Cologne-Porz (city district)
  district 7 of Cologne |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 53 '16 " N , 7 ° 3' 19" E | ||||||||||||||
| surface | 78.92 km² | ||||||||||||||
| Residents | 113,670 (Dec. 31, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Population density | 1440 inhabitants / km² | ||||||||||||||
| Start-up | Jan. 1, 1975 | ||||||||||||||
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District town hall Porz Friedrich-Ebert-Ufer 64–70 51143 Cologne |
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| Website | www.stadt-koeln.de/porz | ||||||||||||||
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701 Poll |
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| District Mayor | Henk van Benthem ( CDU ) | ||||||||||||||
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Porz is an urban district on the right bank of the Rhine in the southeast of the independent city of Cologne . In 2014 around 110,900 inhabitants lived in the district on an area of 78.78 km². By the Cologne-law in the context of local government reform in North Rhine-Westphalia , the former city Porz one of Cologne since January 1, 1975th The then newly created district of Porz is the largest in the city in terms of area. It includes the Poll district, which was incorporated before 1975 , but not the former Heumar district of Porz, which was merged with the Rath / Heumar district of Cologne and has since been part of the Kalk district. As an independent town, Porz was part of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district until it was incorporated .
history
Porz is a very old settlement area. The lower terrace was probably free of settlements until the migration period and was characterized by frequent flooding, while the area of the middle terrace in the area of today's Wahner Heide shows numerous traces of prehistoric settlement.
The place name Porz is probably of Latin origin. More probable than the meaning of porta (“gate”) as an access point is the derivation of portus (“harbor”) (cf. Pforzheim ). The arch of the Rhine, which was originally less pronounced, was suitable for creating a natural harbor. The old Porzer Straße (Steinstraße, Bergerstraße, Kaiserstraße, Poststraße), whose extensions would intersect in today's Rhine, point to the early importance of the port. Before the 16th century, a small castle or a fortified courtyard, similar to the facilities in Zündorf and Lülsdorf , can be assumed here. The individual localities emerged in Franconian times, which is evident both in terms of their names and z. T. can be documented; the establishment of the country was completed around the year 1000. Some of the districts are oriented along the Rhine ( Westhoven , Ensen , Porz , Zündorf and Langel ), others along an arm of the Rhine that had already dried out in Roman times ( Eil , Urbach , Elsdorf and Wahn ). Furthermore, Libur and Lind traditionally belong to Porz. With the expansion of the military base on the Wahner Heide , the district of Cologne-Wahnheide was created , with the expansion of the Gremberg marshalling yard, the district of Gremberghoven was created , and after the Second World War , Grengel and finally Finkenberg were founded. In addition, there are some larger farms that were formerly used for agriculture, such as Gut Leidenhausen , Schloss Röttgen and Gut Maarhausen .
Porz belonged to the Grafschaft Berg very early on and, due to its favorable location on the Rhine, was the seat of an office ( Amt Porz ), the area of which was far larger than that of the former city of Porz or the current city district. Ecclesiastically Porz was divided into the parishes of Zündorf, Heumar and Urbach. Although parts of the Duchy of Berg became Protestant, the Porz area remained Catholic. While it belonged to the Grand Duchy of Berg (1806 to 1813), the administration was reformed according to the French model in 1808, the newly established Mairien Heumar and Wahn were assigned to the canton of Mülheim in the department of the Rhine . As a result of the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region became part of Prussia , the Mairien became mayor's offices , Heumar and Wahn belonged to the district of Cologne in the administrative district of Cologne and from 1822 to the Rhine province . The village of Porz was part of the municipality of Heumar in the mayor's office of the same name and around 1830 had only 268 inhabitants. In 1927, all of the mayor's offices in the Rhine Province were renamed. In 1928 the municipality of Heumar was renamed the municipality of Porz, after a decree by the Cologne District President , the two rural communities of Porz (until 1928 Heumar) and the municipality of Wahn were merged to form a new rural municipality with the name Porz. At the same time the offices of Heumar and Wahn were dissolved and merged into a new office in Porz.
