Bendorf

For Bendorf in Schleswig-Holstein, see Bendorf, Schleswig-Holstein. For Bendorf in France, see Bendorf, Haut-Rhin. For the Romanian village of Beneşti, called Bendorf in Hungarian and colloquially in Romanian, see Alţâna.

Bendorf
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Bendorf within Mayen-Koblenz district
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mayen-Koblenz
Government
• Mayor	Michael Syré (CDU)
Area
• Total	24.07 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	17,221
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56170
Dialling codes	02622
Vehicle registration	MYK
Website	www.bendorf.de

Bendorf is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 7 km north of Koblenz.

Structure of the city

The city has the following neighbourhoods:

• Bendorf
• Sayn
• Mülhofen
• Stromberg

Economy

Since the 18th century Bendorf was dominated by mining and the metallurgical industry. The most imposing relic of this era is the “Sayner Hütte” (Sayn mine works). The ores of the Bendorfer mine works came from the iron ore mine “Trierischer Loh”. The Rhine port Bendorf dates from 1900. In addition to the handling of clay and basalt the port's largest is the place of the largest oil storage between Mainz and Cologne.

Today, the former industrial city is home to many retail stores. The advertising community, "Bendorf Focus" is an association of traders of the city of Bendorf, which has is aimed at the improvement of the local economy.

The FM radio transmitter Bendorf Vierwindenhöhe is located on the mountain “Vierwindenhöhe”.