Fountains & Monuments
9 places in Cologne
Adolph Kolping Monument
A 1903 bronze monument in front of the Minorite Church to the ‘journeymen's father' Adolph Kolping, founder of the Catholic Kolping Society.
Bismarck Monument (Augustinerplatz)
An early Bismarck statue from 1879 on Augustinerplatz – lost during the Second World War.
Equestrian Statue of Friedrich Wilhelm IV
A bronze equestrian statue at the Hohenzollern Bridge bridgehead – part of the historic ensemble of Prussian rulers' monuments on the Rhine.
Fish-Rider Fountain
A listed 1913 sandstone fountain in Zollstock – showing a boy riding a fish.
Heinzelmännchen Fountain
A beloved fountain on Am Hof telling the legend of Cologne's ‘Heinzelmännchen' – a charming landmark right by the Früh brewpub.
Kallendresser
A quirky Cologne figure on the Alter Markt baring its backside towards the city hall – a cheeky piece of Cologne folk humour.
Opera Fountain
A sculptural mosaic fountain from 1966 on Offenbachplatz in front of the opera – a colourful work of post-war modernism.
Pigeon Fountain
An abstract fountain sculpture by Ewald Mataré on the Domplatte – Cologne's first new fountain after the war, made for the ‘cathedral pigeons'.
