Buildings & Institutions in Cologne

Academy of Media Arts Cologne

since 1990

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North Rhine-Westphalia's art and film school for media arts, founded in 1989, with interdisciplinary diploma programmes in the heart of Cologne.

Albert-Richter-Velodrom – Track Cycling Centre NRW

Cologne's roofed velodrome and track-cycling performance centre in Müngersdorf – the third track on this site since 1923, named after Albert Richter.

Alteburger Mühle

Marienburg's oldest surviving building: a former windmill atop a medieval tower, now part of the Polish Consulate General.

Altenberger Hof

Former manorial farm of Altenberg Abbey in Cologne-Nippes, now a community center with concerts, theater, exhibitions and its own resident orchestra.

Amtsgericht Köln

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The largest court in North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany's second-largest district court after Munich — also handling cases from Cologne/Bonn Airport.

Arnoldshof Estate

Bocklemünd's oldest surviving farmstead – a listed heritage complex now home to a country-style residential estate.

Auf dem Kölnberg

High-rise complex in Cologne-Meschenich: today a social hotspot, home of the TV character Danni Lowinski and subject of several documentaries

Bahnhof Köln Süd

Regional rail stop on the left Rhine line where the freight bypass to the Südbrücke branches off – popular with University of Cologne students.

Bahnhof Köln-Chorweiler

Shared underground station for S-Bahn and Stadtbahn in the heart of Chorweiler, whose Stadtbahn tracks were rebuilt several times to suit new vehicles

Bahnhof Köln-Dellbrück

Around 1900, eight or nine extra trains brought Sunday day-trippers to Dellbrück. Today the S 11 stops at the station on the line to Bergisch Gladbach.

Bahnhof Köln-Longerich

Junction where the S-Bahn branches off to Chorweiler and a bus hub for the northern districts: the station in Cologne's Longerich district.

Bahnhof Köln-Nippes

Station with a railway museum in the former depot and Deutsche Bahn's first CO2-neutral maintenance facility, mostly in Cologne-Nippes.

Bahnhof Köln-Worringen

On the Left Lower Rhine line since 1855: this is where the Cologne S-Bahn's Chorweiler loop rejoins the main line.

Bahnhof Köln/Bonn Flughafen

Germany's third airport with an ICE link: a tunnel station under a vaulted glass roof, its four tracks lying up to 18 metres deep.

Benedictine Convent of Cologne

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Active convent of the Benedictine Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament in Cologne-Raderberg, founded in 1890 and still home to a community of nuns today.

Blauer Hof

Housing estate in Cologne-Buchforst modeled on Dutch courtyard housing, famous for its blue-toned courtyard façades.

BRAUWELT Köln

Cologne's oldest still-producing brewery; its main building in Kalk is the city's oldest industrial monument still serving its original purpose.

Bruder-Klaus-Siedlung

Cologne housing estate named after Switzerland's national saint, Brother Klaus. Many streets bear Swiss place names in gratitude for Swiss postwar aid.

Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia

since 1971

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Church-affiliated university of applied sciences for social work and healthcare professions, sponsored by four dioceses across Aachen, Cologne, Münster, and Paderborn.

CBS University of Applied Sciences

since 1993

Private Cologne university of applied sciences, formed in 2025 from the merger of CBS and EU|FH – ten campuses, around 46 programs in business, social work, education, health.

Christophorus-Kapelle (Longerich)

Denkmalgeschützte Militärkapelle von 1957 auf dem Gelände der Lüttich-Kaserne, benannt nach dem Schutzpatron der Reisenden.

Clouth Quartier

A new Cologne neighborhood on a former rubber-works site, with listed Clouth factory buildings, a large airship-themed square and a historical trail of 15 information boards.

Cologne Bonn Airport “Konrad Adenauer”

Germany's third-largest cargo airport, home to UPS and FedEx hubs and once the government airport of the Bonn Republic.

Cologne Justice Center

105-metre court tower in Cologne-Sülz housing the local and regional courts plus the public prosecutor's office on Luxemburger Straße.

Cologne Prison (Justizvollzugsanstalt Köln)

Prison in Cologne-Ossendorf whose 1.3 km wall blends so well into the neighborhood it's barely recognizable as a jail.

Cologne sewerage system

since 1890

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A sewer network with Roman roots — and the Kronleuchtersaal, an underground chamber where concerts are held.

Cologne University of Music and Dance

since 1845

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One of Europe's largest music academies and Germany's second-oldest, founded in 1845 after Würzburg.

