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Niederkassel

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Niederkassel within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district

(2020–25) Stephan Vehreschild^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total35.79 km² (13.82 sq mi)Elevation

55 m (180 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total39,281 • Density1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

53859

Dialling codes02208; 0228Vehicle registrationSUWebsitewww.niederkassel.de

Niederkassel (Ripuarian: Neddekaaßel) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of around 37,000 people. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km (6 mi) north-east of Bonn and 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Cologne. Niederkassel is subdivided into seven quarters (from the south to the north): Mondorf, Rheidt, Niederkassel, Uckendorf, Stockem, Lülsdorf and Ranzel. People can walk next to the river Rhine in Lülsdorf, Niederkassel and Rheidt.

Twin towns – sister cities

Niederkassel is twinned with:^[3]

Limassol, Cyprus
Premnitz, Germany

Notable people

Ernst Dickmanns (born 1936), engineer, pioneer of dynamic computer vision and of driverless cars
Stephan Engels (born 1960), football player and coach
Sascha Stegemann (born 1984), football referee

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Partnerstädte". niederkassel.de (in German). Niederkassel. Retrieved 2021-03-03.