With industrialization, Porz gained in importance, and gradual urbanization began. After the Second World War, Porz experienced an above-average increase in population, and accordingly Porz received city rights in 1951 . Today's Cologne-Porz includes the following districts: Eil , Elsdorf , Ensen , Finkenberg , Gremberghoven , Grengel , Langel , Libur , Lind , Poll , Porz (Porz-Zentrum) , Urbach , Wahn , Wahnheide , Westhoven , Zündorf .
With the incorporation of Porz into Cologne, which came into force on January 1, 1975, the old Heumar district of Porz was merged with the Rath district of Cologne and incorporated into the Kalk district of Cologne. In return, the Poll, which had been part of Cologne since 1888, was assigned to the new Porz district. The Poll district is the only old Cologne district in District 7 that was assigned to Porz in the course of the regional reform in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1975. Due to historical and geographical conditions, Poll has some special features compared to the other districts of Porz, such as the fact that the telephone code is 0221 (Cologne area code) instead of 02203 (for the Porzer Urgebiet); In contrast to the other postcode areas in Porz, the postcode is (5114x) 51105, and the Cologne-Kalk police station is responsible for Poll instead of the Porzer police station.
Since August 24, 2007 Finkenberg is the 86th district of Cologne. Until then, the area belonged to Porz-Eil.
After the local elections in 2014, the city district caused a sensation at least nationwide, as the district mayor, Henk van Benthem (CDU). was elected with the votes of AfD , FDP and proKöln . This led to protests in the city district, in Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia.
economy
Porz is an important industrial location. Porz has traditionally been shaped by the glass industry, and the company Saint-Gobain Glass Germany , based here, has produced the Sky Walk , for example , which leads over the Grand Canyon . The oldest engine manufacturer in the world ( Deutz ) is also located here, and Citroën moved here again after the Second World War . Citroën was already in Cologne-Poll during the Weimar Republic and has been in Cologne longer than Ford. Due to the National Socialists , the plant in Germany had to be closed (in contrast to the Ford plants). In addition, a large number of logistics and trading companies have settled in Porz, not least because of the Cologne / Bonn Airport in the Cologne-Grengel district. Porz is a center of research. In the Draloric works in Cologne-Urbach, the basics of computer production were developed after the Second World War; the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is one of the largest federal research institutions with its main office in Cologne-Lind. The theater studies collection of the University of Cologne is located in Schloss Wahn . Porz is, among other things, the seat of TÜV Rheinland and the European Astronaut Center (EAC), which are located near the civil and military part of Cologne / Bonn Airport . In addition, Porz has several large, very diverse, service-oriented business parks. The district of Porz is one of the net contributors in Cologne, even if the settlement of transfer service recipients has increased significantly as a result of the incorporation. There are individual problem areas that are strongly influenced by migration (Finkenberg, Porz Mitte). After the Hertie department store, which had been vacant since 2009, was demolished in 2018, the “Neue Porzer Mitte” project is intended to reverse this trend.
Recreation
About a quarter of the urban area of Porz consists of the Wahner Heide nature reserve . The second large forest area is Leidenhausen , which is designed as a diverse leisure forest . In addition, there are numerous fields and corridors that are unique in Cologne on this scale: a city park in Grengel, the Bieselwald between Grengel and Wahnheide, the Scheuermühlenteich in Lind. A new forest has emerged in the past few decades in the south of Urbach in the north of Wahn, where it borders on the golf course and indoor swimming pool. Another indoor and outdoor pool can be found in Zündorf.
In addition, the entire bank of the Rhine has been developed as a local recreation area. Particularly noteworthy are the Porzer Rhine promenade in the center of the district, built from 1906 to 1912, and the “ Groov ” in the south, expanded from 1972 to 1975. A wide range of restaurants and leisure options has developed there.
Social
There are various integration contact points in the Porz district. Unemployment is below the Cologne average. There is a strong commitment from the population in Porz. An association of master craftsmen with over 100 member companies is also socially committed. There is a hospice in Porz , which was rebuilt within a year after a fire with the support of the population. There is a lively and lively club life in the city district, and carnival life is very pronounced. The music school in Porz provides music education in all primary schools.