Cologne Water Gauge

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On the left bank of the Rhine in Cologne's northern old town, the Pegel Köln has recorded the river's water level at river kilometre 688 for centuries.

Cologne-Merkenich Combined Heat and Power Plant

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At 250 metres, this power plant's chimney is Cologne's second-tallest structure after the Colonius tower — and the city's primary source of district heating for its northern districts.

Colonia-Haus

since 1973

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Germany's second-tallest residential skyscraper, right on the Rhine in Riehl — at 155 m with antenna, almost as tall as Cologne Cathedral (157 m).

Congress-Centrum Koelnmesse

A sprawling convention and events complex at the Koelnmesse with more than 19,500 seats and around 40 flexible rooms.

Court Building at Appellhofplatz (Appellhof)

since 1893

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Cologne's oldest court building – a monument to Rhenish legal history, from the Court of Appeal through the Nazi-era special courts to today's seat of the administrative and fiscal courts.

Dellbrücker Hauptstraße 143

Residential and commercial building from around 1907, blending Art Nouveau and Historicism with asymmetry and applied half-timbering.

Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

since 1947

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Germany's only sports university and, by institutes, disciplines and student numbers, the largest of its kind worldwide, at Müngersdorf Sports Park.

Deutz Gas Engine Factory

since 1864

On this historic industrial site in Cologne-Mülheim, regarded as the „birthplace of global motorisation“, the raum13 cultural initiative is now at work – amid listed buildings such as the Möhring Pavilion at the Mülheim harbour.

Disch-Haus

Cologne office and commercial building regarded as a major landmark of New Objectivity architecture, built on the site of a former luxury hotel.

Domforum

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Located on the Domplatte opposite the cathedral's west portal, the Domforum serves as the visitor centre of Cologne Cathedral and as a meeting and events centre of the city's Catholic Church.

Domplatte

This pedestrian platform lifts the area around Cologne Cathedral to the height of its portals, at the cost of the historic Domhügel hill.

Eberbacher Hof

Cologne's former Eberbach Abbey wine-trading hub, with private access to the Rhine harbor through the city wall's Servas Gate.

Envihab

Human centrifuge, simulated altitudes up to 5,500 m and bed rest studies: the DLR facility in Cologne investigates how environmental conditions affect the human body.

European Astronaut Centre

Astronauts rehearse spacewalks in a huge underwater pool here and train for missions to the International Space Station (ISS).

European Transonic Windtunnel

Test aircraft models under near-real flight conditions: Cologne wind tunnel with test temperatures from −163 °C to 40 °C and speeds of up to Mach 1.35.

Excelsior Hotel Ernst

since 1863

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Storied five-star grand hotel dating from 1863, standing right beside Cologne Cathedral and family-owned for six generations.

Fettenhof Farmstead

A four-sided farmstead in Cologne-Bocklemünd, first recorded in 1170, that later housed traveling young craftsmen for about three decades.

Finnensiedlung

Wooden prefab estate in Köln-Höhenhaus, built from 1942 for bombed-out families – whether the building material really came from Finland is still unproven.

Flora Köln

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A palm house inspired by London's Crystal Palace, opened in 1864 in Cologne's Botanical Garden and reborn as an event hall with its historic silhouette.

Former Straw Hat Factory Silberberg & Mayer

Listed 1912/13 factory building in Cologne-Sülz, its wings arranged around a white-tiled skylit hall.

Funkhaus Köln (Deutschlandfunk Tower)

since 1978

The 102-metre Funkhaus Köln in the Raderthal district has housed the studios and editorial offices of Deutschlandfunk since 1979. Listed as a protected monument since 2024, the tower with its unusual suspended structure can be explored on regular public guided tours.

Fürstenhof

Directly opposite Cologne Cathedral: a former hotel from 1911/12, its height set to preserve the open view of the cathedral.

Galeria Cologne Hohe Strasse

1912–1914 department store where Germany's first-ever department store escalator went into operation in 1925.

Gartenstadt-Nord

Residential estate in Cologne's Longerich district, whose newer section was built for the 1956 Katholikentag and is known as the Katholikentagssiedlung.

Gereon-Kaserne

since 1937

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Bundeswehr barracks in Cologne housing the military leadership assessment centre — renamed from Mudra-Kaserne in 2022.

Gereonshaus

Monumental office building of 1909/10 by Carl Moritz, now home to the German Association of Cities and Towns.

Gerling Ring-Karree

since 2001

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A 55-metre office tower on Hohenzollernring designed by Norman Foster — with a hidden lake and garden reserved exclusively for residents.

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

since 1907

Germany's national aeronautics and space research centre is headquartered in Cologne-Porz — and its European Astronaut Centre is where ESA's astronauts train.

Godorfer Hafen

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Cologne's busiest cargo port: pipelines run from the berths straight into the Shell and Basell plants, while Rhine-side cranes handle gravel, clay and gypsum.

GoodMills Deutschland

Hinter Aurora, Diamant und Gloria steht eines der größten Mühlenunternehmen Deutschlands – mit Wurzeln von 1883 und der Auer-Großmühle in Köln-Deutz.

Gut Mielenforst

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Former knight's estate at the edge of Königsforst, its Neo-Renaissance manor house now the heart of a residential complex.

Haltepunkt Köln Hansaring

Western end of Cologne's S-Bahn trunk line: much of the island platform sits on a bridge over Hansaring, the street it is named after.

Haltepunkt Köln-Holweide

Von Fußballfans erkämpft: Der Halt entstand 1950 für Fans von Preußen Dellbrück und hieß im Volksmund „Willy-Röhrig-Gedächtnisbahnhof“.

Haltepunkt Köln-Lövenich S-Bahn

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S-Bahn stop between Lövenich and Weiden, opened in 2002 about 50 metres west of the village's closed old station.

Haltepunkt Köln-Weiden West

Interchange station in Köln-Weiden: at the western terminus of Stadtbahn line 1, passengers transfer to S-Bahn lines S12 and S19.

Hansahochhaus

since 1925

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Cologne's first skyscraper from 1925 — briefly the tallest building in Europe at completion, built in the Brick Expressionist style.

Haus Balchem

The only surviving Baroque house in the Severinsviertel, its statement bay window on Corinthian columns still turns heads on Severinstraße today.

Haus der Architektur Köln

Köln's centre for building culture: a forum for architecture and urban design in a timber cube near Neumarkt, with talks, exhibitions and tours open to all.

Haus Heinze-Manke

Heinz Bienefelds Doppelhaus in Köln-Rodenkirchen: bis ins kleinste Detail durchgestaltet, mit Struktur und Materialien, die auf Kölns römische Ursprünge anspielen.

Haus Hindenburg

Neoclassical corner building at Schildergasse and Neumarkt in Cologne, a listed historic monument since 1993.

Haus Neuerburg

Brick building on Gülichplatz disguised as two townhouses, with a stair tower in the courtyard echoing Cologne's old patrician houses.

Haus ohne Eigenschaften

Cube with no visible roofline, designed from the inside out around a square hall: O. M. Ungers' own residence in Cologne-Müngersdorf

Haus Saaleck

Medieval Cologne townhouse with late-Gothic corner turrets – today home to the city's Artothek, a lending library for art.

Haus Schierenberg

Neo-Gothic residence with an ornate red Main sandstone façade, one of the few surviving buildings from the 1890s–1900 construction boom along Theodor-Heuss-Ring.

Haus X1

A clothoid-like reinforced-concrete shell spans the house that architect Peter Neufert built as his own home in Köln-Hahnwald in 1961–1962.

Haus zum Maulbeerbaum

Cologne's only surviving High Baroque façade — now built into a new hotel.

Heizkraftwerk Köln-Niehl

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Rheinenergie's gas-fired combined heat and power plant in Niehl — supplying Cologne's city centre with district heating, with Germany's largest heat pump planned next door.

Heizwerk Köln-Südstadt

Germany's first major alternating-current power plant began operating in Cologne's Südstadt in 1891 – today it's a working district heating plant.

Herkules-Hochhaus

since 1972

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Nicknamed the 'Parrot House' for its vivid coloured façade, this 1972 residential tower in Neuehrenfeld stands 102 m tall — Cologne's ninth-highest high-rise.

Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne

Founded in 1921, this archive holds the Archdiocese of Cologne's records — its oldest piece is a property deed from 942.

Historical Archive with Rhenish Image Archive

since 1857

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Germany's largest municipal archive — collapsed during subway construction in 2009, reopened in a new building at Eifelwall in 2021.

Hof Melaten

Germany's largest medieval leprosarium: at Hof Melaten, west of Cologne, people with leprosy lived behind walls, and the site later became Melaten Cemetery.

Hofanlage Gut Engelshof

Saved from demolition and renovated by citizens themselves: the listed 1880 manor farm in Cologne-Westhoven is now a community center.

Hohenzollernring 53

Surviving central section of the war-damaged "Cron'sche Häusergruppe" on Cologne's Hohenzollernring, with caryatids, paired columns and a triangular pediment from 1950.

Immanuelkirche (Köln-Longerich)

1962/63 errichtete evangelische Kirche mit über 35 Meter langem Schiff und 450 Plätzen, die der ganzen Longericher Gemeinde ihren Namen gab.

Indianersiedlung Zollstock

A resident likened it to an Indian reservation: this maverick Zollstock estate was built in the late 1920s for large families of the unemployed.

Industriehof

Landmarked 1923 office and commercial building in Cologne, built by architect Jacob Koerfer on his own initiative.

Innere Kanalstraße

Cologne ring road built over an underground sewer collector: a semicircle along the outer edge of the inner green belt, ending at the Zoobrücke ramp.

Isenburg

Moated castle on a water-encircled island in Cologne-Holweide, with a 16th-century tower and an 18th-century manor house.

Italian Cultural Institute Cologne

Landmarked Italian Rationalist building combining Italy's cultural institute and consulate general in Cologne

Jewish Cemetery (Deckstein)

Reserved for Orthodox Jews only: until 1945, devout Jews from Cologne and from Rhenish and Westphalian communities were buried here in plain, unadorned graves.

Jewish Cemetery Köln-Mülheim

Jewish cemetery in Köln-Mülheim, in use since 1774, where the last burial took place in April 1942.

Jewish Welfare Center

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Jewish social facility of the Cologne Synagogue Community in Neuehrenfeld — housed in the historic buildings of the former Israelite Asylum for the Sick and Elderly.

Jüdischer Friedhof (Ehrenfeld)

Jewish cemetery in Cologne-Ehrenfeld that has also held the relocated graves of the dissolved Zülpich cemetery since 1958. Accessible by guided tour only.

Jüdischer Friedhof (Zündorf)

Jewish cemetery in Cologne-Zündorf, used for burials from 1923 to 1942 and forcibly sold in 1944 – six gravestones survive to this day.

Kaufhaus Isay

Listed early-20th-century office and commercial building in Cologne, built 1911–1913 by Helbig & Klöckner for textile wholesaler Gebrüder Isay.

Klosterhof (Cologne-Dünnwald)

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The Klosterhof in Cologne-Dünnwald is the surviving, listed working estate of the former Dünnwald monastery; its eastern wing today serves as a residential and office building.

Köln Arcaden

Cologne's first shopping mall on the right bank of the Rhine, built on the site of a former chemical plant in Kalk.

Köln Frankfurter Straße Station

Station on Cologne's airport loop: trains stop on a bridge over Frankfurter Straße, mainly serving the AirportBusinesspark in Gremberghoven.

Köln Geldernstraße/Parkgürtel Station

A commuter rail stop above an underground light rail station that was completely flooded during heavy rain in 2017 and again in the 2021 floods.

Köln Hauptbahnhof

since 1859

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Cologne's central railway station beside the cathedral — the fifth busiest in Germany, with around 280,000 travellers a day.

Köln Messe/Deutz Station

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A two-level interchange station at Cologne's trade fair grounds: local trains cross the Hohenzollern Bridge above, while high-speed ICE services call on the lower level.

Köln Steinstraße Station

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Step-free boarding for Class 423 trains: this S-Bahn stop in Köln's Porz district has served commuters since 2003 and replaced the former Porz-Gremberghoven stop.

Köln West Station

Station on Cologne's railway ring with a listed reception façade and a light-rail stop running at right angles beneath the tracks.

Köln-Buchforst Station

Suburban rail stop on Cologne's S-Bahn trunk line: because both platform ends sit in a curve, cameras and monitors help the driver dispatch the train.

Köln-Chorweiler Nord Station

Suburban rail station in Cologne's Chorweiler district near the northern city limits, close to Lake Fühlinger See and the Worringer Bruch woodland.

Köln-Deutzerfeld Station

Deutsche Bahn depot station in Köln-Kalk: every regional train terminating at Köln Messe/Deutz is stored here and made ready for its next run.

Köln-Mülheim Station

Regional and S-Bahn hub in northeast Cologne, opened in 1909 as the joint station of the then-independent town of Mülheim am Rhein.

Kölner Häfen

Cologne's harbours rank second only to Duisburg in cargo handling – and their history reaches back to Roman times.

KölnTurm

since 2001

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Cologne's tallest office building in the Mediapark (148.1 m) — glass façade with fired-on cathedral motifs and a rooftop terrace on the 30th floor open to restaurant guests.

Konrad Adenauer Barracks

Home to Germany's Federal Office for Military Counterintelligence: a Bundeswehr site in Cologne-Raderthal, named after Konrad Adenauer.

Kunibertsturm

Remnant of a medieval gate fortress at the northern end of Cologne's city wall, its small round tower Weckschnapp still standing today.

Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek der Stadt Köln

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One of the world's largest public libraries on modern art and photography – over 600,000 volumes, born from two Cologne museum libraries.

Landeshaus Cologne

Headquarters of the Rhineland Regional Council on the Rhine — a landmark of postwar modernism in the style of Mies van der Rohe.

Landgericht Köln

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One of Germany's largest regional courts – with a press chamber that journalists consider the strictest in the country.

Langeler Bogen Flood Retention Basin

A polder on the right bank of the Rhine that is deliberately flooded during high water events to lower the river level in Cologne.

Lanxess Tower

since 1969

Striking 95-metre office tower in Cologne-Deutz, originally built as Lufthansa's headquarters and now home to the global HQ of Lanxess AG.

Luftwaffenkaserne

since 1870

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One of Germany's largest military bases at around 300 hectares — home to senior Bundeswehr commands, a NATO unit, and a Canadian operational hub.

LVR-Klinik Köln

Psychiatric hospital of the Rhineland Regional Council in Cologne-Merheim and academic teaching hospital of the University of Cologne.

Märchensiedlung (Fairy-Tale Estate)

A Cologne garden-city estate where streets bear fairy-tale names like Siebenrabengasse and Drosselbartstraße – 181 listed family homes built between 1922 and 1929.

Maternushaus

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Conference centre of the Archdiocese of Cologne in the old town, built from 1978 to 1983 to a design by Hans Schilling and Peter Kulka.

Medieval Synagogue of Cologne

Beneath the Archaeological Zone near City Hall: remains of a Jewish synagogue that stood from the 11th century until the expulsion of 1424.

Minoritenkloster Köln

From 1307 John Duns Scotus taught here and lies buried in the abbey church: Cologne's Franciscan friary of the Friars Minor, founded in 1229.

Motorworld Köln

Home of the Michael Schumacher Private Collection: a hub for classic and collector cars on the grounds of the former Butzweilerhof airport.

Mülheimer Hafen

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No cargo handling since 2000: the harbour in Cologne-Mülheim is now a shipyard site and the only port in Cologne not owned by the HGK.

Naumannsiedlung Cologne

1920s social housing estate in Cologne-Riehl, famous for its loggia balconies and Neues Bauen design, built on a former brickworks site.

Niehler Hafen

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Largest of Cologne's six cargo ports by area – in 1929, a catapult plane carrying overseas mail from the steamer “Bremen” landed here.

Oberpostdirektion Köln

Regional postal authority for the Cologne area from 1850 to 1993, headquartered in the Altstadt-Nord district.

Olivandenhof

Commercial building in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord with a climbing wall, rain and cold chamber, and diving pool – Europe's largest outdoor specialty store.

Opern Passagen

Opened in 1964 as Germany's first shopping arcade — today a shopping passage with the integrated Theater am Dom.

Opernterrassen

A 1957 dining pavilion by Wilhelm Riphahn — a rare surviving witness to Cologne's 1950s architecture at Offenbachplatz.

Palais du Rhin

French Baroque-classicist riverside palace built in 1908 for banker Emil von Oppenheim—today luxury apartments housing a Sotheby's location.

Palatium

Triangular commercial building by Wilhelm Kreis, opened in 1912: semicircular corner towers with flat domes mark the island plot on Schildergasse.

Pollonius

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115-metre telecommunications tower in Cologne's Porz district, named as a nod to its taller 'big brother', the Colonius tower.

Porz-Heumar Station

A railway station where trains no longer stop: passengers last boarded here in 1991, yet the listed former station building still stands beside the Cologne–Overath line.

Porz-Wahn Station

Once the oldest station in the Porz area, opened in 1859: Porz-Wahn is now an S-Bahn stop in Cologne's south where the airport loop branches off the Sieg line.

Rechtsrheinischer Kölner Randkanal

A twelve-kilometre underground relief canal that carries streams on the right bank of the Rhine from Bergisch Gladbach-Refrath all the way to Cologne-Stammheim, where they empty into the river.

Reichenspergerplatz Court Building

since 1911

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Cologne's largest historic courthouse, opened in 1911 and still home to the Higher Regional Court – with an air-raid shelter beneath the forecourt, rediscovered in 2009 and open for visits on the first Sunday of each month.

RemediCool Cryotherapy Chamber Experts

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RemediCool combines cryotherapy chamber technology with an app-based software solution – from algorithmic session time calculation to vital data tracking.

Rhein-Center Köln

Shopping centre in Cologne's Weiden district: opened in 1972 as the fourth major centre in West Germany on former fields, today around 160 shops.

Rheinhallen

Listed former Cologne trade fair halls on the Deutz riverbank: behind the brick façade now sits RTL Germany's broadcast center.

Rheinische Hochschule Köln

since 1971

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Private university of applied sciences in Cologne, formerly Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln (RFH) and renamed in March 2024.

Rheinufertunnel

Road tunnel on the Cologne Rhine bank, with the Rheingarten above it. In high water, the area above is flooded on purpose to protect the tunnel against buoyancy.

Ringturm

since 1973

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The Ringturm at Cologne's Ebertplatz is a 109-metre high-rise from 1973 that, since its conversion into apartments, stands as a striking architectural landmark in the Neustadt-Nord district.

Schönrath

Historic manor near Cologne, for centuries owned by Altenberg Abbey and later the birthplace of Rhenish heavy horse breeding.

Schwerthof

Office and commercial building from 1921/22 where, in 1947, Cologne's first postwar inner-city cinema opened.

Sender Köln-Raderthal

Cologne's medium-wave transmitter for WERAG, the WDR's predecessor, on air from 1927 to 1932. Its listed transmitter house in Köln-Raderthal still stands today.

Severinstraße Underground Station

Cologne's interchange where the North-South Stadtbahn line 17 meets lines 3 and 4, which cross the Severin Bridge to Deutz – with a surface level and a tunnel station.

Siedlung Kunstfeld

Oldest surviving workers' settlement in the Rhineland: built from 1820 in the woods near Dünnwald to house the workers of a chemical works.

Siedlung Volkspark

Uniformly planned villa estate in Cologne's green belt, built 1949–1951 for occupying forces and protected as a whole since 1995.

Sportpark Höhenberg

since 1921

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Home ground of Viktoria Köln on the right bank of the Rhine — opened in 1921, today a dedicated football stadium with 8,343 seats.

St. Anna-Haus

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Founded in 1888 as a hospital and care home for the elderly, it served as a hospital until 1979 — today a Cellitinnen senior residence in Cologne-Lindenthal.

Stadtbibliothek Köln

since 1890

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One of Germany's largest public libraries with around 850,000 items — currently operating from a temporary location on Hohe Straße during major renovations.

Stöckheimer Hof

In 1835, a tower was built in the park of this Cologne-Mengenich estate to watch Cologne Cathedral rise. Its masonry ruin still stands today.

Stüttgenhof

One of Cologne's oldest farmsteads – partly ringed by a moat and still worked today by its owning family.

Technische Hochschule Köln

since 1971

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One of Germany's largest universities of applied sciences, with over 21,000 students across campuses in Cologne, Gummersbach, and Leverkusen.

Thurner Hof

since 1150

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A historic manor farm in Cologne-Dellbrück with a 16th-century timber-framed manor house and a freely accessible teaching garden.

TtE-Bücherei

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Freely accessible library and archive of left-wing social movements at the Alte Feuerwache — holding citizens' initiative journals and a substantial collection of grey literature.

TÜV Rheinland

since 1872

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Independent testing and certification giant born from steam boiler inspection in 1872 — headquartered in the 114 m Am Grauen Stein tower in Cologne.

Ubierhaus

Luxuriöses Wohnensemble von 1914/15 am Südende der Kölner Ringe: drei Flügel mit neoklassizistischer Werksteinfassade, direkt am Rhein und unter Denkmalschutz.

Uni-Center

since 1973

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One of Europe's largest residential buildings: the Y-shaped tower in Sülz combines 968 apartments with a 134-metre central core.

University of Cologne

since 1919

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Full-fledged university founded in 1919 in Cologne-Lindenthal; with over 43,000 students, one of Germany's largest on-campus universities.

Vierscheibenhaus – WDR Office Building at Appellhofplatz

The Vierscheibenhaus is a striking office building belonging to the West German Broadcasting (WDR) in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord district. Its interior is closed to the public, but the staggered building slabs are well worth viewing from the outside.

