92 Sights in Cologne, Germany (with Map and Images)
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The Cologne Chocolate Museum is a special museum for chocolate in the Altstadt-Süd district of Cologne. The exhibition building on a peninsula in the Rheinauhafen houses, among other things, a collection of the history of chocolate and a permanent exhibition on modern chocolate production.
The Flora und Botanischer Garten Köln is a municipal formal park and botanical garden located adjacent to Cologne Zoological Garden at Amsterdamer Straße 34, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily without charge.
3. Hansa-Hochhaus
The Hansahochhaus is a skyscraper in the Neustadt-Nord quarter of north-central Cologne. When constructed in 1924-25 it was the city's first skyscraper, and one of the first skyscrapers in Germany. It was designed as an office building in the Expressionist style by the local architect, Jacob Koerfer. It was constructed in just 135 working days, which was considered less than the time taken to erect comparable buildings in the United States where skyscrapers were already becoming mainstream by the 1920s, but construction of the Hansahochhaus was subject to interruptions so the total construction period stretched over 15 months. With 17 floors and a total height of 65 meters, for a brief period following its construction the Hansahochhaus was Europe's tallest building
4. Auferstehungskirche Buchforst
The Church of the Resurrection, known as Kulturkirche Ost in Cologne-Buchforst, is a modern Protestant church building with a community centre inaugurated in 1968, designed by the architects Georg Rasch and Winfried Wolsky. In 2012, the municipal housing association GAG Immobilien took over the sponsorship to promote the location through cultural events. The church is considered an outstanding example of Protestant church architecture of the post-war period and was placed under monument protection in 1992 with the inclusion of the courtyard paving. The buildings were abandoned in May 2005 by the Protestant parish and put to new use as part of a model project. The church building and the paving of the courtyard were preserved, the outbuildings were renewed.
Wikipedia: Auferstehungskirche (Köln-Buchforst) (DE), Website
5. Optischer Telegraph
The Prussian Semaphore System was a telegraphic communications system used between Berlin and the Rhine Province from 1832 to 1849. It could transmit administrative and military messages by optical signal over a distance of nearly 550 kilometres (340 mi). The telegraph line comprised 62 stations each furnished with a signal mast with six cable-operated arms. The stations were equipped with telescopes that operators used to copy coded messages and forward them to the next station. Three dispatch departments located in Berlin, Cologne and Koblenz handled the coding and decoding of official telegrams. Although electric telegraphy made the system obsolete for military use, simplified semaphores were still used for railway signals.
6. NS-Dokumentationszentrum
The NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne was founded by a resolution passed by the Cologne city council on December 13, 1979, and has become the largest regional memorial site in all of Germany for the victims of the Nazis. Since 1988, it has been housed in "EL-DE Haus," the EL-DE building, named for the initials of its owner, Catholic businessman Leopold Dahmen. This building was the headquarters of the Cologne Gestapo between December 1935 and March 1945. In the final months of the war, several hundred people, most of them foreign forced laborers, were murdered in the courtyard of the building. In a bit of historical irony, the EL-DE building remained largely untouched by the ravages of the war.
Wikipedia: NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne (EN), Website
7. Robert Blum
Robert Blum was a German democratic politician, publicist, poet, publisher, revolutionist and member of the National Assembly of 1848. In his fight for a strong, unified Germany he opposed ethnocentrism and it was his strong belief that no one people should rule over another. As such he was an opponent of the Prussian occupation of Poland and was in contact with the revolutionists there. Blum was a critic of antisemitism, supported the German Catholic sect, and agitated for the equality of the sexes. Although claiming immunity as a member of the National Assembly, he was arrested during a stay at the hotel "Stadt London" in Vienna and executed for his role in the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states.
8. Straßenbahnmuseum
The Thielenbruch Tram Museum presents the history of rail-bound urban transport in Cologne. It is located in the Cologne district of Dellbrück and was opened in 1997. In a carriage shed from 1906 on the eastern outskirts of Cologne, the collection of vehicles of the Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, which has been gradually built up since the 1960s and 1970s, is presented. With around two dozen tram vehicles, some of which are ready for operation, it offers an overview of the development of this means of transport from horse-drawn trams to light rail vehicles. The association "Historische Straßenbahn Köln e. V." runs the museum on a voluntary basis. The building complex also houses the Gasthaus im Museum.
