City gate
20 places in Cologne
Appellhofplatz
Cologne square named after the Court of Appeal — built on the site of a Roman gate tower and shaped by centuries of landmark court cases.
Bachtor
since 1230One of the twelve great gates of Cologne's final medieval expansion, built around 1230 in the southwest, later converted into a windmill and demolished in 1883.
Bayenturm
since 1220One of Cologne's few surviving medieval fortification towers, built c. 1220 on the Rhine — today home to the FrauenMediaTurm foundation.
Dreikönigenpforte
since 1200A small gateway in Cologne's riverside city wall from the 13th century, named after the Three Magi painted above its arch, demolished in 1854.
Ehrentor
since 1250One of the gate-towers built around 1250 in Cologne's medieval ring wall, successor to the Roman "Ehrenpforte," demolished in 1882.
Eigelsteintorburg
since 1228One of four surviving gates of Cologne's medieval city wall — both Maria de' Medici and Napoleon once entered the city through this very gate.
Friesenplatz
Square on Cologne's ring boulevards at the start of Venloer Straße — gateway to the Belgian Quarter and once the haunt of Cologne's underworld.
Friesentor
since 1244Cologne's only hexagonal city gate, built around 1244 at what is now Friesenplatz — a uniquely shaped landmark of the medieval fortifications.
© Architecten- und Ingenieur-Verein für Niederrhein und Westfalen Köln · Public domainGereonstor
since 1215Medieval twin-tower gate of Cologne's city wall — bricked up for over 400 years, once the city's strictest prison, demolished in 1881.
Griechenpforte
since 900A gateway in Cologne's southwestern city wall, probably created as early as the 10th century, pulled down around 1856; a fragment of wall still marks the spot today.
Hahnentorburg
since 1220Medieval twin-tower gate at Rudolfplatz — Cologne's western gateway, through which crowned kings entered the city after their coronation in Aachen.
Hohe Pforte
Southern gate of Cologne's Roman city wall on the 'cardo maximus' — the origin of today's Hohe Straße.
The Kahlenhausen or Jews' Gate (Judenpforte)
A short-lived medieval gate in the north-eastern stretch of Cologne's city wall between the Eigelstein gate and the Kunibert tower, recorded in 1349 as the "porta judeorum" and no longer preserved today.
Malakoffturm
since 1855Brick gatehouse of Prussian Rhine fortifications at Rheinauhafen — now linked by a swing bridge to the Chocolate Museum across the water.
Pantaleonstor – a Vanished Double Gate of Cologne's City Wall
The Pantaleonstor was a medieval double-tower gate in Cologne's city wall that from 1844 even served as the passage for the city's first railway to Bonn, before being demolished in 1894.
The South-West Gate of the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
A vanished Roman city gate on Clemensstraße in southern Cologne that once formed the south-western exit of the fortified Roman town.
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since 1225A gate in Cologne's western ring wall from the second quarter of the 13th century, named after the local sheep farming, torn down in 1882.
Severinstorburg
since 1230One of only four surviving medieval city gate towers in Cologne — a landmark of the Severinsviertel and today a vibrant community venue at Chlodwigplatz.
Ulrepforte
since 1230Cologne's smallest medieval land gate, dating from the 13th century — scene of a patrician feud in 1268 and today the home base of the Rote Funken carnival society.
