Nippes (; ) is the fifth borough (') of
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
, Germany. Nippes was incorporated into the city of Cologne in 1888 and the district was created in 1975. A large
Ford Europe
Ford of Europe GmbH is a subsidiary company of Ford Motor Company founded in 1967 in Cork (city), Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, with headquarters in Cologne, Germany.
History
Ford of Europe was founded in 1967 by the merger of Ford of Bri ...
production plant is located in Niehl, the north-eastern part of the district.
Nippes borders the Cologne boroughs of
Chorweiler to the north,
Mülheim
Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (, ; ; ) and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is ho ...
to the east,
Innenstadt to the south, and
Ehrenfeld to the south-west.
Subdivisions
Nippes consists of seven Stadtteile (city parts):
Transport
Nippes is served by numerous railway stations and main highways. Stations include
Köln-Nippes,
Köln Geldernstraße/Parkgürtel, and
Köln-Longerich, as well as
numerous light rail stations on
Cologne Stadtbahn
The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling). The te ...
lines 12, 15, 16, and 18.
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 Nippes to the
Cologne motorway ring.
Rhine bridges
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Mülheimer Brücke
Notable people
*
Fritz Schramma
Fritz Schramma is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was mayor of Cologne from 2000 until 2009.
Career
In 2000, Schramma ( CDU) assumed office as mayor-in-chief along with Bernhard Wimmer (CDU), because the incum ...
(born 1947),
mayor of Cologne
This is a list of mayors of Cologne. It includes the Lord Mayors of Cologne (''Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln'') since 1815 as well as the city managers (''Oberstadtdirektoren'') from 1946 to 1999.
Mayors since 1815
Lord Mayors of Colog ...
from 2000 until 2009
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Gaby Köster (born 1961), actress and cabaret artist
References
External links
Official webpage of the district
Boroughs and quarters of Cologne
City districts in Germany
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