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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Düsseldorf

Elevation
  
45 m (148 ft)

Population
  
62,961 (31 Dec 2010)

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Friday 5:16 PM

Dormagen httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
11°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 48% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Knechtsteden Abbey, Feste Zons, Kreismuseum Zons, Burg Friedestrom, Tierpark Tannenbusch

Dormagen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

Contents

Map of Dormagen, Germany

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)

    • History

    Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

    Economy

    Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG.

    Transportation

    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

    ¹ City of Dormagen

    Twin towns

  • – Toro, Castile and León, Spain
  • – Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
  • – Kiryat Ono, Israel

    • Persons of interest

  • Kai Wolters, actor

    • References

    Dormagen Wikipedia
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