9. St. Clemens
St. Clemens is a former ship church of the now right bank of the Cologne district of Mülheim. The church, which was located directly on the banks of the Rhine, was built as a Romanesque hall church of the 12th/13th Century. For centuries it was a branch church of the parish church of St. Mauritius in Buchheim, was raised to the parish church after its destruction in 1796 and still remained the only Catholic Church in Mülheim. With the new building of the Liebfrauenkirche in 1864, she lost the parish rights and became a side church again. With another seven churches, it belongs to the Catholic parish of St. Clemens and Mauritius, which includes the districts of Mülheim, Buchheim and Buchforst.
10. Tünnes und Schäl
Hänneschen-Theater is a traditional puppetry-theatre in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1802. The stage is situated in a building on Eisenmarkt in downtown Cologne. The pieces are set in Knollendorf, a fictional village somewhere in the outskirts of Cologne. The popular puppets represent fictional characters who embody typical traits of cologne people, so Tünnes and Schäl, Hänneschen and Bärbelchen, as well as other unique characters. In addition to the ever-changing pieces that are staged for adults and children, the puppet shows are also an important part of the Cologne Carnival. The carnival puppet session is each year a loving parody of a conventional Carnival session.
11. Kölner Edelweißpiraten
The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of youths opposed to the status quo of Nazi Germany. They emerged in western Germany out of the German Youth Movement of the late 1930s in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth. Similar in many ways to the Leipzig Meuten, they consisted of young people, mainly between the ages of 14 and 17, who had evaded the Hitler Youth by leaving school and were also young enough to avoid military conscription, which was only compulsory from the age of 17 onward. The roots and background of the Edelweiss Pirates movement were detailed in the 2004 film Edelweiss Pirates, directed by Niko von Glasow.
12. Kölner Zoo
The Aktiengesellschaft Cologne Zoological Garden is the zoo of Cologne, Germany. Being the third oldest zoo in Germany, it features over 10,000 animals of more than 850 species on more than 20 hectares. The internationally renowned zoo with an attached aquarium and invertebrate exhibit is active in preservational breeding of animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. In addition, in-the-wild conservation efforts and research focussing on animals of Madagascar, Wallacea, and Vietnam are actively promoted and supported via cooperation with Cologne University and local projects, such as in the case of Przewalski's horses.
13. Schauspielhaus Köln
Schauspiel Köln is a theatre and company in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It forms together with the Cologne Opera and other houses the Bühnen der Stadt Köln. The listed building has 830 seats in the Grand House, 120 in the locksmith and 60 in the refreshment room. In addition, the listed 'Halle Kalk' has 200 seats, it was used until closing in the summer of 2015 because of the danger of collapse. Since the 2013/14 season Depot 1 and Depot 2 have been used as interim venues during the extensive renovation of the Schauspielhaus on the site of the former Carlswerk in Schanzenstraße in Cologne-Mülheim.
14. Great St. Martin Church
The Great Saint Martin Church is a Romanesque Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. Its foundations rest on remnants of a Roman chapel, built on what was then an island in the Rhine. The church was later transformed into a Benedictine monastery. The current buildings, including a soaring crossing tower that is a landmark of Cologne's Old Town, were erected between 1150-1250. The architecture of its eastern end forms a triconch or trefoil plan, consisting of three apses around the crossing, similar to that at St. Maria im Kapitol. The church was badly damaged in World War II; restoration work was completed in 1985.
15. Planetarium und Sternwarte Köln
The Planetarium Cologne is located in the Leonardo-da-Vinci-Gymnasium in Cologne-Nippes. A Zeiss small planetarium in the basement of the school offers groups of up to 30 people the opportunity to show the starry sky, the Milky Way and planets as they can be seen with the naked eye in clear weather. The Cologne Planetarium also has an observatory, which was built between 1960 and 1963. A very large part of the facility – including the telescopes and domes – was built by former students in their spare time. The planetarium's long-time director was Hermann Gundermann (1938–2022).
