Rodenkirchen (2)
Borough of Cologne
Hauptstraße with Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge in the background
Location within Cologne
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Coordinates: 50°53′29″N 6°59′28″E / 50.89139°N 6.99111°E / 50.89139; 6.99111
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Urban district
City	Cologne
Elevation	54.55 m (178.97 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)^[1]
• Total	110,158
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Rodenkirchen (German: Köln-Rodenkirchen) is a southern borough (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne (Köln) in Germany. It has about 110,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 54.55 square kilometres (21.06 square miles). The borough includes the quarters Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, Raderberg, Raderthal, Rodenkirchen, Sürth, Rondorf, Weiß and Zollstock.

The 1000-year-old quarter Rodenkirchen, situated close to the Rhine, today represents the center of the borough. It has more than 16,000 inhabitants.

Subdivisions

Rodenkirchen is made up of 13 Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²
201	Bayenthal	8,508	1,28	6,647
202	Marienburg	5,497	3,05	1,802
203	Raderberg	5,643	0,84	6,718
204	Raderthal	4,768	3,21	1,485
205	Zollstock	21,049	5,04	4,176
206	Rondorf	9,532	8,20	1,162
207	Hahnwald	2,068	3,00	687
208	Rodenkirchen	15,764	7,83	2,014
209	Weiß	5,754	4,16	1,383
210	Sürth	10,348	3,46	2,993
211	Godorf	2,245	4,60	488
212	Immendorf	2,010	5,23	385
213	Meschenich	7,648	4,72	1,621
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Points of interest

Gastronomical ship "Alte Liebe"

Classic restaurant "Zum Treppchen"

Boathouse of the local rowing club

Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
Maternus-Shrine
Villa Malta
Alt St. Maternus
Forstbotanischer Garten Köln, an arboretum and woodland botanical garden

St. Maternus

St. Maternus was built according to the plans of Vinvenz Statz from 1863 to 1867 at the former place of the Carthusian.

St. Maternus was built as a gothic church with only a few ornamentations. It has a tympanum with St. Maternus standing between two angels in front of a panorama of Cologne. Inside the church there is a madonna from Alt St. Maternus (English: Old St. Maternus), the former St. Maternus from 1470.

Restaurant-ship "Alte Liebe"

The ship named "Alte Liebe" (English: Old Love) is a landmark well-known beyond the town of Rodenkirchen. Originally constructed in 1947, it burned down and was restored three times. Today it is used as a restaurant and for events such as weddings.