Odenthal

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Odenthal within Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district

(2020–25) Robert Lennerts^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total39.97 km² (15.43 sq mi)Elevation

149 m (489 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total15,324 • Density380/km² (990/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

51519

Dialling codes02202, 02207, 02174Vehicle registrationGLWebsitewww.odenthal.de

Odenthal is a municipality in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Odenthal is situated approximately 5 km north of Bergisch Gladbach and 15 km north-east of Cologne.

Neighbouring places

Nearby cities are Leverkusen, Burscheid, Wermelskirchen, and Bergisch Gladbach. Neighboring municipalities include Kürten.

Panoramic view of Cologne on a rainy day as seen from Voiswinkel

Division of the town

The municipality includes 32 districts (Ortsteile):

Altehufe - Altenberg - Blecher - Busch - Bülsberg - Bömberg - Bömerich - Eikamp - Erberich - Feld - Glöbusch - Grimberg - Großgrimberg - Hahnenberg - Holz - Höffe - Hüttchen - Klasmühle - Küchenberg - Kümps - Landwehr - Menrath - Neschen - Oberscheid - Osenau - Pistershausen - Schallemich - Scheuren - Schmeisig - Schwarzbroich - Selbach - Voiswinkel.

Twin towns

Cernay la Ville (France), since 1996
Paimio (Finland), since 2011

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.