16. Christuskirche
Christuskirche is a Protestant church originally built in neo-Gothic style in the Belgian district of Neustadt, Cologne, by parish architect Heinrich Wiethase (1833-1893), according to the plans of architects August Hartel (1844-1890) and Skj ø ld Neckelmann (1854-1903). In February 2014, the nave was demolished by decision of the new church in Cologne, and then a smaller nave and a residential and commercial property with community space were built on the original site according to the plan of Klaus Hollenbeck Architekten and MAIER ARCHITEKTEN. The church was re-enshrined in 2016.
17. Dr. Guido Westerwelle
Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013. For his party he was also its first and so far only Chancellor candidate in the 2002 federal election, becoming also the youngest candidate for the office of Chancellor to date.
18. Christopherus-Kapelle
The Christophorus Chapel is a listed building in the district of Longerich in the borough of Nippes in Cologne, Germany. The listed chapel is located on the grounds of the Liège barracks of the Bundeswehr, where the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr has its headquarters. The church is not open to the public, but can be seen from the military ring road through the fence of the barracks. The building was registered on 23 July 2003 with the number 8624 in the monument list of the city of Cologne and is named after Christophorus.
19. St. Ursula
The Basilica church of St. Ursula is located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is built upon the ancient ruins of a Roman cemetery, where the 11,000 virgins associated with the legend of Saint Ursula are said to have been buried. The church has an impressive reliquary created from the bones of the former occupants of the cemetery. It is one of the twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne and was designated a Minor Basilica on 25 June 1920. While the nave and main tower are Romanesque, the choir has been rebuilt in the Gothic style.
20. Synagoge im Jüdischen Wohlfahrtszentrum
The Jewish Welfare Center is a large Jewish social institution located in the former buildings of the "Israelite Asylum for the Sick and the Old-Aged" at Ottostraße 85 in Cologne's Neuehrenfeld district. The centre can look back on an eventful and eventful history. The new and converted building complex, which was occupied in 2003, now houses facilities of the Cologne synagogue community such as administration, social counselling, day-care centre, primary school and a parents' home as a Jewish institution for the care of the elderly.
21. Historical watertower
Chemische Fabrik Kalk (CFK) was a German chemicals company based in Kalk, a city district of Cologne. The company was founded in 1858 as Chemische Fabrik Vorster & Grüneberg, Cöln by Julius Vorster and Hermann Julius Grüneberg and was renamed to Chemische Fabrik Kalk GmbH in 1892. At times the company was the second-largest German producer of soda ash and was, with almost 2400 employees, one of the largest employers in Cologne. For decades the chimneys and the water tower of the factory dominated the skyline of Cologne-Kalk.
22. Karl-Schwering-Platz
Karl-Schwering-Platz is a green space designed in 1925 by horticultural director Fritz Encke in the Cologne district of Lindenthal. The square is part of the green corridor of the Lindenthal Canal, which was created as a connection between the inner green belt at the Aachener Weiher and the city forest in the outer green belt on the initiative of the then mayor of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer. The elongated square was named after the former director of the Apostelgymnasium, Karl Schwering (1846–1925).
23. Archäologische Zone / Neubau Jüdisches Museum „MiQua“
Miqua-LVR Jewish Museum is located in the archaeological area of Cologne, which is an archaeological excavation area of about 6,000 square meters in and around the city hall square in the center of Cologne. The site is archaeologically related to Roman times, Jewish history and the Middle Ages in Cologne. On the town hall square, which is no longer inhabited after it was destroyed during the Second World War, a museum about the town's Jewish history will be built when the excavations are completed.
24. Heilig Kreuz
Heilig Kreuz is a Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Weidenpesch, which was built in 1931 according to plans by the architect Heinrich Bartmann, used since the end of 1931 and consecrated in June 1934. The church bears the patronage of the Holy Cross and has been a listed building since 1983. Its architecture stands in the field of tension between tradition and modernity, whereby the design had to do justice to the rather conservative-traditional ideas of the community.
