Dormagen

Dormagen
Town
Saint Michael Church
Coat of arms
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Dormagen Dormagen
Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Subdivisions	16
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Erik Lierenfeld (SPD)
Area
• Total	85.4 km2 (33.0 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	65,170
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	41539–41542
Dialling codes	02133, 02182
Vehicle registration	NE & GV
Website	dormagen.de

Dormagen (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʁmaːɡn̩] ; 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

Year/Date Citizens 1767 585 1835 2,660 1935 6,400 1939 5,552 1950 8,929 1968 23,655 1969 30,498 December 31, 1974¹ 54,982 December 31, 1975¹ 55,734 December 31, 1976¹ 55,962 December 31, 1977¹ 56,001 December 31, 1978¹ 56,234 December 31, 1979¹ 56,802

Date Citizens December 31, 1980¹ 57,379 December 31, 1981¹ 57,639 December 31, 1982¹ 57,399 December 31, 1983¹ 56,529 December 31, 1984¹ 55,274 December 31, 1985¹ 55,184 December 31, 1986¹ 55,258 December 31, 1987¹ 55,693 December 31, 1988¹ 56,293 December 31, 1989¹ 56,697 December 31, 1990¹ 58,018 December 31, 1991¹ 58,609 December 31, 1992¹ 59,306

Date Citizens December 31, 1993¹ 59,521 December 31, 1994¹ 59,856 December 31, 1995¹ 60,547 December 31, 1996¹ 61,351 December 31, 1997¹ 61,824 December 31, 1998¹ 62,187 December 31, 1999¹ 62,319 December 31, 2000¹ 62,571 December 31, 2001¹ 62,992 December 31, 2002¹ 63,347 December 31, 2003¹ 63,464 December 31, 2004¹ 63,501 December 31, 2006¹ 63,474 December 31, 2008¹ 63,139 December 31, 2015¹ 64,064

¹ City of Dormagen

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Dormagen is twinned with:

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

Notable people

• Kai Wolters, actor
• Lothar Hensel (born 1961), bandoneon player
• Tim Rubink (born 1988), footballer
• Sarah Voss (born 1999), artistic gymnast

External links

• (in German)