Country Germany City Cologne (Köln) Population 109,045 (Dec 2009) | Federal state North Rhine-Westphalia Area 38.2 km² Local time Saturday 5:34 AM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind W at 27 km/h, 84% Humidity Points of interest Odysseum, Wildgehege Brück, Monti Iblei Franklin Cannizzaro | ||
Kalk (German: Köln-Kalk [ˈkʰœln ˈkʰalkʰ], Colognian: Kallek [ˈkʰaɫək] or [kaɫːk]) is the Eighth city district or Stadtbezirk of Cologne, Germany. Kalk was merged into the city of Cologne in 1910, the district was formed in 1975.
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Map of Kalk, Cologne, Germany
The district of Kalk borders with Mülheim to the North, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis to the East, the Cologne borough of Porz to the South and Deutz to the West.
Subdivisions
Kalk consists of nine Stadtteile (city parts):
Education
The Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule is located in Kalk.
The Japanische Schule Köln e.V. (ケルン日本語補習授業校 Kerun Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese weekend school, holds its classes in the Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule. It began holding classes there as of 20 August 2009.
Transportation
Kalk is served by numerous railway stations and highways. Train stations include Köln-Trimbornstraße and numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 1 and 9. The Bundesautobahn 3 and 4 connect Kalk with the Cologne Beltway.