The MediaPark is an

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neighborhood in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

, Germany, completed by the turn of the millennium. It was set up to accommodate companies of the

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and

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industry, as well as cultural institutions, a hotel and some apartment buildings. The MediaPark is situated in Neustadt-Nord, Cologne, on the site of a former

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, and is some 20 hectare large. The project was designed by Canadian architect

Eberhard Zeidler Eberhard Zeidler may refer to: * Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler (1926–2022), German-Canadian architect * Eberhard Hermann Erich Zeidler (1940–2016), German mathematician {{hndis, Zeidler, Eberhard ...

, 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

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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 Music Germany, Radio Köln and

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

studios of

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; among the cultural institutions are a large

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(Cinedom), the Filmbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Fresenius

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, the

musikFabrik The Ensemble Musikfabrik (music factory ensemble) is an ensemble for contemporary classical music located in Cologne. Their official name is Ensemble Musikfabrik Landesensemble NRW e.V. (Ensemble Musikfabrik of the state of North Rhine-Westphali ...

and SK Stiftung Köln with the Akademie för uns Kölsche Sproch (''Academy for our Kölsch language'').

Public transport

MediaPark is served by the nearby Christophstraße/Mediapark

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station, located on the

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References

External links

official site

Cinedom website
{{Authority control 2004 establishments in Germany Boroughs and quarters of Cologne Innenstadt, Cologne Landmarks in Cologne Mass media in Cologne Urban planning in Germany Eberhard Zeidler buildings __NOTOC__

Public transport

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