The Porz district has three grammar schools, secondary schools and secondary schools, and there is also a vocational college, a comprehensive school and a special school as well as numerous elementary schools and kindergartens.
In Finkenberg, a disproportionate proportion of the population lives on transfer payments. The problem of the district is mainly based on the fact that parts of the high-rise estates have been objects of speculation for decades and the social occupancy is therefore beyond public control. There are many government-sponsored measures in Finkenberg.
In the Catholic tradition, citizens in particular are active in the spirit of Kolping. There is a distinct SKM and SKF structure. Little anchored projects are also financed through European and other funds.
The outreach advice on securing living space in the Cologne district of Porz-Finkenberg is an offer by Diakonie Michaelshoven for families or individuals in the district whose tenancy is at risk or who are looking for support in solving difficult life situations.
Together with the Cologne consortium, the Office for Urban Development and the Porz youth workshop, Diakonie Michaelshoven has developed a district project for the qualification and labor market integration of women in Porz.
media
The local press is covered by three publishers. The DuMont publishing house is dominant with the local editions of the daily newspapers Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and Kölnische Rundschau . Also connected with this house are the two free papers from Porz, Porz Aktuell and the Porzer weekend . Alternatively, the monthly magazine Porzer Illustrierte of the local MedienService-Geis-Verlag and the weekly advertising paper Porz on Monday of the national advertising newspaper publisher Rautenberg Media & Print Verlag KG are available in Porz . There are also several editorial blogs for the borough online. Porz-online.de and porzerleben.de report regularly from Porz
Historical research
In 1960 the Porzer Stadtarchiv was founded, which has been continued in the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne since 1975 . It was the editor of the series Our Porz , now continued as the yearbook Rechtsrheinisches Köln by today's history and local history association Rechtsrheinisches Köln . The current director is the historian Claudia Tiggemann-Klein .
Sports
The SG Porz is one of the most successful chess clubs in Germany and has received several German team champion .
Porz is a regional player in football. The first team of the Porz sports association is in first place among the clubs of the Cologne soccer district in an all-time table of the Landesliga Mittelrhein.
The youth department of the Porz sports association is the sporting home for over 250 children and is known nationwide for its good youth work.
Well-known players such as Wolfgang Weber , Herbert Neumann , Bernhard Cullmann , Carsten Cullmann , Benjamin Henrichs and Natalie Moik emerged from the team of the sports association .
The diving community Porz has approximately 200 members, one of the largest diving clubs in Cologne.
architecture
- ABC Tower in the Airport Business Park (65 meters) in Gremberghoven
- Alexian Hospital in Ensen
- Pollonius telecommunications tower (115 meters) in Poll
- Cologne / Bonn Airport and Cologne / Bonn Airport train station
- High-rise housing estate in Finkenberg ("demo area")
- Porz town hall including the education center in Porz center
- Castle madness in madness
- Administrative building of TÜV Rheinland (112 meters)
- St. Corpus Christi Church, architect Gottfried Böhm .
Personalities
- Äi-Tiem , hip-hop band
- Johann Barz , member of the local council, local poet, main teacher in Urbach
- Stella Baum , art collector
- Jürgen Bodeux , agent provocateur of the political police
- Paul Brätter , communist member of the Reichstag from Wahnheide, murdered by the Nazis
- Guido Cantz , comedian and presenter
- Bernhard Cullmann , soccer player of 1. FC Cologne
- Carsten Cullmann , soccer player of 1. FC Cologne
- Karl Daniel , inventor and entrepreneur
- The company , hip-hop band
- Kuno von Eltz-Rübenach , member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP and SS brigade leader
- Peter Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach , was Reich Transport and Post Minister in the National Socialist German Reich, criticized the attacks by the Nazis on the Catholics and was resigned in 1937.