Villa Malta

Castle-like Art Nouveau villa above the Rhine bank in Rodenkirchen, its tower partly modeled on the belfry of the Cloth Hall in Ypres.

Villa Marienburg

Cologne's Villa Marienburg, built in 1844/45, gave its name to a district and was the starting point for the villa suburb of Marienburg.

Villa Oberländer Ufer 208

Villa modeled on an English country house: home of Moritz Bing from 1915, whose assets were declared forfeit in 1941; South African residence from 1949.

Villa Vorster

Eines der ersten nahezu stilreinen englischen Landhäuser Deutschlands: die von Otto March entworfene Villa in Köln-Marienburg, einst belgisches Militärgericht.

Villenkolonie Köln-Marienburg

Villen als Gesamtkunstwerk: In Marienburg lässt sich auf engstem Raum der Weg vom späten Historismus über Jugendstil und Expressionismus zur Moderne ablesen.

Wasserwerk Westhoven

Historic waterworks from 1903–1904 with a Romanesque-style rendered façade, still supplying drinking water today and serving as a learning venue, the "Wasserschule Köln".

WDR Arkaden

WDR building with an arcade-like façade by Gottfried Böhm — famous for live broadcasts of Cologne's Weiberfastnacht carnival kickoff.

Westgate

Cologne office and retail building heated and cooled by its own groundwater system, crowned by a glass dome.

WiSo Building

Riphahn's faculty building with a nine-story tower, polygonal lecture halls and garden courtyards – awarded the Cologne Architecture Prize in 1967.

Wohnpark Rodenkirchen

Urban edge at the southern end of the Rhine promenade: a 1967/68 housing complex whose right-angled buildings trace the block perimeter.

ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences

since 1973

Germany's central specialist library for medicine, health, nutrition, environment and agricultural sciences — with its main campus in Cologne-Lindenthal.

Zentralbibliothek der Sportwissenschaften

since 1947

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The university library of the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln — reportedly the world's largest specialized library dedicated to sport and sports science.

Zur Alten Post (Dellbrück)

Listed 1842 inn that also served as post house and toll station, lending its name to the historic Old Dellbrück Bridge.

No longer exists A. Schaaffhausen’sches Bank Palace

A. Schaaffhausen’sches Bank Palace

Cologne bank palace of 1859–1862 blending Neoclassical form with Italian Renaissance splendor—destroyed in the war.

No longer exists Ad Olivas Friary

Ad Olivas Friary

Former Franciscan friary of St. Agnes (1589–1802), where the Olivandenhof shopping arcade now stands near Cologne's Neumarkt; no buildings survive.

No longer exists Alte Wache (Waidmarkt)

Alte Wache (Waidmarkt)

A Prussian guardhouse from 1840/41 on the Waidmarkt, whose listed portico was dismantled and put into storage for possible reconstruction after the 2009 archive collapse.

Permanently closed Amerika Haus

Amerika Haus

From 1955 to 2007 Cologne's hub for US cultural exchange — the last of the once 57 Amerika Houses still operating in Germany.

No longer exists Augustinerplatz 12

Augustinerplatz 12

On 20 April 1896, Germany's very first film screening took place here — twelve French short films in a rented hall.

Permanently closed Bahnhof Köln-Bocklemünd

Bahnhof Köln-Bocklemünd

Closed in 1974, this former station briefly came back to life in November 1980, when trains stopped for a single day for the papal Mass at Butzweilerhof.

No longer exists Bahnhof Schiffbrücke

Bahnhof Schiffbrücke

Former Deutz station in a converted hotel where Queen Victoria stayed in 1858. Cologne locals nicknamed it “Marienbildchen”.

Permanently closed Cologne Wholesale Market

Cologne Wholesale Market

Former wholesale market in Cologne-Raderberg with a 132-metre parabolic vaulted hall — until its closure in late 2025, one of Germany's largest.

No longer exists Funkhaus am Raderberggürtel

Funkhaus am Raderberggürtel

Former headquarters of Deutsche Welle in Cologne, and at 138 metres the tallest building ever demolished in Germany.

No longer exists Glass House (1914)

Glass House (1914)

Bruno Taut's domed building of colored glass, concrete and steel, created for the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne, is counted among the works of early Expressionism.

No longer exists Hacht (Prison)

Hacht (Prison)

Archbishop's court and prison on today's Cathedral Square — criminals were locked up here and women tried as witches.

