Porz

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Porz
7th District of Cologne
River view of Porz with district town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Porz shown in red
Country	Germany
Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	78.8 km2 (30.4 sq mi)
Population  (December 2008)
• Total	106,520
• Density	1,352/km2 (3,500/sq mi)

Aerial photograph of Porz, looking west across the Rhine

Courtyard of mid-18th-century Schloss Wahn

Porz (German: Köln-Porz) is a city district or Stadtbezirk of Cologne, Germany. It is situated on the right side of the Rhine in the south-east of the city. Porz is the largest borough of Cologne by area at 78,87 km² and has 107,500 inhabitants.

Porz borders with the Cologne boroughs of Kalk and Innenstadt to the North, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis to the East and South, and the Rhine to the West. On the other riverbank lies the Cologne borough of Rodenkirchen.

History[]

In 1951 the former independent town of Porz was awarded the town privileges (Stadtrechte). In the course of the local government reform in the 1970s in North Rhine-Westphalia, Porz was incorporated with Cologne.

Subdivisions[]

Porz consists of 16 Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km2)	Pop. per km2	map
701	Poll	11,141	5,17	2,156
702		4,604	4,22	1,092
703	[de]	6,860	1,62	4,233
704		2,842	5,83	487
705	Eil	8,813	16,2	543
706	Porz	13,785	3,12	4,420
707		11,970	2,29	5,220
708	Elsdorf	1,480	1,77	838
709		5,202	10,7	487
710		7,638	2,88	2,655
711		6,076	2,26	2,684
712		3,378	2,25	1,503
713		1,106	6,38	173
714	Zündorf	12,060	8,12	1,485
715		3,201	5,33	601
716		6,377	0,64	9,998
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Economy[]

Organisations based in Porz include: The German Aerospace Center, TÜV Rheinland, The European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency and the Cologne-Bonn airport. Engine manufacturer Deutz AG has its headquarter and a R&D facility in Porz.^[1] The Executive Transport Wing of the German Air Force is based on the military part of the Cologne-Bonn airport and contributes to the local economy by the large number of soldiers stationed there. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Porz has been known for its glass manufacture.

Transport[]

For car drivers, Porz can be reached from the Cologne Beltway via Bundesautobahn 59 and Bundesautobahn 559.

Rhine bridges[]

• 
• A 4 Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke

Public transport[]

Porz is served by a number of railway stations. Regional train station include Porz (Rhein), Porz-Wahn, Köln-Steinstraße and Köln-Airport Business Park. Porz (proper) has two light-rail stations of Stadtbahn line 7: Porz Steinstraße to the north and in the town center.

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Porz is "twinned" with the following cities:^[2]

• Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
• Dunstable, United Kingdom
• Hazebrouck, France

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Köln-Porz.

• Official webpage of the district (in German)

Coordinates: 50°53′16″N 7°03′19″E / 50.88778��N 7.05528°E / 50.88778; 7.05528

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