25. St. Maria im Kapitol
St. Maria im Kapitol is an 11th-century Romanesque church located in the Kapitol-Viertel in the old town of Cologne, Germany. The name “im Kapitol“ refers to the Roman temple for the Capitoline Triad that was built on today’s site of the church in the first century. The Catholic church is based on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, was dedicated to St. Mary and built between 1040 and 1065. It is one of twelve Romanesque churches built in Cologne during this period.
26. Kirche Johannes XXIII.
The Church of the Catholic University Community Cologne – St. John XXIII is a Roman Catholic church built between 1968 and 1969 by Josef Rikus and Heinz Buchmann († 2004) and listed since 2016 in the Cologne district of Sülz. With its brutalist, sculptural architecture, it occupies a special position among Cologne's church buildings. After the canonization of Pope John XXIII in 2014, he was included as the patron saint of the church in the official name of the church.
Wikipedia: Kirche der katholischen Hochschulgemeinde Köln – St. Johannes XXIII. (DE)
27. Hermann-Joseph Brunnen
The Hermann-Josef-Brunnen is a sculptural fountain on the Waidmarkt in Cologne's Altstadt-Süd district. It was donated in 1894 by the Kölner Verschönerungsverein and designed and implemented by the sculptor Wilhelm Albermann. The sculptures depict scenes from the life and legend of the so-called "apple saint" Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld. The fountain has been registered since 1 July 1980 under the number 164 in the monument list of the city of Cologne.
28. St. Maria vom Frieden
Maria vom Frieden is a Baroque church in the southern part of Cologne, Germany. The convent church of a convent of Discalced Carmelites was consecrated in 1692 after several years of construction. The patronage refers to a miraculous image of the Mother of God, which was bequeathed to the convent as an inheritance in 1642. In April 1942, the church and monastery were largely destroyed, but were gradually rebuilt in the old style between 1947 and 1957.
29. Bayenturm
Bayenturm is a medieval defensive tower in central Cologne. Built around 1220, this impressive castle is part of the fortifications of the 8-kilometer-long medieval town. The south corner tower of the Rhine River wall is one of the few evidences of the complex that has encircled Cologne for 700 years. The tower has one and four floors, including battlements. It's 35 meters high. Bayenturm is now home to the charitable foundation "FrauenMediaTurm".
30. Sankt Joseph
The Church of St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic parish church in Cologne-Ehrenfeld and, together with the churches of St. Mechtern, St. Peter, St. Anna and St. Barbara, belongs to the pastoral care area Ehrenfeld in the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is located on Venloer Straße in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, not far from the market square and the chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and is framed on the sides by Klarastraße and Wahlenstraße.
31. DOMiD
DOMiD is a registered association in Cologne that collects, preserves, studies and exhibits materials about the history of immigrants. The history of German immigrants will be shown to the general public. In addition to his museum and archival work, DOMiD organizes events, conferences and lectures. Its purpose is to mediate migration as a normal situation. DOMiD has been sitting at the borough town hall in Cologne-Ehrenfield since 2010.
32. Karl-Rahner-Akademie
The Karl-Rahner-Akademie is a Catholic city academy in Cologne, Germany. It sees itself as an independent discussion forum in the "Kulturquartier am Neumarkt" in the centre of Cologne and is aimed at people who are interested in theological, philosophical, cultural and social issues. A high proportion of participants with a university degree are reached, even beyond the borders of the city of Cologne and the Catholic Church.
33. Neu St. Alban
Neu St. Alban is a parish church in the Neustadt-Nord district of Cologne, Germany. The church was built in 1958/1959 according to plans by Hans Schilling from rubble bricks. Among other things, building materials from the Cologne Opera House, which was slightly damaged in the Second World War and demolished in 1958, were used. From the church Alt St. Alban next to the Gürzenich preserved furnishings were taken over.
34. St. Servatius
St. Servatius is a Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Servatius of Tongern in the Cologne district of Immendorf, which was built in 1873 and 1874 according to plans by the architect August Carl Lange. It stands on a 13 meter high hill, which is popularly called "Heidenberg". Foundations of its much older predecessor building were used for the construction and are still partially visible in the current building.
