Lindenthal, Cologne

For other uses, see Lindenthal.

Lindenthal (German: Köln-Lindenthal [ˈkœln ˈlɪndn̩ˌtaːl]; Kölsch: Lendethal [ˈlêndəˌtaːl]) is a borough of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the quarters Braunsfeld, Junkersdorf, Klettenberg, Lindenthal, Lövenich, Müngersdorf, Sülz, Weiden and Widdersdorf. It has about 153,000 inhabitants (as of December 2019) and covers an area of 41.8 square kilometers.

Lindenthal
Borough of Cologne
Aerial view
Location within Cologne
Lindenthal Show map of Germany Lindenthal Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 50°55′34″N 6°54′36″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Urban district
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	41.80 km2 (16.14 sq mi)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	152,286
• Density	3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

District town hall

Rautenstrauchstraße canal near the University's Institute for Biology

Campus of the Cologne University Hospital

Many parts of Lindenthal are dominated by academic and research campuses, primarily linked to the University of Cologne and the German Sport University. The latter has a campus at Sportpark Müngersdorf, next to RheinEnergieStadion and the European College of Sport Science.

The Cologne University Hospital has a vast campus around the Kerpener Straße. Other institutions include the Max Planck Institutes for Biology of Ageing and Plant Breeding Research.

Cologne's Melaten-Friedhof is located on Aachener Straße.

History

During the Cold War, the headquarters of the I Belgian Corps was located in Junkersdorf.

Subdivisions

Lindenthal consists of nine Stadtteile (city quarters, in local dialect Veedel):

#	City part	Population (2019)	Area (km2)	Pop. per km2	map
301	Klettenberg	10,679	1,80	5,942
302	Sülz	36,432	5,17	7,102
303	Lindenthal	30,685	7,73	3,970
304	Braunsfeld	12,312	1,68	7,342
305	Müngersdorf	8,833	5,10	1,733
306	Junkersdorf	15,263	7,38	2,069
307	Weiden	17,478	3,65	4,782
308	Lövenich	9,205	3,69	2,493
309	Widdersdorf	12,413	5,60	2,217
Source: Kölner Stadtteilinformationen Einwohnerzahlen 2019 (in German)

Transportation

Main article: Transport in Cologne

Lindenthal is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Köln-Lövenich, Köln-Müngersdorf/Technologiepark and Köln-Weiden West, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn lines 1, 7, 9, 13 and 18. Aachener Straße and Luxemburger Straße connect Lindenthal with the Cologne Ring and Cologne Beltway.

Twin towns – sister cities

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Lindenthal is "twinned" with the following cities:^[2]

• Benfleet, United Kingdom
• Diepenbeek, Belgium
• Igny, France