Troisdorf () is a city in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
Division of the city
Troisdorf consists of 12 districts (population as of April 2014):
- Évry-Courcouronnes, France (1972)
- Genk, Belgium (1990)
- Heidenau, Germany (1990)
- Redcar and Cleveland, United Kingdom (1990)
- Corfu, Greece (1996)
- Nantong, China (1997)
- Özdere, Turkey (2004)
Notable people
- John Siberch (c. 1476–1554), pioneering printer and friend of Erasmus
- Walter Stern (1896–1970), art critic and broadcaster
- Paul Schäfer (1921–2010), cult leader, founder of Colonia Dignidad
- Rupert Neudeck (1939–2016), humanitarian worker, founder of the Cap Anamur
- Tom Buhrow (born 1958), news anchor
- Lena Schöneborn (born 1986), pentathlete, Olympic champion
- Sabine Lisicki (born 1989), tennis player
- Mitchell Weiser (born 1994), footballer
- Fabian Schiller (born 1997), racing driver