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Troisdorf
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Troisdorf is located in Germany
Troisdorf
Troisdorf
Location o Troisdorf athin Rhein-Sieg-Kreis destrict
Coordinates: 50°48′58″N 07°09′20″E / 50.81611°N 7.15556°E / 50.81611; 7.15556Coordinates: 50°48′58″N 07°09′20″E / 50.81611°N 7.15556°E / 50.81611; 7.15556
KintraGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. regionKöln
DestrictRhein-Sieg-Kreis
Subdivisions12
Govrenment
 • MayorKlaus-Werner Jablonski (since October 2009) (CDU)
Area
 • Total62.17 km2 (24.00 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total75,222
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
53840, 53842, 53844
Diallin codes02241, 02203, 02246, 0228
Vehicle registrationSU
Websitewww.troisdorf.de

Troisdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈtroːsdɔrf]) is a toun in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (destrict), in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany.

Geografie

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Troisdorf is locatit approximately 22 kilometers sooth o Cologne an 13 kilometres north east o Bonn.

Diveesion o the toun

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Troisdorf consists o 12 destricts (population as o 31 December 2005):

  • Troisdorf (15,947 indwallers)
  • Spich (12,920 indwallers)
  • Sieglar (8,773 indwallers)
  • Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (7,644 indwallers)
  • Oberlar (6,109 indwallers)
  • West (5,531 indwallers)
  • Bergheim (5,232 indwallers)
  • Rotter See (4,098 indwallers)
  • Eschmar (3,242 indwallers)
  • Kriegsdorf (2,640 indwallers)
  • Altenrath (2,545 indwallers)
  • Müllekoven (1,915 indwallers)

History

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In 1952, Troisdorf became a free ceety, an in 1969 the urban aurie expandit wi the annexation o the tounship o Sieglar, an the veelages Altenrath an Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (tot population 1969: aboot 51,000). The first lairge dounset in this aurie goes back tae the 9t (Eschmar an Sieglar 832) an 10t (Bergheim 987) century, an the first kirks in this aurie bein biggit aroond 700 AD in Bergheim (St. Lambertus).

Aboot 9600 foreign naitionals live in Troisdorf. The twa maist numerous foreign naitional population groups are Turks (3100) an Greeks (1600). On 4 Juin 1972, Troisdorf foondit the first advisory cooncil for its foreign ceetizens in Germany. In the past years efter the revolution o 1989/1990 mony migrants frae Roushie an ither East European kintras hae settled in Troisdorf.

On 31 December 2010 Troisdorf haed accordin offeecial annooncements 76,987 indwallers. 11% o its population are foreign migrants.

Troisdorf haes a population o predominantly Christian belief, consistin o Roman Catholics, Protestants, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses an ither commonties, alang wi an influx o migrants o Islam, Orthodox Christianity an Jewish belief. Troisdorf is ane o the few locations in Germany whare haes been biggit a real mosque wi minaret for the Turkis commonty.

Notable places

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Europe's anerlie pictur-beuk museum is locatit in Troisdorf at the Burg Wissem castle Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine.

Twin ceeties

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Notable fowk

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References

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  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.

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