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
Twin towns – sister cities
Dormagen is twinned with: Kiryat Ono, Israel Saint-André-lez-Lille, France Toro, Spain Chipata, Zambia
Notable people Lothar Hensel (born 1961), bandoneon player Romina Plonsker (born 1988), politician (CDU) Tim Rubink (born 1988), footballer Markus Solbach (born 1991), baseball player Sarah Voss (born 1999), artistic gymnast Paul Wischeidt (1944–2026), fencer
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