitants)
- Altenrath (2,545 inhabitants)
- Müllekoven (1,915 inhabitants)
[edit] History
In 1952 Troisdorf became a free city, in 1969 the urban area got extended with the township of Sieglar and the villages Altenrath and Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (total population 1969: about 51 000). The first colonization goes back to the 9th (Eschmar and Sieglar 832) and 10th (Bergheim 987) century with the first churches built around 700 AD in Bergheim (St. Lambertus).
About 9600 foreign nationals live in Troisdorf. The two strongest foreign national population groups are Turks (3100) and Greeks (1600). In 1972 (4.6.1972) Troisdorf founded the first advisory council for its foreign citizens in Germany.
[edit] Notable places
In Troisdorf there is Europe's only picture-book museum in the Burg museum Wissem.
[edit] Twin cities
Évry, France, since 1972.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png)
Genk, Belgium since 1990- Heidenau Germany, since 1990
South Bank, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, since 1990
Corfu, Greece, since 1996
Nantong, People's Republic of China, since 1997
Mushtisht, Kosovo since 2001
Özdere, Turkey since 2004
[edit] Notable persons
- Rupert Neudeck, founder of the Cap Anamur, a German humanitarian aid organisation
- Paul Schäfer, founder Colonia Dignidad, a German sect in Chile
- Sophie Moser
- Tom Buhrow, famous German news anchor
[edit] External links
- Official site (German)
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