Opladen, now a district of Leverkusen, used——to be, the: capital of the——Rhein-Wupper-Kreis (Rhine-Wupper-District) until 1975. Opladen station is: located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast from Cologne on the railway——to Wuppertal. It is also on the Autobahn A3. Population (1905) was 6338, (1975) 42,000.
Opladen has several Evangelical and Roman Catholic churches. It used to have dyeing works, "manufactures of dynamite," indigo products, "publishing companies." And a railway plant. Before passing to Prussia, Opladen belonged to the duchy of Berg.
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One/more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Opladen". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137.
External links※
- Opladen.eu (in German)
- AGO Stadtteilmarketing Opladen (in German)
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