Heritage-listed
35 places in Cologne
Old Ehrenfeld Cemetery
Listed 1870 cemetery that Ehrenfeld had to build for itself after Cologne refused its citizens burial at Melaten.
Bottmühle
The Bottmühle in Cologne's southern Old Town is a 17th-century stone tower windmill standing on an old fortification platform behind the medieval city wall.
Em Golde Kappes
A tradition-steeped Kölsch pub in Nippes since 1913, a listed building and carnival guardhouse, relaunched under Cölner Hofbräu Früh after a 2009 insolvency.
Protestant Cemetery in Cologne-Mülheim
since 1614One of Cologne's oldest surviving cemeteries, established in 1612 in right-bank Mülheim and still in use for burials today.
Friedenskirche (Cologne-Ehrenfeld)
since 1876Ehrenfeld's oldest Protestant church, built in 1876, repeatedly remodelled and heritage-listed since 1982.
Früh em Veedel
A listed brewpub of Cölner Hofbräu Früh on Chlodwigplatz with its own distilling tradition, known locally as the "Invalidendom".
Funkhaus Wallrafplatz
The oldest WDR building in Cologne, housing two public concert halls right beside the cathedral with more than 200 concerts a year.
St. Bartholomew's Burial Church
since 1959Former parish church in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, used since 2014 as a columbarium with a prayer room.
Haus Töller
since 1871A tradition-steeped brewpub in the southern Old Town since 1871, with its original Thekenschaaf counter and a guestbook of famous visitors including Konrad Adenauer and Joseph Beuys.
Heilig Kreuz
since 1931Catholic parish church in Köln-Weidenpesch, built in 1931 to plans by Heinrich Bartmann and consecrated in 1934 – a brick building poised between tradition and modernity, and a listed monument since 1983.
Hochbunker Körnerstraße / bunker k101
Former air-raid shelter in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, now a listed cultural and memorial venue known as bunker k101.
Court Building at Appellhofplatz (Appellhof)
since 1893Cologne'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.
Reichenspergerplatz Court Building
since 1911Cologne'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.
Katholischer Friedhof Köln-Mülheim
One of the oldest surviving cemeteries in Cologne, with a 13th-century chapel and still in use for burials today.
Katzenbuckelbrücke
since 1957A curving prestressed-concrete pedestrian bridge from 1957 that links the Rhine bank in Cologne-Mülheim with the Katzenkopf river peninsula.
St. John XXIII – Church of the Catholic University Parish Cologne
since 1969A sculptural 1960s concrete church in Sülz whose entire architecture grows out of the symbol of a tree.
Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Cologne-Gremberghoven)
since 1955In Cologne's Gremberghoven district stands a plain 1950s brick church that now serves as the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Cross — originally built as the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit.
Liebfrauenkirche
since 1864Neo-Gothic parish church in Cologne-Mülheim, rebuilt in modern form by Rudolf Schwarz after wartime destruction.
Literaturhaus Köln
since 1996A stage for contemporary literature in the medieval Haus Bachem – with some 700 members, one of Germany's largest literature houses.
Mülheim Cemetery (Mülheimer Friedhof)
since 1904Municipal, park-like cemetery in Cologne-Höhenberg with a listed 1903 gatehouse.
Neu St. Katharina
since 1894A heritage-listed Neo-Romanesque brick basilica from 1892–1894 in Cologne's Niehl district.
Römerturm
The best-preserved tower of Cologne's Roman city wall, built around 50 AD and decorated on its outer face with an elaborate mosaic of natural stones.
Schloss Arff
Schloss Arff is a former moated castle built in the 18th century in the north of Cologne, today used privately as a wedding and event venue and not open for public visits.
Schloss Röttgen
Schloss Röttgen is a listed castle-and-stud complex in Cologne's Eil/Rath-Heumar districts spanning about 250 ha — not open to the public.
St. Bonifatius (Cologne-Nippes)
since 1914A neo-Romanesque basilica from 1914 in Cologne-Nippes, regarded as the city's only Art Nouveau church.
St. Dreikönigen
since 1929Catholic parish church of 1928/29 in Cologne-Bickendorf, blending New Objectivity with Expressionist touches.
St. Franziskus
since 1957Catholic parish church in Köln-Bilderstöckchen, built by Hans Schilling as a round red-brick structure between 1957 and 1961 and listed as a historic monument since 2003.
St. Johannes der Täufer
since 1958Listed clinic church of the University Hospital Cologne in Lindenthal, built 1962–1965 by Gottfried Böhm from exposed concrete and connected to the hospital buildings via an underground passage.
St. Joseph (Braunsfeld)
since 1952Roman Catholic post-war church in Köln-Braunsfeld, built between 1952 and 1954 to designs by Rudolf Schwarz and Joseph Bernard, and listed as a protected monument since 1999.
St. Karl Borromäus
since 1930A Catholic parish church in Cologne-Sülz dating from 1930, listed as a protected monument since 1983 – the first Cologne church to be built as part of an enclosed residential block.
St. Laurentius (Cologne-Lindenthal)
since 1961A plain brick cube by Emil Steffann in Lindenthal, deconsecrated in 2019 and set to become a university lecture hall. Built in 1961/62, it counts as a notable example of Cologne's post-war architecture.
St. Petrus Canisius
since 1930Catholic parish church in Cologne's Buchforst district, built in 1930/31 by Wilhelm Riphahn and Caspar Maria Grod as the centrepiece of the Weiße Stadt housing estate and one of the few Cologne churches in the Bauhaus style.
Staatenhaus am Rheinpark
Listed 1920s event hall in Cologne-Deutz – currently the temporary home of the Cologne Opera and a future musical theatre.
Water Tower Cologne-Stammheim
since 1881A listed 1881 water tower on the edge of Stammheim, now part of a gated residential development.
