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7 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 Tower

A 1903 Bismarck monument in the form of a fire column in Marienburg – co-financed by the chocolate manufacturer Heinrich Stollwerck.

Düxer Bock

A monument and unofficial emblem of Deutz – a bronze billy goat by Gerhard Marcks recalling a quirky local legend.

Hansa High-Rise

One of Germany's first high-rises, from 1925 on the Hansaring – a listed masterpiece of brick Expressionism.

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.

Severinsbrücke

A striking cable-stayed bridge with a single A-shaped pylon – Cologne's first complete new bridge after the war and a listed monument since 1989.

Südbrücke

A listed railway bridge from 1910 with neo-Romanesque stair towers – today mainly for freight, pedestrians and cyclists.