Rheinseilbahn - Pylon In Rheinpark In Cologne, Germany PNr°0219
Rheinseilbahn (literally "Rhine Cable Car") may refer to one of two cable cars across the Rhine in Germany: * The Cologne Cable Car in Cologne. * The Koblenz Cable Car The Koblenz cable car (German: ''Seilbahn Koblenz'') is an aerial lift that was opened in 2010 in Koblenz, Germany for the Bundesgartenschau (a biennial exhibition) the following year. It connects the banks of the river Rhine and the hill platea ...

Cologne Cable Car
The Cologne Cable Car (german: Kölner Seilbahn or ''Rheinseilbahn (Köln)'') 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''). History The cable car over the Rhine was opened on April 26, 1957 in time for the opening of the biannual German horticultural show, the ''Bundesgartenschau''; it connects the exhibition sites at Rheinpark with those on the other riverside, close to Cologne Zoo and Flora/Botanical Garden. Amongst its first guest were the President of Germany, Theodor Heuss, and Federal Chancellor and former Mayor of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer. In 2010 in Koblenz another aerial tram crossing the Rhine opened, because of the 2011 edition of the Bundesgartenschau. In 1963, the cableway was closed and dismantled because it stood on land needed for the new Zoo Bridge. It was reopened after protracted discussions, but the route had to be changed in response to ...
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