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.
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
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-24
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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