- Rodenkirchen
Rodenkirchen is a southern
borough ofCologne (Köln) inGermany . It has about 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 54.56 square kilometres (21.06 mile²). The borough includes the districts Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, Raderberg, Raderthal, Rodenkirchen, Sürth, Rondorf, Weiß and Zollstock.Traffic
The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne and
Bonn by line 16 of theCologne Stadtbahn . TheBundesautobahn 555 connects Rodenkirchen with theCologne Ring .Landmarks
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Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
*Maternus -Shrine
*Villa Malta
*Alt St. MaternusSt. 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 well-known landmark even beyond the borders of Rodenkirchen. It burned down three times since it was built in 1947. Today it is used as a restaurant and for little events like marriages.
External links
*http://www.rodenkirchen.de
*http://www.stadt-koeln.de/bezirke/rodenkirchen/
* [http://www.hot-maps.de/rodenkirchen/ Map of Köln-Rodenkirchen]
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