35. Holger Czukay
Holger Schüring, known professionally as Holger Czukay, was a German musician best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay was also notable for having created early important examples of ambient music, for having explored "world music" well before the term was coined, and for having been a pioneer of sampling.
36. St. Paul
St. Paul is the name of a neo-Gothic parish church in 1908 on Vorgebirgstraße/Lothringer Straße in the city center (Neustadt-Süd). The name of the Archbishop of Cologne Paulus Melcher was also the sponsor. The patronal feast comes from the former Romanesque parish church and parish of St. Paul, which belonged to the St. Andreas collective church and was located east of it. This was demolished in 1807.
37. Röhrenbunker
The Reichenspergerplatz court building is a historic building in Cologne-Neustadt-Nord, Germany. The building, which today houses the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, the General Prosecutor's Office of Cologne and parts of the Cologne District Court, is a listed building. Since the end of 2017, the building has also been the seat of the victim protection officer of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
38. St. Hildegard in der Au
St. Hildegard in der Au was a Roman Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Nippes, which was built in 1960/1961 according to plans by the architect Stefan Leuer and consecrated for the first Sunday of Advent in 1961. The church was under the patronage of Saint Hildegard of Bingen. It was decommissioned on 20 September 2020 with a solemn mass and is expected to be demolished.
39. St. Katharina v. Siena
St. Catherine of Siena is a Catholic branch church in the Cologne district of Blumenberg, which was built in the years 2001 to 2003 according to plans by the architect Heinz Bienefeld by his son Nikolaus Bienefeld and consecrated on the third Sunday of Advent 2003. The church is under the patronage of Catherine of Siena and is the youngest Catholic church building in Cologne to date.
40. St. Peter
St Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, run by the Jesuits. The painter Rubens was baptised in the church and his The Crucifixion of St Peter is on display there – it was commissioned in 1638 by the Cologne art collector and businessman Eberhard Jabach. The building also houses the 'Kunst-Station Sankt Peter', a centre for contemporary art, music and literature.
41. Severinstorburg
The Severinstorburg, in the Middle Ages also called "Porta (Sancti) Severini", later Severinsportz(en), Severinspforte, in Kölsch Vringspooz or simply Severinstor, is one of four preserved city gate castles of the medieval city wall of Cologne, it is next to St. Severin the landmark of the Severinsviertel in Cologne and an excellent example of medieval fortification architecture.
42. Grabeskirche St. Bartholomäus
The Grabkirche St. Bartholomäus is a former Roman Catholic parish church in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, which has been used since 2014 as a columbarium, in which the ashes of the deceased are buried in burial chambers. Sponsor of the grave church is the Catholic parish of St. Roch, Epiphany and Bartholomew. It is the first and so far only burial church in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
43. Immanuel-Kirche Stammheim
The Immanuel Church is the church of the Evangelical bridge building community Köln-Flittard/Stammheim in Cologne-Stammheim. Its inauguration was on March 3, 2013. Architecturally, the church building offers the possibility of holding various forms of events in the church and the side rooms. The church complex consists of the church, a bell tower and a small chapel.
Wikipedia: Immanuel-Kirche (Köln-Flittard/Stammheim) (DE), Website
44. Simultanhalle
The Simultanhalle – Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst is an exhibition hall in Cologne-Volkhoven, Volkhovener Weg 209–211. It was originally built in 1979 as a test building for the Museum Ludwig by the architects Busmann + Haberer on the site of a former school to test lighting, exterior, ceiling and floor coverings. Characteristic is the shed roof construction.
45. Mor Petrus u. Mor Paulus - Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
St. Peter and Paul, originally Klosterkirche Vom Guten Hirten is a Syriac Orthodox church in the Cologne district of Lindenthal, which was built between 1962 and 1964 according to plans by the architect Fritz Schaller and consecrated in December 1964. The church was originally conceived as a convent church for the congregation of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
46. NS Hinrichtungsstätte
The Klingelpütz was a prison in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord between Gereonstraße and Vogteistraße near the Hansaring. In the vernacular of Cologne, the street there – site of the old prison built by the Kingdom of Prussia in the 1830s – is usually used as a synonym for the prison Cologne on Rochusstraße in the district of Ossendorf, about 6 km away.
