Dormagen

Dormagen

Dormagen

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Dormagen (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʁmaːɡn̩] ⓘ; Ripuarian: Dormaje) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

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Geography

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)

History

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

Economy

Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG and since its founding the Covestro AG.

Transport

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.

Population

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¹ City of Dormagen

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Dormagen is twinned with:[3]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Städtepartnerschaften". dormagen.de (in German). Dormagen. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
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