Porz

Porz
—  7th District of Cologne  —
river view of Porz with district town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Porz shown in red
Country	Germany
Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	78.8 km2 (30.4 sq mi)
Population (December 2008)
• Total	106,520
• Density	1,352/km2 (3,500/sq mi)

aerial photograph of Porz, looking west across the Rhine

courtyard of mid-18th-century Schloss Wahn

Porz (German: Köln-Porz) is a city district or Stadtbezirk of Cologne, Germany. It is situated on the right side of the Rhine in the south-east of the city. Porz is the largest borough of Cologne by area at 78,87 km² and has 107,500 inhabitants.

Porz borders with the Cologne boroughs of Kalk and Innenstadt to the North, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis to the East and South, and the Rhine to the West. On the other riverbank lies the Cologne borough of Rodenkirchen.

History

In 1951 the former independent town of Porz was awarded the town privileges (Stadtrechte). In the course of the local government reform in the 1970s in North Rhine-Westphalia, Porz was incorporated with Cologne.

Subdivisions

Porz consists of 16 Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²	map
701	Poll	11,141	5,17	2,156
702	Westhoven	4,604	4,22	1,092
703	Ensen	6,860	1,62	4,233
704	Gremberghoven	2,842	5,83	487
705	Eil	8,813	16,2	543
706	Porz	13,785	3,12	4,420
707	Urbach	11,970	2,29	5,220
708	Elsdorf	1,480	1,77	838
709	Grengel	5,202	10,7	487
710	Wahnheide	7,638	2,88	2,655
711	Wahn	6,076	2,26	2,684
712	Lind	3,378	2,25	1,503
713	Libur	1,106	6,38	173
714	Zündorf	12,060	8,12	1,485
715	Langel	3,201	5,33	601
716	Finkenberg	6,377	0,64	9,998
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (German)

Economy

Organisations based in Porz include: The German Aerospace Center, TÜV Rheinland, The European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency and part of Cologne-Bonn airport. Engine manufacturer Deutz AG has an R&D facility in Porz. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Porz has also been known for its glass manufacture.

Transportation

Main article: Transport in Cologne

Porz is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Porz (Rhein), Porz-Wahn, Köln-Steinstraße and Köln-Airport Business Park, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 7. The Bundesautobahn 59 and 559 connect Porz with the Cologne Beltway.

Rhine bridges

• Südbrücke
• Rodenkirchener Autobahnbrücke

Twin towns – sister cities

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Porz is "twinned" with the following cities:

• Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
• Dunstable, United Kingdom
• Hazebrouck, France

External links

• Official webpage of the district (German)