
Ehrenfeld ( ; ) is a borough (''
Stadtbezirk
A (; also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 in ...
'') of the City of
Cologne
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in Germany. It includes the seven
quarters Bickendorf, Bocklemünd, Mengenich, Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Ossendorf and Vogelsang. It has about 109,500 inhabitants (as of December 2020) and covers an area of 23.98 square kilometres. The district borders with the Cologne districts of
Chorweiler to the North,
Nippes
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and
Innenstadt to the East and
Lindenthal to the South-West.
Ehrenfeld is characterized by lively and popular residential areas and shopping streets, the media center "Coloneum" with the most modern production and
movie studio
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s and a large and vivacious free cultural scene with many artists'
studio
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The word ''studio'' is derived from the , from , from ''studere'', meaning to study or zeal.
Types Art
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s, theatres and clubs.
The landmark of Ehrenfeld is the
Helios-lighthouse and the old factory of the perfume manufacturer
4711.
History
Ehrenfeld got its name from the quarter ''Ehrenfeld'', which represents the center of the borough. Ehrenfeld grew substantially during the
Gründerzeit
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boom, became a municipality in 1867 and a town in 1879. Nine years later, Ehrenfeld became part of the city of Cologne. During summer and autumn of 1944 an anti-Nazi resistance group, known as the
Ehrenfeld Group, operated from Ehrenfeld.
Subdivisions
Ehrenfeld consists of six ''Stadtteile'' (city parts):
Transportation
The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne by
numerous light rail stations of
Cologne Stadtbahn line 3, 4, 5 and 13. The
Bundesautobahn 57
is a German Autobahn that begins at the Dutch-German border near Goch and ends in Köln. It runs parallel to the Rhine River. Neuss and Krefeld are the biggest cities on this motorway. The A 57 is a continuation of the Dutch A77. Because ...
connects Ehrenfeld with the
Cologne Beltway, Venloer Straße is the district's principal road leading onto the
Cologne Ring. The
Köln-Ehrenfeld station (Bahnhof Ehrenfeld) connects the borough to the regional rail network.
References
External links
Official webpage of the district
Boroughs and quarters of Cologne
City districts in Germany
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