Troisdorf

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Troisdorf
image_photo = Rathaus Troisdorf.jpg
image_caption = Town hall of Troisdorf
Wappen = Troisdorf Wappen.svg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 48 |lat_sec = 58
lon_deg = 07 |lon_min = 09 |lon_sec = 20
Lageplan = Rsk troisdorf.pngLageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Höhe = 55
Fläche = 62.17
Einwohner = 74790
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 53840, 53842, 53844
Vorwahl = 02241, 02203, 02246, 0228
Kfz = SU
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 82 068
Gliederung = 12
Adresse = Kölner Str. 176
53840 Troisdorf
Website = [http://www.troisdorf.de/ www.troisdorf.de]
Bürgermeister = Manfred Uedelhoven
Partei = CDU

Troisdorf is a town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Troisdorf is located approx. 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.

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)

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.

Notable places

In Troisdorf there is Europe's only picture-book museum in the [http://www.bilderbuchmuseum.de Burg museum Wissem] .

Twin cities

*flagicon|FRA Évry, France, since 1972
*flagicon|BEL Genk, Belgium since 1990
*flagicon|GER Heidenau Germany, since 1990
*flagicon|UK Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, since 1990
*flagicon|GRE Corfu, Greece, since 1996
*flagicon|People's Republic of China Nantong, People's Republic of China, since 1997
*flagicon|Kosovo Mushtisht, Kosovo since 2001
*flagicon|Turkey Özdere, Turkey since 2004

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
* Sabine Lisicki, professional tennis player

External links

* [http://www.troisdorf.de Official site] de icon