Dormagen
Dormagen (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʁmaːɡn̩] ⓘ; Ripuarian: Dormaje) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.
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Location of Dormagen within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district | |
Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
District | Rhein-Kreis Neuss |
Subdivisions | 16 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Erik Lierenfeld[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 85.4 km2 (33.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 65,147 |
• Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 41539–41542 |
Dialling codes | 02133, 02182 |
Vehicle registration | NE & GV |
Website | dormagen.de |
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Dormagen is situated between Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.
Division of the town
Dormagen consists of 16 subdivisions (with population figure):
- Broich: see Gohr
- Delhoven: 3,690
- Delrath: 3,082
- Dormagen Mitte: 5,621
- Gohr: 2,217 (with Broich)
- Hackenbroich (with Hackhausen): 8,689
- Hackhausen see Hackenbroich
- Horrem: 6,022
- Knechtsteden:
- Nievenheim (with Ückerath): 9,553
- Dormagen Nord: 3,514
- Rheinfeld: 5,403 (with Piwipp)
- St. Peter: see Stürzelberg
- Straberg: 2,840
- Stürzelberg: 4,643 (with St. Peter)
- Zons: 5,414 (with Nachtigall)
- Piwipp: 37 (Wohnmobil Parkplatz)
Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.
Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG and since its founding the Covestro AG.
The town has three stations (Dormagen, Nievenheim and Dormagen Chempark) on the Lower Left Rhine Railway, linking Cologne and Krefeld.
The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.
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¹ City of Dormagen
- Kiryat Ono, Israel
- Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
- Toro, Spain
- Kai Wolters, actor
- Lothar Hensel (born 1961), bandoneon player
- Tim Rubink (born 1988), footballer
- Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- "Städtepartnerschaften". dormagen.de (in German). Dormagen. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- Official website (in German)