{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox German place |name = Rodenkirchen (2) |type = Borough |City = Cologne |image_photo = Rodenkirchen, Hauptstrasse.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Hauptstraße with Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge in the background |image_coa = |image_flag = |image_plan = Koeln bezirke 2rodenkirchen.png |plantext = Location within Cologne |coordinates = {{coord|50|53|29|N|6|59|28|E|display=it|region:DE-NW_type:city(100000)_source:dewiki}} |state = Nordrhein-Westfalen |region = Cologne |district = urban |borough = |elevation = 54.55 |population = 110158 |population_as_of = 2020-12-31 |pop_ref = <ref name=pop>{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-koeln.de/mediaasset/content/pdf15/statistik-standardinformationen/k%C3%B6lner_stadtteilinformationen_2020_fertig.pdf |title=Kölner Stadtteilinformationen 2020 |publisher=Stadt Köln|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> |postal_code = |area_code = |licence = |website = |year = }}
'''Rodenkirchen''' ({{IPA|de|ʁoːdn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩}}) is a southern borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of Cologne (Köln) in Germany. It has about 110,000 inhabitants and covers an area of {{convert|54.55|km2|abbr=off}}. The borough includes the quarters Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, Raderberg, Raderthal, '''Rodenkirchen''', Sürth, Rondorf, Weiß and Zollstock.
The 1000-year-old quarter Rodenkirchen, situated close to the Rhine, today represents the center of the borough. It has more than 16,000 inhabitants.
==Subdivisions== Rodenkirchen is made up of 13 ''Stadtteile'' (city parts): {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !# !City part !Population <small>(2009)</small> !Area <small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small> !Pop. per km<sup>2</sup> ! style="vertical-align:top;" class="unsortable"|map |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 201 || style="text-align:left;"| Bayenthal || 8,508 || 1,28 || 6,647 || rowspan="13" | 320px|District map of Rodenkirchen |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 202 || style="text-align:left;"| Marienburg || 5,497 || 3,05 || 1,802 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 203 || style="text-align:left;"| Raderberg || 5,643 || 0,84 || 6,718 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 204 || style="text-align:left;"| Raderthal || 4,768 || 3,21 || 1,485 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 205 || style="text-align:left;"| Zollstock || 21,049 || 5,04 || 4,176 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 206 || style="text-align:left;"| Rondorf || 9,532 || 8,20 || 1,162 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 207 || style="text-align:left;"| Hahnwald || 2,068 || 3,00 || 687 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 208 || style="text-align:left;"| '''Rodenkirchen''' || 15,764 || 7,83 || 2,014 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 209 || style="text-align:left;"| Weiß || 5,754 || 4,16 || 1,383 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 210 || style="text-align:left;"| Sürth || 10,348 || 3,46 || 2,993 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 211 || style="text-align:left;"| Godorf || 2,245 || 4,60 || 488 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 212 || style="text-align:left;"| Immendorf || 2,010 || 5,23 || 385 |- style="text-align:right;" | style="text-align:left;"| 213 || style="text-align:left;"| Meschenich || 7,648 || 4,72 || 1,621 |- | colspan="6" | <small>source: [http://www.stadt-koeln.de/mediaasset/content/pdf15/koelner-stadtteile-in-zahlen-2010.pdf Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010] {{in lang|de}}</small> |}
==Points of interest== {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 180 | image1 = Rodenkirchen_Alte_Liebe.jpg | caption1 = Gastronomical ship "Alte Liebe" | image2 = Köln-Rodenkirchen Zum Treppchen.jpg | caption2 = Classic restaurant "Zum Treppchen" | image3 = VorderhausKRG.jpg | caption3 = Boathouse of the local rowing club }} * Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge * Maternus-Shrine * Villa Malta * Alt St. Maternus * Forstbotanischer Garten Köln, an arboretum and woodland botanical garden
===St. Maternus=== St. Maternus was built according to the plans of Vinvenz Statz from 1863 to 1867 at the former place of the Carthusian.
St. Maternus was built as a gothic church with only a few ornamentations. It has a tympanum with St. Maternus standing between two angels in front of a panorama of Cologne. Inside the church there is a madonna from ''Alt St. Maternus'' (English: ''Old St. Maternus''), the former St. Maternus from 1470.
===Restaurant-ship "Alte Liebe"=== The ship named "''Alte Liebe''" (English: ''Old Love'') is a landmark well-known beyond the town of Rodenkirchen. Originally constructed in 1947, it burned down and was restored three times. Today it is used as a restaurant and for events such as weddings.
==Transport== {{Main|Transport in Cologne}} Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Ring, Bundesautobahn 555 connects Rodenkirchen with the Cologne Beltway.
===Rhine bridges=== * 23px Südbrücke * {{Jct|country=DEU|A|4}} Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke
===Public transport=== thumbnail|alt=Double-track railway line with side platforms|The Rodenkirchen stadtbahn station in 2010 Rodenkirchen is served by the Cologne Stadtbahn at Rodenkirchen, connected to the city centres of Cologne and Bonn by lines 16 and 17.
==Twin towns – sister cities== {{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}} Rodenkirchen is "twinned" with the following cities:<ref name="Cologne">{{cite web | url=http://www.koeln.de/koeln/die_domstadt/partnerstaedte | title= Partnerstädte | accessdate=22 June 2009| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326174622/http://www.koeln.de/koeln/die_domstadt/partnerstaedte| archivedate=26 March 2014}}</ref> * {{flagicon|UK}} Benfleet, United Kingdom * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Eygelshoven, The Netherlands
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons|Köln-Rodenkirchen}} * [http://www.rodenkirchen.de Rodenkirchen.de] * [http://www.stadt-koeln.de/1/stadtbezirke/rodenkirchen/ Official webpage of the district] {{in lang|de}}
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