Rodenkirchen


Rodenkirchen is a southern city district of Cologne in Germany. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 54.56 square kilometres. 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 :

Points of interest

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, the former St. Maternus from 1470.

Restaurant-ship "Alte Liebe"

The ship named "Alte Liebe" 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

Rodenkirchen is the name of a Cologne Stadtbahn station, connected to the city centres of Cologne and Bonn by line 16.

Twin towns – sister cities

Rodenkirchen is "twinned" with the following cities: