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Weidenpesch Racecourse

A storied horse-racing track in the green Weidenpesch Park – the home of Cologne flat racing for over 120 years.

The Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse lies in the 55-hectare Weidenpesch Park in the north of the city. It is one of Germany's most storied horse-racing tracks.

Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-24

At a glance

  • Location: Weidenpesch Park, northern Cologne
  • Sport: flat racing
  • Surroundings: extensive parkland with tennis facilities
  • Tradition: a sports centre even before the First World War

Racing in the green

As early as the years before the First World War, Weidenpesch Park developed into a sports centre – it even held Cologne's first golf course. To this day the racecourse regularly hosts race days, drawing racing enthusiasts and day-trippers to the park-like north of the city.

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