page_title: Opladen
hierarchical_section_title: Opladen
caption_attribution_description: Villa Römer in Leverkusen
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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. 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.
caption: Villa Römer
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