47. Kronleuchtersaal
The sewerage system of Cologne is part of the water infrastructure serving Cologne, Germany. Originally built by the Roman Empire in the 1st century, the city's sewer system was modernised in the late 19th century. Parts of the subterranean network are opened for public tours, and the unusual Chandelier Hall hosts jazz and classical music performances.
48. Klein St. Martin
Klein St. Martin was a Cologne parish church, which, together with the collegiate church Groß St. Martin and many other churches and buildings, determined the Cologne Rhine panorama. The church was abolished during secularization and demolished around 1824. The church tower was preserved and was rebuilt after destruction in the Second World War.
49. St. Pius X
St. Pius X is a Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Flittard, which was built between 1959 and 1962 according to plans by Margot and Joachim Schürmann and consecrated in March 1961. The church is under the patronage of Pope Pius X, who was canonized a few years before its construction, and has been a listed building since 2001.
50. Stadtwald
The Kölner Stadtwald is an extensive park created at the end of the 19th century in the western district of Lindenthal in Cologne. Equipped with a game reserve, ponds and water channels as well as sports and playgrounds and an extensive network of paths, the green area is a popular local recreation area on the left bank of the Rhine.
51. Nikolaus-Kapelle
The St. Nicholas Chapel in Cologne-Westhoven near the Rhine was built around 1100 and is dedicated to the patron saint of boatmen, Nicholas of Myra. It is the smallest of the surviving former Romanesque village churches in Cologne, is surrounded by an old cemetery and is cared for by the Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln.
52. St. Dionysius
St. Dionysius is a Roman Catholic church in the Cologne district of Longerich, Germany. It belongs to the parish association Longerich/Lindweiler of the deanery of Cologne-Nippes in the Archdiocese of Cologne and became a parish church in the course of the merger of the former three parishes in today's district of Longerich.
53. Bastei
The Bastei is a building in Cologne-Neustadt-Nord, located at the northern end of the Cologne Rings directly on the banks of the Rhine. Since its opening on 22 October 1924, the building with a usable area of 300 m² has served as a viewing restaurant, although the operation is currently suspended due to structural defects.
54. Griechenpforte
The Griechenpforte, also called "porta Grecorum", was a gate of the southwestern city wall of Cologne, probably created in the 10th century. It was first mentioned in the 12th century and came into private ownership at the beginning of the 14th century. The Greek Gate, which was later built over, was laid down around 1856.
55. Rheinpark
The Rheinpark is a 40 hectare (0,4 km²) large urban park along the right bank of the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. The park lies between the Cologne districts of Deutz and Mülheim and includes a beach club, an open-air theater and a Roman Thermae styled public bath. It was voted Germany's best park in 2007.
56. St. Heribert
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Heribert is a three-aisled pillar basilica in the Deutz district of Cologne. The church is also referred to as a Düxer Cathedral. The showpiece of the church is the heribernate, which keeps the relics of the Archbishop Heribert von Cologne and founder of the Deutz Abbey.
57. Lutherkirche Südstadt
The Lutherkirche is a Protestant church in the Südstadt Cologne. The church forms its own district in the Evangelical Community of Cologne. The Evangelical Community of Cologne belongs to the Evangelical Church Circle of Cologne-Mitte, which is part of the Evangelical Church Association of Cologne and region.
58. St. Adelheid
The church of St. Adelheid in the Kölner district of Neubrück is a Roman Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is part of the Catholic parish association Roncalli on Heumarer triangle. That of St. Adelheid von Vilich consecrated church was created in 1968/69 after plans by Paul Georg Hopmann.
59. Christi Auferstehung
Christ's Resurrection is a Catholic church in the Lindenthal district of Cologne, built between 1968 and 1970 according to plans by the architect Gottfried Böhm and consecrated in 1971. It is considered a typical example and conclusion of a series of very plastic, sculptural buildings by the architect.
60. Außenspielstätte am Offenbachplatz
Opernterrassen is a former commercial building and restaurant at Brüderstraße 2–4 in Cologne, which belonged to the ensemble created by Wilhelm Riphahn with opera house and Schauspielhaus. With its large glass surfaces and terrace porch, it was considered a "typical gastronomy pavilion of the 50s".
