Opladen

Opladen, now a district of Leverkusen, used to be the capital of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis until 1975. Opladen station is located 15 kilometres northeast from Cologne on the railway to Wuppertal. It is also on the Autobahn A3. Population was 6338, 42,000. It 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.