Borough of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
District town hall
Rautenstrauchstraße canal near the University's Institute for Biology
Campus of the Cologne University Hospital
Lindenthal (German: Köln-Lindenthal [ˈkœln ˈlɪndn̩ˌtaːl] , Kölsch : Lendethal [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 km2
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301
Klettenberg
10,679
1,80
5,942
302
Sülz
36,432
5,17
7,102
303
Lindenthal
30,685
7,73
3,970
304
Braunsfeld
12,312
1,68
7,342
305
Müngersdorf
8,833
5,10
1,733
306
Junkersdorf
15,263
7,38
2,069
307
Weiden
17,478
3,65
4,782
308
Lövenich
9,205
3,69
2,493
309
Widdersdorf
12,413
5,60
2,217
Source: Kölner Stadtteilinformationen Einwohnerzahlen 2019 (in German)
Transportation
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
Lindenthal is "twinned " with the following cities:[ 2]
References
External links
Media related to Köln-Lindenthal (District) at Wikimedia Commons