Dormagen

Dormagen
Coat of arms
Dormagen
Location of Dormagen within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E / 51.100°N 6.817°E / 51.100; 6.817Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E / 51.100°N 6.817°E / 51.100; 6.817
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Government
• Mayor	Eric Lierenfeld (SPD)
Area
• Total	85.4 km2 (33.0 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	64,064
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	41539–41542
Dialling codes	02133, 02182
Vehicle registration	NE & GV
Website	www.dormagen.de

St. Michael church

Dormagen 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)

History

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

Economy

Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG.

Transportation

The town has three stations (Dormagen, Nievenheim and Dormagen Bayerwerk) 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

• – Toro, Castile and León, Spain
• – Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
• – Kiryat Ono, Israel

Persons of interest

• Kai Wolters, actor

References

External links

• (Dormagen)

Towns and municipalities in Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Dormagen Grevenbroich Jüchen Kaarst Korschenbroich Meerbusch Neuss Rommerskirchen