- Eko Fresh , hip hop musician
- Jens Hegeler , soccer player
- Wilfried Hilgert , entrepreneur and patron
- Jürgen Hollstein , CDU politician
- Frank Holzke , chess grandmaster
- Robert Huebner , chess grandmaster
- Bruce Kapusta , trumpeter and entertainer
- Bone factory , punk band
- Daniel Kothenschulte , film critic and film scholar
- Uwe Eric Laufenberg , director and former director of the Cologne Opera
- Christopher Lutz , chess grandmaster
- Manfred Lütz , doctor, theologian, writer
- Max Meirowsky , entrepreneur and art collector
- Birgit Meyer , director
- Natalie Moik , soccer player
- Alfred Moritz , last mayor of the city of Porz and first district mayor of the Cologne-Porz district
- Josef Müller , CDU politician and former mayor of the city of Cologne
- The model boys , fictional police officers from Porz
- Herbert Neumann , soccer player of 1. FC Cologne
- Holger Nikelis , wheelchair table tennis player
- Jochen Ott , politician ( SPD ) and chairman of the Cologne SPD since 2001, born May 9, 1974 in Porz
- Ludwig Paffendorf , architect
- Lisa Schmitz , soccer player
- Uwe Schneidewind , economist
- Peter Sitt , swimming athlete
- Linda Teodosiu , singer
- Peter Terrid , science fiction writer
- Andreas Vogel , press researcher
- Wolfgang Weber , soccer player of 1. FC Cologne
- Ulrich Woelk , writer
- Wonderwall (band)
- Haydar Zorlu , actor
Trivia
Porz also gained fame through the comedian Guido Cantz , who wore a T-shirt with the imprint Porz during his appearances and who addressed the district in his program.
literature
- Our Porz, contributions to the history of the office and city of Porz, history and local history association Porz:
- Volume 3 Stadtgymnasium Porz.
- Volume 6 Niederündorf altar hangings (end of the 15th century).
- Volume 7 For the 1000th anniversary of Porz-Langel.
- Volume 8 On the oldest settlement in the city of Porz and its immediate surroundings - Der Linder Bruch.
- Volume 9 Health Care in Porz.
- Volume 10 Beginnings of the Police and Political Life.
- Volume 12 The Zündorf Jewish Community.
- Volume 13 The Neuenhof; Gremberghoven.
- Volume 14 Rhine and Porz until 1945.
- Volume 15 “Cologne” foot pilgrimage from Porz-Erbach to Walldürn.
- Volume 16 Röttgen Castle.
- Alexander Hess: Area Porz - From the Rhine to the Heath. in: Dorothea Wiktorin u. a. (Ed.): Cologne - The historical-topographical atlas. Cologne 2001, pp. 190–191.
- Frank Schwalm: Porz - Bergisches Tor on the Rhine . Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7616-1797-6 , p. 205 .
- Alexander Wirtz: Porz the gate . Peter Weiden Verlag, Porz am Rhein 1973, p. 147 .
Movie
- The Porz District , 2009, A film by Jürgen Schumann DVD (60 min.)
Web links
- Official website of the city of Cologne for the Porz district
- History and local history association Rechtsrheinisches Köln e. V.
- Reports about and from Porz, dates and service page
- Cologne Porz is home here / We'll show you Cologne
- Porz-Online.de - News and reports from the region - home of the Porz soccer ticker
- Porzerleben.de - reports and dates online / We network Porz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Analysis of the local elections on May 25, 2014. (PDF; 7.2 MB ) Kölner Statistische Nachrichten - 2/2014. In: stadt-koeln.de. City of Cologne, accessed on March 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Local election on August 30, 2009. (PDF; 6.2 MB) Kölner Statistische Nachrichten - 4/2009. In: stadt-koeln.de. City of Cologne, accessed on March 6, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.stadt-koeln.de/1/zahlen-statistik/strukturdaten/#statistiklink
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .
- ↑ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province , Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, p. 315 ( Google Books )
- ↑ Stadtverwaltung Porz am Rhein (ed.): Porz, the young city on the Rhine. Festival book for the city elevation of Porz . 1951.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 299 .
- ↑ Beatrix Lampe and Peter Limbach: Cologne District Mayor in conversation "Porz must get his soul back". In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. January 20, 2020, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ https://neuemitteporz.de/das-projekt
- ↑ https://www.stadt-koeln.de/artikel/64472/index.html
- ^ Football club register
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