Cologne-Kalk (city district)

Kalk ; district 8 of Cologne
Coordinates	50 ° 56 '9 " N , 7 ° 1' 7" E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '9 " N , 7 ° 1' 7" E
surface	38.16 km²
Residents	120,981 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density	3170 inhabitants / km²
; Administration address	Kalker Hauptstrasse 247–273; 51103 Cologne
structure
Districts according to serial numbers	801 Humboldt / Gremberg; 802 Kalk; 803 Vingst; 804 Höhenberg; 805 Ostheim; 806 Merheim; 807 Brück; 808 Rath / Heumar; 809 Neubrück
politics
District Mayor	Claudia Greven-Thürmer ( SPD )
	Allocation of seats (district representation)
	Source: Cologne District Information - 2015 figures

Kalk is the 8th district of Cologne . It includes the districts of Brück , Höhenberg , Humboldt / Gremberg , Kalk , Merheim , Neubrück , Ostheim , Rath / Heumar and Vingst .

District 8 was founded as part of a municipal reorganization on January 1, 1975 and bears the name of its most populous district Kalk. At the time of the old postcode system, the districts of the district were incorporated under 5000 Köln 91.

location

The city district borders in the north on the city district Mülheim , in the east on the cities Bergisch Gladbach and Rösrath , in the south on the city district Porz and in the west with Deutz on the city center district .

District town hall

District town hall Kalk (2007)

In 1992 the new district town hall was opened (architect Gottfried Böhm , Cologne). In addition to the premises of the district council, the following authorities and public institutions are located in the building:

Citizens' Registration Office with registration hall
District Immigration Office
Volkshochschule Köln Kalk branch
District library

The district social welfare office and the district youth welfare office are located in the Deutz town hall.

Election for district representation
on May 25, 2014

(Votes in percent)

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

34.3

27.8

13.1

8.9

4.6

3.8

3.5

4.0

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

+1.2

-1.1

-1.5

+3.1

+4.6

-3.5

-4.1

+1.1

Otherwise.

Lime square

In 2003 the Kalk Karree was opened. The building was initially intended to house both municipal and private companies. Due to a lack of interest from the private sector, however, there are now almost exclusively municipal offices there.

Housing Office
Office for Social Affairs and Seniors
Office for Education Funding (Student BAföG)
Office of Public Order
Office for children, youth and family
Office for Foreign Affairs
Lost property office of the City of Cologne
Assessment procedure in accordance with the law for severely disabled persons (Dillenburgerstrasse extension)
Federal parental allowance (extension Dillenburgerstrasse)

Kalker water tower

On March 28, 2014, the Friends of the City Library Cologne e. V. after the already operated minibib in the city garden, another minibib opened in the Kalker listed water tower in the Köln Arcaden. A free, low-threshold offer with no ID required and based purely on trust. In 2011, the minibib project received an award in the culture category of the 365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas competition.

Web links

Commons : Köln-Kalk (City District) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of the city of Cologne for the Kalk district

Individual evidence

↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger of August 29, 2019: Greven-Thürmer is to follow Marco Pagano (no) , accessed on August 31, 2019
↑ 2014 local elections ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 7, 2014
↑ stadt-koeln.de - Analysis of municipal elections 2014 ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.6 MB), accessed on July 7, 2014
↑ City of Cologne event calendar March 28, 2014: minibib in the water tower: Official opening , accessed on April 28, 2014
↑ minibib named "Selected Location" ( memento from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 28, 2014

[1] Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger of August 29, 2019: Greven-Thürmer is to follow Marco Pagano (no) , accessed on August 31, 2019

[Wahl2014-2] 2014 local elections ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 7, 2014

[Wahl2009-3] stadt-koeln.de - Analysis of municipal elections 2014 ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.6 MB), accessed on July 7, 2014

[4] City of Cologne event calendar March 28, 2014: minibib in the water tower: Official opening , accessed on April 28, 2014

[5] minibib named "Selected Location" ( memento from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 28, 2014