- 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.png
Lageplanbeschreibung =
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 = CDUTroisdorf is a town in the
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), inNorth Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany .Geography
Troisdorf is located approx. 22 kilometers south of
Cologne and 13 kilometers north east ofBonn .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 freecity , in1969 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 , since1972
*flagicon|BELGenk ,Belgium since1990
*flagicon|GERHeidenau Germany , since1990
*flagicon|UKRedcar and Cleveland ,Middlesbrough ,United Kingdom , since1990
*flagicon|GRECorfu ,Greece , since1996
*flagicon|People's Republic of ChinaNantong ,People's Republic of China , since1997
*flagicon|KosovoMushtisht ,Kosovo since2001
*flagicon|TurkeyÖzdere ,Turkey since2004 Notable persons
*
Rupert Neudeck , founder of theCap Anamur , a German humanitarian aid organisation
*Paul Schäfer , founderColonia Dignidad , a German sect inChile
*Sophie Moser
*Tom Buhrow , famous German news anchor
*Sabine Lisicki , professionaltennis playerExternal links
* [http://www.troisdorf.de Official site] de icon
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