Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Cologne, Germany

Neu St. Alban is a parish church in the Neustadt-Nord district of Cologne, Germany, in the northern corner of the Stadtgarten. 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.

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The Gereonsmühle is part of a 113-metre-long preserved remnant of the medieval city wall of Cologne and is located between Gereonswall and Hansaring west of the Eigelsteintorburg.

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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

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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.

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Theater Tiefrot is a theatre in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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The Ursuline Church of St. Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi Church) in Cologne is the baroque former monastery church of the Ursuline Order and the school church of the neighboring Ursuline School.

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The Basilica of St. Cunibert also St. Kunibert is the last of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches to be built. It was consecrated in 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.

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The Bastei is a building in Cologne-Neustadt-Nord, located at the northern end of the Cologne Ring directly on the banks of the Rhine. Since its opening on October 22, 1924, the building with a usable area of 300 m² has served as a panoramic restaurant, although operations have been suspended since 2019 due to structural defects.

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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.

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The water kinetic plastic is a work of art by the German artist and metal sculptor Wolfgang Göddertz. The fountain plastic is in Cologne on Ebertplatz and is a large walk -in fountain in stainless steel.

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The Eigelsteintorburg on the edge of Cologne's Eigelstein district is one of four surviving city gate castles of the medieval city wall.

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St. Agnes is a neogothic Catholic church in Neustadt-Nord, Cologne, Germany. It was consecrated in 1902 and is the second-largest church in Cologne after the Cologne cathedral. St. Agnes is 80 metres (260 ft) long, 40 metres (130 ft) wide and occupies an area of 2,155 square metres (23,200 sq ft). The tower has a height of 61 metres (200 ft). The church is named after Agnes of Rome.

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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. Six subspecies have been recognized, two of which are extinct.

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Skulpturen Park Köln is a major international overview of contemporary sculpture which has been on display to the public, in a series of two-year exhibitions, in Cologne, Germany, since 1997.

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The Cologne Cable Car is a gondola lift that runs across the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. It connects the two banks of the Rhine at the height of Cologne's Zoo Bridge (Zoobrücke).

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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.

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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.

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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. It was a branch church of the parish church of St. Mauritius in Buchheim for centuries, 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 the side church again. With another seven churches, it is now part of the Catholic parish of St. Clemens and Mauritius, which includes the districts of Mülheim, Buchheim and Buchforst.

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The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady is a neo-Gothic religious building in the Mülheim district of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine. Together with seven other churches, it belongs to the Catholic parish of St. Clemens and Mauritius.

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The Luthernotkirche is a Protestant church in the Mülheim district of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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