Ehrenfeld ( ; ) is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the seven quarters Bickendorf, Bocklemünd, Mengenich, Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Ossendorf and Vogelsang. It has about 109,500 inhabitants (as of December 2020) and covers an area of 23.98 square kilometres. The district borders with the Cologne districts of Chorweiler to the North, Nippes and Innenstadt to the East and Lindenthal to the South-West.
Ehrenfeld is characterized by lively and popular residential areas and shopping streets, the media center "Coloneum" with the most modern production and movie studios and a large and vivacious free cultural scene with many artists' studios, theatres and clubs.
The landmark of Ehrenfeld is the Helios-lighthouse and the old factory of the perfume manufacturer 4711.
History Ehrenfeld got its name from the quarter Ehrenfeld, which represents the center of the borough. Ehrenfeld grew substantially during the Gründerzeit boom, became a municipality in 1867 and a town in 1879. Nine years later, Ehrenfeld became part of the city of Cologne. During summer and autumn of 1944 an anti-Nazi resistance group, known as the Ehrenfeld Group, operated from Ehrenfeld.
Subdivisions Ehrenfeld consists of six Stadtteile (city parts):
# City part Population (2009)Area (km2)Pop. per km2map 401 Ehrenfeld 35,488 3,72 9,536 402 Neuehrenfeld 23,387 2,55 9,170 403 Bickendorf 16,276 2,31 7,046 404 Vogelsang 8,028 3,66 2,192 405 Bocklemünd/Mengenich 10,563 4,93 2,141 406 Ossendorf 9,966 6,81 1,463 source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010
Transportation
The borough is connected to the city centre of Cologne by numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 3, 4, 5 and 13. The Bundesautobahn 57 connects Ehrenfeld with the Cologne Beltway, Venloer Straße is the district's principal road leading onto the Cologne Ring. The Köln-Ehrenfeld station (Bahnhof Ehrenfeld) connects the borough to the regional rail network.
map KVB station lines Bocklemünd 3 4 Westfriedhof 3 4 Wolffsohnstraße 3 4 Akazienweg 3 4 Äußere Kanalstraße 3 4 Leyendeckerstraße 3 4 Venloer Straße/Gürtel 3 4 13 Körnerstraße 3 4 Piusstraße 3 4 Hans-Böckler-Platz/Bf West 3 4 5
References
External links
Official webpage of the district