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8 places in Cologne

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.

Hansaplatz

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A heritage-protected park on the Hansaring in Cologne's northern old town, framed by a 113-metre stretch of the medieval city wall.

Haus Herl – Former Moated Castle with the Herl Mill in Cologne-Buchheim

Haus Herl is a former moated castle on the Strunde stream in the Cologne district of Buchheim on the right bank of the Rhine. Together with the Herl Mill it forms a listed heritage ensemble north of the Merheim Heath.

Märchenbrunnen (Fairy Tale Fountain)

since 1914
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A 1914 sandstone-and-bronze fountain at the edge of the Mülheim municipal garden, created after designs by Wilhelm Albermann and a protected monument since 1980.

St. Fronleichnam (Cologne-Porz)

since 1958

In Cologne's Porz district stands St. Fronleichnam, a Catholic branch church that architect Gottfried Böhm shaped between 1958 and 1960 around the idea of God's "tent among the people." The striking tent-roof building has been a listed monument since 1997.

St. Marien (Cologne-Weiden)

since 1927

St. Marien is a Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Weiden, built in 1927 to designs by Alois Böll and Otto Neuhaus. The building is regarded as a well-preserved example of Rhenish Expressionism of the 1920s and has been a protected monument since 1983.

Theophanoplatz

since 1910

A small heritage-protected green space in Cologne's Zollstock district, laid out in 1910 by garden architect Fritz Encke and today also serving as a playground.

Vorgebirgsplatz

since 1911

A heritage-protected green space from 1911/12 in Zollstock, designed by garden architect Fritz Encke – today a playground with old trees and a boules court.

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