Country Germany City Cologne Population 110,092 (Dec 2008) | Federal state North Rhine-Westphalia Area 31.8 km² Local time Tuesday 4:36 AM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 57% Humidity Points of interest Cologne Zoological Garden, Flora und Botanischer Garten K, Zoologischer Garten Köln, Aquarium, Riehler Aue | ||
Nippes (German: Köln-Nippes [ˈkʰœlnipʰəs], Colognian: Neppes [ˈneˑpəs]) is the Fifth city district (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne, Germany. Nippes was merged into the city of Cologne in 1888, the district was formed in 1975. In Niehl, the North-eastern part of the district lies the large Ford Europe production plant.
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Map of Nippes, Cologne, Germany
The district borders with the Cologne districts of Chorweiler to the North, Mülheim to the East, Innenstadt to the South and Ehrenfeld to the South-West.
Subdivisions
Nippes consists of seven Stadtteile (city parts):
Transportation
Nippes is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Köln-Nippes, Köln Geldernstraße/Parkgürtel and Köln-Longerich, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 12, 15, 16 and 18. The Bundesautobahn 57 connects Nippes with the Cologne Beltway.