Borough of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aerial photograph of Porz, looking west across the Rhine Courtyard of mid-18th-century Schloss Wahn Porz (German: Köln-Porz ) is a borough or Stadtbezirk Cologne , Germany. It is situated on the east side of the Rhine in the south-east of the city. Porz is the largest borough of Cologne by area at 78.92 km2 and has 113,500 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 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
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701
Poll 11,141
5,17
2,156
702
Westhoven
4,604
4,22
1,092
703
Ensen [de ]
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 (in German)
Economy
Organisations based in Porz include: The German Aerospace Center , TÜV Rheinland , The European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency and the Cologne-Bonn airport . Engine manufacturer Deutz AG has its headquarter and a R&D facility in Porz.[2] Executive Transport Wing of the German Air Force is based on the military part of the Cologne-Bonn airport and contributes to the local economy by the large number of soldiers stationed there. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Porz has been known for its glass manufacture.
Transport
For car drivers, Porz can be reached from the Cologne Beltway via Bundesautobahn 59 and Bundesautobahn 559 .
Rhine bridges
Public transport
Porz is served by a number of railway stations. Regional train station include Porz (Rhein) , Porz-Wahn , Köln-Steinstraße and Köln-Airport Business Park . Porz (proper) has two light-rail stations of Stadtbahn line 7: Porz Steinstraße to the north and Porz Markt in the town center.
Twin towns – sister cities
Porz is "twinned " with the following cities:[3]
