Troisdorf
Troisdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈtroːsdɔrf]) is a toun in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (destrict), in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany.
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 Toun haw o Troisdorf | |
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Location o Troisdorf athin Rhein-Sieg-Kreis destrict  | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′58″N 07°09′20″E / 50.81611°N 7.15556°E 07°09′20″E / 50.81611°N 7.15556°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
| Admin. region | Köln |
| Destrict | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 12 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Klaus-Werner Jablonski (since October 2009) (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.17 km2 (24.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 75,222 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 53840, 53842, 53844 |
| Diallin codes | 02241, 02203, 02246, 0228 |
| Vehicle registration | SU |
| Website | www.troisdorf.de |
Geografie
Troisdorf is locatit approximately 22 kilometers sooth o Cologne an 13 kilometres north east o Bonn.
Diveesion o the toun
Troisdorf consists o 12 destricts (population as o 31 December 2005):
- Troisdorf (15,947 indwallers)
- Spich (12,920 indwallers)
- Sieglar (8,773 indwallers)
- Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (7,644 indwallers)
- Oberlar (6,109 indwallers)
- West (5,531 indwallers)
- Bergheim (5,232 indwallers)
- Rotter See (4,098 indwallers)
- Eschmar (3,242 indwallers)
- Kriegsdorf (2,640 indwallers)
- Altenrath (2,545 indwallers)
- Müllekoven (1,915 indwallers)
History
In 1952, Troisdorf became a free ceety, an in 1969 the urban aurie expandit wi the annexation o the tounship o Sieglar, an the veelages Altenrath an Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (tot population 1969: aboot 51,000). The first lairge dounset in this aurie goes back tae the 9t (Eschmar an Sieglar 832) an 10t (Bergheim 987) century, an the first kirks in this aurie bein biggit aroond 700 AD in Bergheim (St. Lambertus).
Aboot 9600 foreign naitionals live in Troisdorf. The twa maist numerous foreign naitional population groups are Turks (3100) an Greeks (1600). On 4 Juin 1972, Troisdorf foondit the first advisory cooncil for its foreign ceetizens in Germany. In the past years efter the revolution o 1989/1990 mony migrants frae Roushie an ither East European kintras hae settled in Troisdorf.
On 31 December 2010 Troisdorf haed accordin offeecial annooncements 76,987 indwallers. 11% o its population are foreign migrants.
Troisdorf haes a population o predominantly Christian belief, consistin o Roman Catholics, Protestants, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses an ither commonties, alang wi an influx o migrants o Islam, Orthodox Christianity an Jewish belief. Troisdorf is ane o the few locations in Germany whare haes been biggit a real mosque wi minaret for the Turkis commonty.
Notable places
Europe's anerlie pictur-beuk museum is locatit in Troisdorf at the Burg Wissem castle Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine.
Twin ceeties
Évry, Fraunce, syne 1972
Genk, Belgium syne 1990
Heidenau, Germany, syne 1990
Redcar an Cleveland, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1990
Corfu, Greece, syne 1996
Nantong, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, syne 1997
Mušutište, Kosovo syne 2001
Özdere, Turkey syne 2004
Notable fowk
- Tom Buhrow, famous German news anchor
- Sabine Lisicki, German profeesional tennis player
- Rupert Neudeck, foonder o the Cap Anamur, a German humanitarian aid organisation
- Paul Schäfer, foonder Colonia Dignidad, a German sect in Chile
References
Freemit airtins
- Offeecial wabsteid (in German)
