Rheindorf

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Rheindorf City of Leverkusen
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 21 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	43 m
Area :	6.25 km²
Residents :	16,129  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	2,581 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1930
Postal code :	51371
Area code :	0214
Location of Rheindorf in Leverkusen

St. Aldegundis

Rheindorf is a Leverkusen district . On an area of ​​625 ha it has 15,900 inhabitants (May 31, 2013), the population density is 2544 inhabitants per km².

location

Wupper estuary into the Rhine

Rheindorf borders on Opladen and the Wupper in the east . In the southeast is Bürrig . The new Wupper estuary into the Rhine lies south of Rheindorf . The A59 motorway , which separates Rheindorf from Hitdorf , runs to the west of Rheindorf, while the Rhine flows to the southwest. The village of Rheinkassel is on the opposite bank of the Rhine . In the north, Rheindorf borders on Monheim and Langenfeld .

history

The Rheindorf, first mentioned in 1115, became the seat of a customs office in 1705 . The Church of St. Aldegundis was built in the 12th century. Rheindorf has belonged to the Monheim office in the Duchy of Berg since the Middle Ages . During the French period , Rheindorf came to the Mairie Monheim in the canton of Richrath in the arrondissement of Düsseldorf in the department of Rhine in the Grand Duchy of Berg . From 1815 Rheindorf belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia and came to the district of Opladen in the administrative district of Düsseldorf . The Wambach, Rötsche and Butterheide residential areas also belonged to the municipality of Rheindorf. In 1832 the place had 771 inhabitants. A few years later the place became part of the Solingen district . After all, Rheindorf had been the seat of a mayor's office since 1897, which was administered in personal union with the city of Hitdorf .

On April 1, 1930, the communities Rheindorf, Schlebusch and Steinbüchel and the then city of Wiesdorf merged to form the new city of Leverkusen . It had 42,000 inhabitants.

Today the old Rheindorf village center contrasts with historic houses and winding streets with high-rise settlements from the post-war period in the north of the district.

Population development

Leverkusen-Rheindorf, Wupper

date	Residents
December 01, 1900	1,400
December 31, 1990	16,011
December 31, 1995	16,320
December 31, 1996	16.601
December 31, 1997	16,871
December 31, 1998	16,773
06/30/1999	16,587
December 31, 1999	16,466
December 31, 2000	16,595
December 31, 2001	16,416
December 31, 2002	16,396
12/31/2003	16,391
December 31, 2005	16,435
12/31/2007	16,391
05/31/2013	15,900
December 31, 2018	16,129

Facilities

• Municipal kindergartens
• GGS Masurenstrasse
• Catholic primary school Burgweg
• Community elementary school dandelion school
• Rheindorf Yankees
• Evangelical and municipal youth center
• Leverkusen volunteer fire brigade, Rheindorf fire brigade
• Käthe Kollwitz Comprehensive School: Grades 5–6 (Elbestraße) and 7–13 (Deichtorstraße)
• Star school
• To the Holy Cross (Rheindorf)
• Allotment garden association Butterheide

S-Bahn stop

The Leverkusen-Rheindorf S-Bahn station

The S-Bahn stop Leverkusen-Rheindorf is located on the Cologne – Duisburg railway line and belongs to station category  5. The station is currently served by one S-Bahn line and four bus lines.

line	Line course
S 6	Essen Hbf - Essen-Kettwig - Ratingen Ost - Düsseldorf Hbf - Leverkusen-Rheindorf - Köln Hbf - Köln-Nippes
207	Rheindorf Nord - Rheindorf S-Bahn station - Mathildenhof
210	Rheindorf Nord - Rheindorf S-Bahn station - Alt Steinbüchel
211	Rheindorf Nord - Rheindorf S-Bahn station - Alt Steinbüchel
221	Rheindorf Nord - Rheindorf-S-Bahnhof - LEV-Chempark
253	Leverkusen-Hitdorf - Rheindorf-S-Bahnhof - Leichlingen

←	Lines			→
Langenfeld (Rheinl.)		S6 K – DU		Leverkusen-Küppersteg

photos

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  Old town center

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  Wupper Bridge

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  Catholic Church

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  Customs House

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  Ev. Hope Church

literature

• Leverkusen information 2004 . City of Leverkusen (Ed.), Leverkusen 2004.

Web links

Commons : Rheindorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Leverkusen-Rheindorf

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rheindorf in numbers. Retrieved June 22, 2013 . 
2. ^ Rheindorf. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 2, 2013 ; Retrieved June 22, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.