Dormagen

Dormagen (; Ripuarian: Dormaje) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

Geography

Dormagen is situated between Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.

Division of the town

Dormagen consists of 16 subdivisions (with population figure):

• Broich: see Gohr
• Delhoven: 3,690
• Delrath: 3,082
• Dormagen Mitte: 5,621
• Gohr: 2,217 (with Broich)
• Hackenbroich (with Hackhausen): 8,689
• Hackhausen see Hackenbroich
• Horrem: 6,022
• Knechtsteden:
• Nievenheim (with Ückerath): 9,553
• Dormagen Nord: 3,514
• Rheinfeld: 5,403 (with Piwipp)
• St. Peter: see Stürzelberg
• Straberg: 2,840
• Stürzelberg: 4,643 (with St. Peter)
• Zons: 5,414 (with Nachtigall)
• Piwipp: 37 (Wohnmobil Parkplatz)

History

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

Economy

Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG and since its founding the Covestro AG.

Transport

The town has three stations (Dormagen, Nievenheim and Dormagen Chempark) on the Lower Left Rhine Railway, linking Cologne and Krefeld.

The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.

Population

¹ City of Dormagen

Twin towns – sister cities

Dormagen is twinned with:

• Kiryat Ono, Israel
• Saint-André-lez-Lille, France

• Toro, Spain

• Chipata, Zambia

Notable people

• Kai Wolters, actor
• Lothar Hensel (born 1961), bandoneon player
• Romina Plonsker (born 1988), politician (CDU)
• Tim Rubink (born 1988), footballer
• Sarah Voss (born 1999), artistic gymnast
• Markus Solbach (born 1991), baseball player

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