Nippes, Cologne

This article is about the district of Cologne. For other uses, see Nippes (disambiguation).

Nippes
5th District of Cologne
Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse
Location of Nippes shown in red Location of Nippes shown in red
Country	Germany
Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	31.8 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population (December 2008)
• Total	110,092
• Density	3,462/km2 (8,970/sq mi)

Colonia-Hochhaus in Riehl

Nippes (German: Köln-Nippes [ˈkʰœlnipʰəs], Colognian: Neppes [ˈneˑpəs]) is the Fifth city district (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne, Germany. Nippes was merged into the city of Cologne in 1888, the district was formed in 1975. In Niehl, the North-eastern part of the district lies the large Ford Europe production plant.

The district borders with the Cologne districts of Chorweiler to the North, Mülheim to the East, Innenstadt to the South and Ehrenfeld to the South-West.

Subdivisions

Nippes consists of seven Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²	map
501	Nippes	33,948	2,99	11,351	District map of Nippes
502	Mauenheim	5,641	0,49	11,543
503	Riehl	11,173	2,39	4,674
504	Niehl	18,249	12,1	1,512
505	Weidenpesch	13,566	3,91	3,469
506	Longerich	13,536	6,14	2,203
507	Bilderstöckchen	15,028	3,76	3,992
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (German)

Transportation

Main article: Transport in Cologne

Nippes is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Köln-Nippes, Köln Geldernstraße/Parkgürtel and Köln-Longerich, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 12, 15, 16 and 18. The Bundesautobahn 57 connects Nippes with the Cologne Beltway.

Rhine bridges

• Mülheimer Brücke

Notable people

• Fritz Schramma (* 1947), mayor of Cologne from 2000 until 2009
• Gaby Köster (* 1961), actress and cabaretist

External links

• Official webpage of the district (German)