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. north-east of Bonn and 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.

Population

Twin towns – sister cities

Niederkassel is twinned with: 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

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