Troisdorf

Geschichte

Troisdorf is a town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyTroisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.Division of the townTroisdorf consists of 12 districts (population as of April, 2014): Troisdorf-Mitte (16,414 inhabitants) Altenrath (2,292 inhabitants) Bergheim (5,750 inhabitants) Eschmar (3,078 inhabitants) Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (7,161 inhabitants) Kriegsdorf (3,129 inhabitants) Müllekoven (1,793 inhabitants) Oberlar (6,100 inhabitants) Rotter See (3,918 inhabitants) Sieglar (8,668 inhabitants) Spich (12,765 inhabitants) West (5,367 inhabitants)(total 76,435 inhabitants)HistoryTroisdorf became a free city in 1952. In 1969, the urban area expanded with the annexation of the township of Sieglar and the villages of Altenrath and Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (total population in 1969: about 51,000). The first large settlements in this area go back to the 9th and 10th century (Eschmar and Sieglar 832, Bergheim 987). The first churches in this area were built around 700 AD in Bergheim (St. Lambertus).Troisdorf is home to about 9600 foreign nationals. The two most numerous foreign national groups are Turks (3100) and Greeks (1600). On June 4, 1972, Troisdorf founded the first advisory council for foreign citizens in Germany. In the years following the Peaceful Revolution and German reunification of 1989/1990 many migrants from Russia and other East European countries settled in Troisdorf.