Dormagen (;
Ripuarian: ''Dormaje'') is a town in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
, Germany in the
Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Neuss is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nearby are the urban districts Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, the districts Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Düren, Heinsberg and the district Viersen ...
.
Geography
Dormagen is situated between
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...
–
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
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Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Möncheng ...
on the western bank of the river
Rhine
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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
Knechsteden Abbey (german: Kloster Knechtsteden) is a former Premonstratensian abbey in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since the 1890s a house of the Spiritans. It was founded in 1130, and in 1138 building began on the church, whic ...
:
* 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
Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceutica ...
and since its founding the
Covestro AG.
Transport
The town has three stations (
Dormagen,
Nievenheim and
Dormagen Chempark) on the
Lower Left Rhine Railway
The Left Lower Rhine line (german: Linksniederrheinische Strecke) is a main line on the left (western) bank of the Rhine in the lower Rhine region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Cologne to Cleves (Kleve) and formerly v ...
, linking Cologne and
Krefeld
Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, ...
.
The
German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.
Population
¹ City of Dormagen
Twin towns – sister cities
Dormagen is
twinned with:
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Kiryat Ono, Israel
*
Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
*
Toro, Spain
Notable people
*
Kai Wolters, actor
*
Lothar Hensel
Lothar Hensel (born 14 September 1961) is a German bandoneon player, composer and arrangeur.
Life and career
Born in Dormagen, studied school Music at the Berlin University of the Arts, majoring in clarinet. During his studies, he began playin ...
(born 1961), bandoneon player
*
Tim Rubink
Tim Rubink (born 12 January 1988 in Dormagen) is a German footballer who currently plays for Goslarer SC.
Career
He made his debut in the Fußball-Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bu ...
(born 1988), footballer
References
External links
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Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
Populated places on the Rhine
Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Districts of the Rhine Province