Lindenthal, Cologne

Lindenthal
Lindenthal
3rd District of Cologne
	aerial view of Lindenthal
	Location of Lindenthal shown in red
Country	Germany
Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	41.6 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Population (December 2008)
• Total	137,552
• Density	3,308/km2 (8,570/sq mi)

Lindenthal (German: Köln-Lindenthal [ˈkœln ˈlɪndn̩ˌtaːl], Kölsch: Lendethal [ˈlendəˌtaːl]) is a city district of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the quarters Braunsfeld, Junkersdorf, Klettenberg, Lindenthal, Lövenich, Müngersdorf, Sülz, Weiden and Widdersdorf.

Many parts of Lindenthal are dominated by academic and research campuses, primarily linked to the University of Cologne and the German Sport University. The later has a campus at Sportpark Müngersdorf, next to RheinEnergieStadion and the European College of Sport Science.

The Cologne University Hospital has a vast campus around the Kerpener Straße. Other institutions include the Max Planck Institutes for Biology of Ageing and Plant Breeding Research.

Cologne's Melaten-Friedhof is located on Aachener Straße.

History

During the Cold War, the headquarters of the I Belgian Corps was located in Junkersdorf.

Lindenthal consists of nine Stadtteile (city quarters, in local dialect Veedel):

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²
301	Klettenberg	10,219	1,80	5,684
302	Sülz	35,342	5,17	6,831
303	Lindenthal	29,150	7,70	3,770
304	Braunsfeld	10,381	1,67	6,205
305	Müngersdorf	7,914	5,10	1,552
306	Junkersdorf	12,597	7,38	1,707
307	Weiden	16,386	3,65	4,484
308	Lövenich	8,414	3,71	2,268
309	Widdersdorf	7,467	5,59	1,336
Source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Lindenthal is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Köln-Lövenich, Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark and Köln-Weiden West, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1, 7, 9, 13 and 18. Aachener Straße and Luxemburger Straße connect Lindenthal with the Cologne Ring and Cologne Beltway.