Troisdorf

Troisdorf is a city in Germany (Population (31.03.2003 est): 75 568), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located ca. 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn (7' 9" east, 50' 49" north, total area: 62,17 square kilometers, altitude: 48 -134,4 m). It is part of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district).

History

In 1952 Troisdorf became a free city, in 1969 the urban area got extended with the township of Sieglar and the villages Altenrath and Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (total population 1969: about 51 000). The first colonization goes back to the 9th (Eschmar and Sieglar 832) and 10th ( Bergheim 987) century with the first churches build around 700 AD in Bergheim (St. Lambertus)

About 9600 foreign nationals live in Troisdorf. The two strongest foreign national population groups are Turks (3100) and Greeks (1600). In 1972 (4.6.1972) Troisdorf founded the first advisory council for its foreign citizens in Germany.

Today there are 12 districts (population in 31.03.2003):

• Troisdorf (15720)
• Spich (12547)
• Sieglar (9871)
• Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (7713)
• Oberlar (6115)
• West (5522)
• Bergheim (4471)
• Rotter-See (3205)
• Eschmar (3170)
• Kriegsdorf (2689)
• Altenrath (2615)
• Müllekoven (1930)

There is Europe's only picture-book museum in the Burg museum Wissem (http://www.bilderbuchmuseum.de).

Twin cities in Europe :

• Evry (http://www.essonne.pref.gouv.fr) (France) since 1972
• Genk (http://www.genk.be) (Belgium) since 1990
• Heidenau (http://www.heidenau.de)(Germany, Saxony (Sachsen)) since 1990
• Redcar & Cleveland (http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk)(England) since 1990
• Corfu (http://www.kerkyra.gr)(Corfu, Greece) since 1996

External links

• Official Website (http://www.troisdorf.de) (German)