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Post-war era

4 places in Cologne

No longer existsAmerikanerbrücke© OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende · CC BY-SA 2.0

Amerikanerbrücke

since 1945

A temporary US Army bridge that crossed the Rhine south of the Südbrücke from 1945 to 1946, connecting the districts of Poll and Bayenthal.

No longer existsMcNair-Brücke© OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende · CC BY-SA 2.0

McNair-Brücke

since 1945

A temporary bridge built by the US Army in 1945 that connected Cologne's Old Town with Deutz and was dismantled again as early as 1946.

No longer existsPatton-Brücke© Superbass · CC BY-SA 4.0

Patton-Brücke

since 1946

A historic temporary bridge over the Rhine that connected Cologne with right-bank Deutz between 1946 and 1951 and no longer exists today.

No longer existsWilliamsbau© Nicola · CC BY-SA 4.0

Williamsbau

since 1947

On Aachener Straße, the Williamsbau was Cologne's largest post-war event hall and the birthplace of the FC Cologne mascot "Hennes".

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