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Innenstadt, Cologne
Innenstadt () is the central borough () of the City of Cologne in Germany. The borough was established with the last communal land reform in 1975, and comprises Cologne's historic old town (Altstadt), the era new town (Neustadt) plus the right-Rhenish quarter of Deutz. The Innenstadt has about 127,000 inhabitants (as of December 2020) and covers an area of 16.37 square kilometres. Subdivisions The Innenstadt is made up of five ''Stadtteile'' (city parts): Landmarks Among the landmarks in Innenstadt are Cologne Cathedral, the twelve romanesque churches of Colognehttp://www.romanische-kirchen-koeln.de/ueberuns.html Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln e.V. ( St. Andreas, St. Aposteln, St. Cäcilien, St. Georg, St. Gereon, St. Kunibert, St. Maria im Kapitol, St. Maria Lyskirchen, Groß St. Martin, St. Pantaleon, St. Severin and St. Ursula) and the 14th century Cologne City Hall (Kölner Rathaus). Several high rise structures were built over the last years a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral (, , officially , English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 6 million people a year. At , the cathedral is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe after Ulm Minster, and the third tallest church of any kind in the world. Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 but was halted in the years around 1560, unfinished. Attempts to complete the construction began around 1814 but the project was not properly funded until the 1840s. The edifice was completed to its original medieval plan in 1880. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cologne Stadtbahn
The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling). The term ''Stadtbahn'' denotes a system that encompasses elements of trams as well as an underground railway network (''U-Bahn'') and interurban rail, even including three lines that are licensed as heavy rail and used by freight trains as well as Stadtbahn vehicles. Two of these lines connect the Cologne Stadtbahn to the Bonn Stadtbahn. These lines (16 and 18) are jointly operated by both cities' transport authorities, resulting in both systems and the lines connecting them sometimes collectively referred to as ''Stadtbahn Rhein-Sieg''. The Cologne Stadtbahn is operated by the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe (KVB) and the Bonn Stadtbahn is operated by the Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB – City of Bonn Utilities Division). The KVB and SWB are members of the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln Süd Station
Köln Süd (Cologne South) station is located in the southwestern edge of the Innenstadt of Cologne in the district of Neustadt-Süd in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located between the streets of Luxemburger Straße and Zülpicher Straße. The station is a stop for regional services on the West Rhine Railway. The Cologne freight railway bypass branches off from the station over the South Bridge; it is also used as needed by passenger trains. The station has four platform tracks at two island platforms and two tracks without platforms, which are used by the intensive freight traffic. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. History The original section of the West Rhine Railway () was opened in 1844 through the station as the ''Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn'' (Bonn-Cologne Railway) on a direct approach to Cologne that ended at Cöln-Pantaleon station, which was then on the outskirts. With the opening of Central Station (''Centralbahnhof'', now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln West Station
Köln West (Cologne West) station is located in the northwestern edge of the Innenstadt, Cologne, Innenstadt of Cologne in the district of Neustadt-Nord in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on Venloer Straße (street). The station is a stop for regional services on the Cologne ring railway (part of the West Rhine Railway). It is also served by lines 3, 4 and 5 lines of the Cologne Stadtbahn, which run through the ''Hans-Böckler-Platz/Bf. West'' underground station. The surface station has two platform tracks on a 303-metre-long island platform and eight tracks without platforms, which are used by intensive freight traffic. History The opening of Cologne Central Station, Central Station (''Centralbahnhof'', now called the ''Hauptbahnhof'') in 1859 required the building of a connecting line to the West Rhine Railway (), running around the city to the west. The Prussian government built a new line of fortifications around Cologne and the new district of ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln Hansaring Station
Köln Hansaring railway station is situated in the city of Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, about northwest of Köln Hauptbahnhof. A few hundred metres west of the station is the ''Betriebsbahnhof Köln Hansaring Wendeanlage'' (Köln Hansaring operations station reversing facility). At the station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S11 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), S 11 branches off towards Neuss Hauptbahnhof via Köln-Nippes station and Köln-Chorweiler station, Köln-Chorweiler on the Lower Left Rhine Railway from S-Bahn line S12 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), S 12, which runs parallel to the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway to Düren station, Düren via Köln-Ehrenfeld station, Köln-Ehrenfeld and Köln-Weiden West station. The station (which is classified as a ''Haltepunkt'', that is a "halt", which is defined as having no set of points) and the operating station together form the western end of the trunk line of the Cologne S-Bahn (which is operated as part of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln Messe/Deutz Station
