Innenstadt () is the central borough () of the City of

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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-

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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 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 Archd ...

, the

twelve romanesque churches of Cologne The twelve Romanesque architecture, Romanesque churches of Cologne are twelve landmark churches in the Innenstadt, Cologne, Old town ''(Altstadt)'' of Cologne, Germany. All twelve churches are Catholic Church, Catholic. The reason for the large n ...

http://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 Ursula (Latin for 'little she-bear') was a Romano-British virgin and martyr possibly of royal origin. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion. Her feast day in the pre-1970 G ...

) and the 14th century Cologne City Hall (Kölner Rathaus). Several high rise structures were built over the last years as landmarks for Veedel (city quarters) within the district, most notably '' KölnTurm'' at

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 ...

and the three ''

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 use ...

'' buildings at Rheinauhafen.

Transportation

As the business center of Cologne, the Innenstadt is well served by numerous railway stations and highway. The largest train station is

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), Inter ...

, other stations include Köln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hansaring, Köln West and Köln Süd station, as well as a dense net of Cologne Stadtbahn tram and U-Bahn stations. The Cologne Ring (Kölner Ringe) is a city boulevard, encircling the old town of Cologne. It is part of Bundesstraße 55 and picks up several principal

arterial road An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights o ...

s, which lead into adjacent city districts.

Rhine bridges

* Zoobrücke *

Hohenzollernbrücke *

Deutzer Brücke The Deutz Suspension Bridge () was a self-anchored suspension bridge using eyebar chains, located across the Rhine at Deutz, Cologne, Deutz in Cologne, Germany. It was built from 1913 to 1915. In 1935, it was named Paul von Hindenburg, Hindenburg ...

* Severinsbrücke

References

External links

Official webpage of the district
Boroughs and quarters of Cologne City districts in Germany