No longer exists Haus OBU

Haus OBU

Eight ivy-covered timber domes made up the experimental home and studio of architect Erwin H. Zander in Köln-Hahnwald, linked by a Dani Karavan water installation. Demolished in 2011.

No longer exists Heiliggeisthaus

Heiliggeisthaus

Cologne's central medieval hospital for the poor, once standing on the cathedral square where the Dom Hotel stands today.

Permanently closed Helios (Electrical Engineering Company)

Helios (Electrical Engineering Company)

since 1882

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Electrical engineering pioneer from Ehrenfeld — its 44 m Heliosturm, a faux lighthouse, still defines the neighbourhood today.

No longer exists Hohenzollernring 56

Hohenzollernring 56

Built for city architect Josef Stübben, this house looked so small and narrow that it earned the nickname “The Squeezed Master Builder.”

No longer exists Hohenzollernring 58

Hohenzollernring 58

Die erste Villa der Kölner Neustadt: 1882 wurde hier der Grundstein für ein herrschaftliches Mietshaus im Stil der italienischen Renaissance gelegt.

No longer exists Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34

A lost Cologne house from the 1880s, a typical example of how palace-façade motifs were adopted for residential buildings, with a striking centrepiece and figural ornament.

No longer exists Karmelite Monastery Cologne

Karmelite Monastery Cologne

Former Carmelite monastery south of Cologne's Waidmarkt, founded in 1256 and secularized in 1802 – the female Carmelite branch still exists in Cologne today.

No longer exists Klingelpütz

Klingelpütz

Once a prison and the Nazi era's central execution site for the Rhineland's special courts — today a park stands on the grounds.

No longer exists Köln-Lövenich Station

Köln-Lövenich Station

Once a passenger stop on the Cologne–Aachen line, now a bypass station: when the route was upgraded for high-speed traffic, the platforms and station building made way for the tracks.

No longer exists Köln-Ostheim Airfield

Köln-Ostheim Airfield

Cologne's second airfield after Butzweilerhof: a Luftwaffe air base where the Horten brothers' flying wing first flew, and whose airfield now lies beneath the district of Neubrück.

No longer exists Linneper Hof (Reifferscheider Hof), Cologne

Linneper Hof (Reifferscheider Hof), Cologne

Former noble courtyard on Cologne Cathedral's precinct, originally the archbishops' residence — demolished in the 1740s, now part of the Roman-Germanic Museum grounds.

No longer exists Luftschifferkaserne Köln

Luftschifferkaserne Köln

Former barracks of Cologne's airship troops in Ossendorf: construction began in 1913; after the occupation it housed residents until demolition in 1971.

No longer exists Lusthaus

Lusthaus

A vanished pleasure lodge in Köln-Rath whose view once reached all the way to Cologne Cathedral – today its site lies hidden in the “Am Lusthaus” biotope.

No longer exists Main Post Office

Main Post Office

A grand historicist post office built 1888–1893 on the ruins of Cologne's former Dominican monastery — demolished in the 1990s.

No longer exists Markmannsgasse 2a

Markmannsgasse 2a

Cologne commercial building 'Zu den Vier Jahreszeiten', demolished in 1912 for the Deutz Bridge ramp, blending three Renaissance traditions.

Permanently closed Pelzhaus A. Weiss

Pelzhaus A. Weiss

Former Cologne fur shop on Schildergasse, remembered today for its striking Klotz & Fieth commercial building, still standing.

No longer exists Propstei St. Kunibert

Propstei St. Kunibert

The provost's residence was demolished in 1905, but the gateway arches of its enclosure still stand – one of them bears the date 1508.

No longer exists Residential and Commercial Building Hansemannstraße 2

Residential and Commercial Building Hansemannstraße 2

A listed Cologne-Ehrenfeld building demolished in 2019 after structural damage caused by construction next door.

No longer exists Sicherheitshafen

Sicherheitshafen

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Napoleon's flood-refuge harbour north of Cologne's old town: opened 1813, filled in 1895/96 – its site is now Ebertplatz and Theodor-Heuss-Ring.

No longer exists Stadttheater in der Glockengasse

Stadttheater in der Glockengasse

Cologne's grand Neo-Renaissance theatre of 1872 for drama and operetta, lost to bombing in 1943.

No longer exists Von-Werth-Straße 59 / Hansaring 20

Von-Werth-Straße 59 / Hansaring 20

Former Cologne corner building in the Historicist style, with a clinker brick façade and ornamental gables featuring scrollwork and strapwork. Demolished in 1972.