Raderthal

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Raderthal
district 204 of Cologne
Location of the Raderthal district in district 2
Coordinates 50 ° 53 '55 "  N , 6 ° 57' 17"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '55 "  N , 6 ° 57' 17"  E
surface 3.21 km²
Residents 4835 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density 1506 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Apr 1, 1888
Postcodes 50968, 50969
prefix 0221
Borough Rodenkirchen (2)
Transport links
Highway A4 A555
Federal road B51
Bus routes 130 131 133 134
Source: 2017 residents . (PDF) Cologne district information

The Raderthal district is located in the south of Cologne and belongs to the Rodenkirchen district .

location

Spherical panorama on the northern border of Raderthal. The left skyscraper is the Deutschlandfunk
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Raderthal borders in the east on the Marienburg district , in the south with the federal highway 4 on Rondorf , in the west on the Südfriedhof and Zollstock and in the north on Raderberg . Raderthal is shaped by the Office for Army Development of the Federal Ministry of Defense , which is located on Brühler Straße.

history

The place name Raderthal arose from the place name of the same name, which describes the valley adjoining the Raderberg - a former river bed of the Rhine.

The field name Raderthal already existed in the 13th century and was mentioned in the Cologne shrine books . In contrast, the place Raderthal was first mentioned in the death register of the Catholic parish church in Immendorf in 1838. Since the Middle Ages, this area has been cultivated by farmers who lived in the parish of St. Severin and who joined together in 1384 to form Farmer's Bank Severin . With industrialization in the 19th century, however, they gave up their farms and settled outside Cologne. In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period there were five farmers' benches in front of the Cologne city gates. During the first half of the 19th century, settlement in Raderthal began on Hitzelerstrasse, Brühler Strasse and Raderthaler Strasse. In the late 19th century, craft and industrial businesses followed. Politically, Raderthal has belonged to the municipality of Rondorf in the Cologne district since its foundation in the early 19th century and was incorporated into Cologne in 1888. At the beginning of the 20th century, housing developments were built.

Finally, the non-profit building cooperative of the municipal railway employees eGmbH built the houses on Markusstrasse in the 1920s.

From 1927 to 1932 the transmitter Köln-Raderthal was in Raderthal .

After the Second World War was on the site of the former People's Park , the municipal People's Park also built English settlement which are sold under today monument stands. Mostly English and Belgian occupation soldiers lived there . However, over the years they cleared their houses, most of which were occupied by German officers. Today the settlement impresses with wide streets and old trees throughout. Almost all houses in the English settlement have now been sold on the free housing market by the federal government. The target group were families with children, so that the population structure has changed fundamentally since 2000.

This is also the case in the rest of Raderthal, which is in the middle of a generation change. In addition to many long-established Raderthal seniors and families, numerous young families move in, who appreciate the proximity to the city center on the one hand and the direct connection to the green belt and urban forest.

Leisure and attractions

  • Raderthal borders the outer Cologne green belt in the south . On this side of the military ring, which formerly connected the fortifications of the fortress ring in Cologne , is the Fritz-Encke-Volkspark with a newly installed drinking fountain in a small round temple. The park was created in 1924.
  • Former cemetery with high cross.

religion

  • The Philippuskirche on Albert-Schweitzer-Straße is not only the center of the Protestant community in Raderthal, but also the meeting point for the Korean Hanbit community in Cologne.
  • The CVJM Köln-Süd, an association for child and youth work, has its seat at the Philippuskirche.

In addition, Raderthal belongs to the Catholic parishes on the Südkreuz (Church of St. Mary's Conception).

Facilities

Skyscraper in the Konrad-Adenauer-Kaserne
  • The European school, which is run as a comprehensive school , is located between Markusstrasse and the Raderthalgürtel . The school's predecessor included the Zollstock / Raderthal high school with its headmaster Hans-Martin Hansen, who later also became the first headmaster of the Raderthal / Zollstock comprehensive school (Raderthalgürtel 3).
  • The Army Development Office is located in the Konrad-Adenauer-Kaserne at Brühler Straße 300 and on the opposite side of the street (house no. 300) is a branch of the Bundeswehr career center .
  • The Federal Armed Forces College in Cologne is right next to the Fritz-Encke-Volkspark, on Kardorfer Strasse . Like many of the surrounding houses, part of the building is a listed building.
  • The Elisabeth-Fry-Haus is located at Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 2 , a reception and dormitory for women from the Diakonie Michaelshoven . Here women find security, protection and support in order to cope with their current crisis situation. The house is available around the clock for women seeking help.
  • There is also a day-care center on Derkumer Straße that takes in and looks after children from one to six years of age.

literature

  • Christian Schuh: Cologne's 85 districts. History, dates, facts, names. Emons, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-89705-278-4

Web links

Commons : Köln-Raderthal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files