Köln Messe/Deutz station (called ''Köln-Deutz'' until November 2004, Colognian dialect, Colognian: , ) is an important railway junction for long-distance rail and local services in the Deutz, Cologne, Deutz neighborhood of Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is situated close to the eastern bank of the Rhine and connected via the Hohenzollern Bridge to Köln Hauptbahnhof, the city's main station, which is just a few hundred metres away. The Cologne Trade Fair () grounds are directly north of the station, hence the ''Messe'' in the station's name. The Deutz/Messe station of the Cologne Stadtbahn is nearby and connected to this station by a pedestrian tunnel. Köln Messe/Deutz is a junction station, which has platforms on two levels: the high-level platforms are used by trains running in the east-west direction across the Hohenzollern Bridge to and from Köln Hauptbahnhof. The lower level (''Köln Messe/Deutz tief'') is used by trains running in a north-south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln Hauptbahnhof
Köln Hauptbahnhof () is the central station, central railway station of Cologne, Germany. The station is an important local, national and international transport hub, with many Intercity-Express, ICE, Eurostar and Intercity (Deutsche Bahn), Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional Regional-Express, RegionalBahn and local Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, S-Bahn trains. EuroNight and Nightjet night services also call at the station. It has frequent connections to Frankfurt by way of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line, which starts in southern Cologne. On an average day, about 280,000 travellers frequent the station, making it the List of busiest railway stations in Germany, fifth busiest station in Germany. The station is situated next to Cologne Cathedral. There is another important station in Cologne, the Köln Messe/Deutz station across the river Rhine, just about 400 metres away from Köln Hauptbahnhof. The stations are linked by the Hohenzollern Bridge, a six-track rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheinauhafen
The Rheinauhafen (lit. ''Rheinau harbour'') is a urban regeneration project in Cologne, Germany, located along the river Rhine between the Südbrücke (Southern Railway Bridge) and Severinsbrücke (Severin Bridge), just south of the inner city's historic old town. The project is set around the actual Rheinauhafen, a formerly commercial harbour developed during the 1880s, and spans in the north-south direction and east-west at its widest. Planning for the redevelopment project commenced with an urban design competition during the early 1990s, with construction starting in 2002 and scheduled to be completed by 2011. The project comprises some of waterfront land mainly used for offices, cultural institutions, hotels and dwellings. The formerly commercial por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranhaus
A Kranhaus ("crane house") is one of three 17-story buildings, collectively , in the Rheinauhafen of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Their shape, an upside-down "L", is reminiscent of the Crane (machine)#Harbour usage, harbor cranes that were used to load cargo from and onto ships, two of which were left standing as monuments when the harbor was redesigned as a residential and commercial quarter in the early 2000s. Each building is about high, long, and wide. They were designed by Aachen architect Alfons Linster and Hamburg-based Hadi Teherani of ''BRT Architekten''. Construction began on 16 October 2006, and the first building was completed in 2008. The southern and middle buildings provide approx. of office space each, on 15 levels. The northern one harbors 133 luxury apartments totalling about on 18 levels. Award The middle building, ''Kranhaus Eins'', was given the MIPIM Award 2009 in the Business Centre category at the MIPIM in Cannes on 12 March 2009. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaPark
The MediaPark is an urban regeneration neighborhood in Cologne, Germany, completed by the turn of the millennium. It was set up to accommodate companies of the media industry, media and communication industry, as well as cultural institutions, a hotel and some apartment buildings. The MediaPark is situated in Innenstadt, Cologne, Neustadt-Nord, Cologne, on the site of a former goods station, and is some 20 hectare large. The project was designed by Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler (architect), Eberhard Zeidler, with construction lasting from 1990 until 2004. The buildings sit radially around a central square, and are surrounded by parks and a small lake. The city quarter's focal point is the 148 metre tall KölnTurm, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and completed in 2001. The MediaPark is home to over 250 companies and a workforce of some 5,000 people. Among the corporate firms at MediaPark are EMI Group, EMI Music Germany, Radio Köln and Westdeutscher Rundfunk studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KölnTurm
The Cologne Tower () is a 44-storey office skyscraper in the Köln-Neustadt-Nord district of Cologne, Germany that stands high, or , including its antenna. Construction of the tower lasted from June 1999 to November 2001. It is the second-tallest building in the city (after the Cathedral), the second-tallest in North Rhine-Westphalia after the Post Tower in Bonn (Cologne Cathedral is considered to be a building in Cologne but is outside of North-Rhine-Westphalia due to the canon law of the Catholic Church), and the 22nd-tallest in Germany. Because of the tower's location near Cologne's MediaPark, it is home to several media sector companies. The observation deck and restaurant, located on the 30th floor, were opened to the public in June 2006. Architecture Designed around a load-bearing central core, the reinforced concrete tower with an mast to its upper end was built in cooperation between the architectural firm Kohl & Kohl and Parisian architect Jean Nouvel. The glass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