61. Persian Onager
The onager, also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1775. Five subspecies have been recognized, one of which is extinct.
62. Klettenbergpark
The Klettenbergpark in the Cologne district of Klettenberg is an approximately 6-hectare high-altitude park laid out as a natural garden. It was planned since 1903 and created by the Cologne garden director Fritz Encke from 1905 to 1907 on the site of a 10 m deep gravel pit on Luxemburger Straße.
63. Nathanaelkirche
The Nathanaelkirche belongs to the Evangelical Nathanael parish in Cologne-Bilderstöckchen. The church named after the disciples Nathanael was completed in 1965 and in 1974 received its striking campanile, which was discontinued by the church building, directly at the Escher Strasse/park belt.
64. DITIB-Zentralmoschee
The Cologne Central Mosque is a building commissioned by German Muslims of the Organization DITIB for a large, representative Zentralmoschee in Cologne, Germany. This mosque was inaugurated by Turkish President Erdogan. After controversy, the project won the approval of Cologne's city council.
65. St. Stephanus
St. Stephanus is a Roman Catholic chapel in the Weiden district of Cologne. The small sacred building is also known as the Üsdorf chapel and is on the number 5 station on the Lindenthal Kulturpfad. He is supervised by a support association of the Catholic parish of St. Marien Cologne-Weiden.
66. Thomaskirche
The Thomaskirche is a Protestant church of the Evangelical Community of Cologne in Cologne's Agnesveedel, on the northern periphery of the city center. Today, the Thomaskirche forms together with the Christuskirche (Cologne) a common district of the Evangelical Community of Cologne.
67. Sankt Engelbert
St. Engelbert is a Catholic church in Cologne-Riehl, Germany. It was built between 1930 and 1932 according to a design by the architect Dominikus Böhm and is considered the first modern church building in Cologne and also one of the original buildings of modern church architecture.
68. Theater im Bauturm
The Theater im Bauturm – Freies Schauspiel Köln is an independent theatre that was founded in 1983 in the building of the architectural group Bauturm and therefore got its name. It is located in the Belgian Quarter on Aachener Straße, diagonally opposite the Millowitsch Theater.
69. Vorgebirgspark
The foothills is a 13.9 hectare park in the south of the Cologne city center between the districts of Zollstock, Raderberg and Raderthal. It was created from 1910 to 1914 according to plans by the garden architect Fritz Encke. On July 1, 1914, he was handed over to visitor traffic.
70. St. Johannisgemeinde
The Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church is a confessional Lutheran church body of Germany. It is a member of the European Lutheran Conference and of the International Lutheran Council (ILC). The SELK has about 33,000 members in 174 congregations. The seat of SELK is in Hanover.
Wikipedia: Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church (EN), Website
71. Johanneskirche
The Johanneskirche in the Nonnenwerthstraße in Cologne-Sülz is next to the Tersteegenhaus the second church of the Protestant parish Cologne-Klettenberg. It was built at the beginning of the sixties to meet the growth of the community in the districts of Sülz and Klettenberg.
72. Der Tauzieher
The Tauzieher is a limestone sculpture by Nikolaus Friedrich which was erected in 1911 in Rheinauhafen, Cologne. It depicts a man making a heavy rope or hawser fast to a bollard and is 6.5 metres in height. In 1980, it was listed as one of the first heritage sites in Cologne.
73. Schloss Wahn
Schloss Wahn is a three -winged palace complex built according to the plans of the architect Johann Georg Leydel in the style of the late baroque in the Cologne district of the same name. The castle's building ensemble has been protected as a monument since November 9, 1982.
74. Düxer Bock
The Düxer Bock is the unofficial heraldic animal of the Cologne district of Deutz. Numerous clubs and initiatives carry the Düxer Bock in the name, logo or as a mascot. Since 1964, there has also been a monument to the Düxer Bock in Deutz, commemorating the town's legend.
