Dormagen

Dormagen (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
¹ City of Dormagen

Twin towns – sister cities
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