Dormagen

Geschichte

Dormagen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.GeographyDormagen is situated between Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.Division of the townDormagen consists of 16 subdivisions : Broich: see Gohr Delhoven: 3,690 Delrath: 3,082 Dormagen Mitte: 5,621 Gohr: 2,217 Hackenbroich : 8,689 Hackhausen see Hackenbroich Horrem: 6,022 Knechtsteden: Nievenheim : 9,553 Dormagen Nord: 3,514 Rheinfeld: 5,403 St. Peter: see Stürzelberg Straberg: 2,840 Stürzelberg: 4,643 Zons: 5,414 HistoryDormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.EconomyIts main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG.TransportationThe town has three stations on the Lower Left Rhine Railway, linking Cologne and Krefeld.The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.Population¹ City of DormagenTwin towns – Toro, Castile and León, Spain – Saint-André-lez-Lille, France – Kiryat Ono, Israel