75. Ulrepforte
The Ulreport was built in the early 13th century as part of the medieval city wall of Cologne. It is mentioned for the first time in 1245. The Ulreport is preserved with strong structural changes. In front of her, the Sachsenring street leads as part of the Cologne rings.
76. Basilica of the Holy Apostles
The Basilica of the Holy Apostles is a Romanesque church in Cologne (Köln), located near Innenstadt's busy Neumarkt (Köln). The former collegiate church is dedicated to the twelve Apostles. It is one of the twelve Romanesque churches built in Cologne in that period.
Wikipedia: Basilica of the Holy Apostles, Cologne (EN), Website
77. St. Kunibert
The Basilica of St. Cunibert also St. Kunibert is the last of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches to be built. It was consecrated 1247, one year before work on the Gothic Cologne Cathedral began. It was declared a minor basilica in 1998 by the then Pope John Paul II.
78. Deutsches Tanzarchiv
The Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln is a national information and research centre for concert dance in Germany. It is located in the MediaPark in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, with an archive, library, video library and museum on the history around dance for an audience.
79. Forstbotanischer Garten
The Forstbotanischer Garten Köln is an arboretum and woodland botanical garden located at Schillingsrotterstraße 100, Rodenkirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It forms part of the city's outer green belt and is open daily without charge.
80. St. Amandus
St. Amandus is the Roman Catholic church in Cologne-Rheinkassel in North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the parish of St. Pankratius am Worringer Bruch. In the choir area, it represents a reduced copy of the collegiate church of St. Gereon in Cologne.
81. Kreissparkasse Köln
Kreissparkasse Köln is a German savings bank based in Cologne at Neumarkt 18–24. Its sponsor is a special-purpose association and not, as its name suggests, the no longer existing district of Cologne. It is therefore a special-purpose savings bank.
82. Duftmuseum im Farina-Haus
The fragrance museum in the Farina House is located within sight of the Cologne Town Hall and opposite the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne and is housed in the birthplace of the Eau de Cologne in the original production rooms of the 18th century.
83. St. Severin
The Basilica of St. Severin is an early Romanesque basilica church located in the Südstadt of Cologne (Köln). The former collegiate church is dedicated to St. Severin of Cologne. It is one of the twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne.
84. St. Fronleichnam
St. Fronleichnam is a Catholic branch church in the Porz district of Cologne, which was built in 1958–1960 according to the design by the architect Gottfried Böhm as a parish church. It has been a listed building since 1997.
85. Volkssternwarte Köln
The Volkssternwarte Köln is an astronomical observatory in the district of Cologne-Sülz, which belongs to the district of Cologne-Lindenthal. It is located on the roof of the local Schiller Gymnasium at Nikolausstraße 55.
86. Christuskirche Dellbrück
The Christuskirche is a Protestant church in the Cologne suburb of Dellbrück on the right bank of the Rhine. It was built in neo-baroque style according to plans by the architect Otto March and inaugurated on 18 June 1905.
87. Melanchthonkirche
The Melanchthon Church is a Protestant church in the Zollstock district of Cologne, Germany. The church, named after the reformer Philipp Melanchthon, was built between 1929 and 1930 according to plans by Theodor Merrill.
88. D15
The D 15 is a Deutz tractor from the Deutz D series. During its construction period, it was the smallest and weakest model from Deutz. With the D 15, the last model was converted to the designations of the D-series.
89. Rheinauhafen
The Rheinauhafen is a 15.4 hectares urban regeneration project in Cologne, Germany, located along the river Rhine between the Südbrücke and Severinsbrücke, just south of the inner city's historic old town.
90. Hans Böckler
Hans Böckler was a German politician and trade union leader. He was the most influential re-founder of the unions in post-war Germany and became the first president of the German Trade Union Confederation.
91. Deutsches Sport- und Olympiamuseum
The German Sport & Olympia Museum is a museum in Cologne that presents the history of sports from antiquity to modern times. It is located in Cologne's Rheinauhafen within the district Köln-Altstadt-Süd.
92. Kartäuserkirche
The Kartäuskirche is the church of the former carnival monastery founded in 1334 in Cologne, the Cologne Charterhouse. The church today serves the Evangelical Community of Cologne as a community church.
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