Chorweiler

Chorweiler
Chorweiler
6th district of Cologne
	view of Rheinkassel in Merkenich
	Location of Chorweiler shown in red
Country	Germany
Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	67.2 km2 (25.9 sq mi)
Population (December 2008)
• Total	80,870
• Density	1,204/km2 (3,120/sq mi)

1970s Chorweiler

Chorweiler (German: Köln-Chorweiler, German pronunciation: [kɔʁvaɪlɐ]) is the sixth city district (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne, Germany. Large portion of the district of Chorweiler were incorporated into the city of Cologne in 1922, the quarter of Chorweiler was created in the 1970s. The district has the lowest population density in Cologne and many areas are very rural.

The district of Chorweiler borders with the Cologne boroughs of Nippes and Ehrenfeld to the South, Rhein-Erft-Kreis to the West, Rhein-Kreis Neuss to the North, and the Rhine to the East. On the other riverbank lie the city of Leverkusen and Monheim am Rhein.

Subdivisions[]

Chorweiler consists of twelve Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²
601		5,681	12,2	466
602	Fühlingen	2,103	4,94	426
603		11,303	1,78	6,347
604	Heimersdorf	5,859	1,75	3,357
605		3,487	1,16	3,014
606		7,621	2,83	2,689
607		6,455	7,61	848
608		6,016	4,35	1,382
609	Chorweiler	12,986	1,92	6,766
610		5,894	3,22	1,829
611		3,839	13,8	279
612	Worringen	9,215	11,7	786
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Transportation[]

Chorweiler is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Köln-Chorweiler, Köln-Chorweiler Nord, Köln-Volkhovener Weg and Köln-Worringen, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 12 and 15. The Bundesautobahn 57 connects Chorweiler with the Cologne Beltway.

Rhine bridges[]

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External links[]

Official webpage of the district (in German)

Coordinates: 51°02′38″N 6°53′44″E / 51.0438°N 6.89564°E / 51.0438; 6.89564

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