Ehrenfeld, Cologne

Borough of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ehrenfeld

Borough of Cologne

Aerial view of Ehrenfeld with the Colonius telecommunications tower in the background

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Location within Cologne

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Coordinates: 50°56′47″N 6°55′06″E﻿ / ﻿50.9464°N 6.91833°E﻿ / 50.9464; 6.91833
Country| Germany
State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region| Cologne
District| Urban district
City| Cologne
Area

• Total

| 23.98 km2 (9.26 sq mi)
Population

(2020-12-31)[1]

• Total

| 109,498
• Density| 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Helios-Lighthouse in Cologne-Ehrenfeld Typical street in Neuehrenfeld

Ehrenfeld (German: Köln-Ehrenfeld [kœln ˈʔeːʁənfɛlt]; Kölsch: Ihrefäld [ˈíʁəfɛlt]) is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the seven quarters Bickendorf, Bocklemünd, Mengenich, Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Ossendorf and Vogelsang. It has about 109,500 inhabitants (as of December 2020) and covers an area of 23.98 square kilometres. The district borders with the Cologne districts of Chorweiler to the North, Nippes and Innenstadt to the East and Lindenthal to the South-West.

Ehrenfeld is characterized by lively and popular residential areas and shopping streets, the media center "Coloneum" with the most modern production and movie studios and a large and vivacious free cultural scene with many artists' studios, theatres and clubs.

The landmark of Ehrenfeld is the Helios-lighthouse and the old factory of the perfume manufacturer 4711.

## History

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Ehrenfeld got its name from the quarter Ehrenfeld, which represents the center of the borough. Ehrenfeld grew substantially during the Gründerzeit boom, became a municipality in 1867 and a town in 1879. Nine years later, Ehrenfeld became part of the city of Cologne. During summer and autumn of 1944 an anti-Nazi resistance group, known as the Ehrenfeld Group, operated from Ehrenfeld.

## Subdivisions

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Ehrenfeld consists of six Stadtteile (city parts):

#  | City part  | Population (2009) | Area (km2) | Pop. per km2 | map

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401 | Ehrenfeld | 35,488 | 3,72 | 9,536 |
402 | Neuehrenfeld | 23,387 | 2,55 | 9,170
403 | Bickendorf | 16,276 | 2,31 | 7,046
404 | Vogelsang | 8,028 | 3,66 | 2,192
405 | Bocklemünd/Mengenich | 10,563 | 4,93 | 2,141
406 | Ossendorf | 9,966 | 6,81 | 1,463
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

## Transportation

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Main article: Transport in Cologne

The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne by numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 3, 4, 5 and 13. The Bundesautobahn 57 connects Ehrenfeld with the Cologne Beltway, Venloer Straße is the district's principal road leading onto the Cologne Ring. The Köln-Ehrenfeld station (Bahnhof Ehrenfeld) connects the borough to the regional rail network.

map | KVB station | lines

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|  Bocklemünd | 3 | 4 |  |
Westfriedhof | 3 | 4 |  |
Wolffsohnstraße | 3 | 4 |  |
Akazienweg | 3 | 4 |  |
Äußere Kanalstraße | 3 | 4 |  |
Leyendeckerstraße | 3 | 4 |  |
Venloer Straße/Gürtel | 3 | 4 |  | 13
Körnerstraße | 3 | 4 |  |
Piusstraße | 3 | 4 |  |
Hans-Böckler-Platz/Bf West | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## References

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1. ^ "Kölner Stadtteilinformationen 2020" (PDF). Stadt Köln. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

## External links

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* Official webpage of the district (in German)

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Districts of Cologne

* I. Innenstadt
* II. Rodenkirchen
* III. Lindenthal
* IV. Ehrenfeld
* V. Nippes
* VI. Chorweiler
* VII. Porz
* VIII. Kalk
* IX. Mülheim

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