Lindenthal, Cologne Explained

Lindenthal (3)
Type:Borough
City:Cologne
Image Plan:Koeln bezirke 3lindenthal.png
Plantext:Location within Cologne
Coordinates:50.9261°N 6.91°W
State:Nordrhein-Westfalen
Region:Cologne
District:urban
Area:41.80
Population:152286
Population As Of:2020-12-31
Pop Ref:[1]

Lindenthal (pronounced as /de/, pronounced as /ˈlendəˌtaːl/) is a borough of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the quarters Braunsfeld, Junkersdorf, Klettenberg, Lindenthal, Lövenich, Müngersdorf, Sülz, Weiden and Widdersdorf. It has about 153,000 inhabitants (as of December 2019) and covers an area of 41.8 square kilometers.

Many parts of Lindenthal are dominated by academic and research campuses, primarily linked to the University of Cologne and the German Sport University. The latter has a campus at Sportpark Müngersdorf, next to RheinEnergieStadion and the European College of Sport Science.

The Cologne University Hospital has a vast campus around the Kerpener Straße. Other institutions include the Max Planck Institutes for Biology of Ageing and Plant Breeding Research.

Cologne's Melaten-Friedhof is located on Aachener Straße.

History

During the Cold War, the headquarters of the I Belgian Corps was located in Junkersdorf.

Subdivisions

Lindenthal consists of nine Stadtteile (city quarters, in local dialect Veedel):

City part Population (2019)Area (km2)Pop. per km2map
301 10,679 1,80 5,942
302 36,432 5,17 7,102
303 Lindenthal 30,685 7,73 3,970
304 12,312 1,68 7,342
305 8,833 5,10 1,733
306 15,263 7,38 2,069
307 17,478 3,65 4,782
308 9,205 3,69 2,493
309 12,413 5,60 2,217
Source: Kölner Stadtteilinformationen Einwohnerzahlen 2019

Transportation

See main article: Transport in Cologne. Lindenthal is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Köln-Lövenich, Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark and Köln-Weiden West, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1, 7, 9, 13 and 18. Aachener Straße and Luxemburger Straße connect Lindenthal with the Cologne Ring and Cologne Beltway.

Twin towns – sister cities

See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Lindenthal is "twinned" with the following cities:[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kölner Stadtteilinformationen 2020 . Stadt Köln. 27 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Partnerstädte . 22 June 2009.