Vanished building
14 places in Cologne
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.
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.
The Alteburg Fleet Fort – Headquarters of the Roman Rhine Fleet in Cologne-Marienburg
The district of Marienburg was once home to the headquarters of the Classis Germanica, Rome's Rhine fleet. Nothing of it survives above ground today – the fort lies entirely beneath the densely built-up Alteburg area.
Frankenturm – the vanished defensive and prison tower on the Trankgasse
The Frankenturm was a medieval tower of Cologne's city wall near today's Frankenwerft, demolished in 1856. Only the street name „Am Frankenturm" and three salvaged stone panels in the Cologne City Museum still recall it.
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.
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.
Margarethenkloster
A hospital linked to the cathedral chapter and founded in the 7th century, of which today only the street name survives.
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.
Patton-Brücke
since 1946A historic temporary bridge over the Rhine that connected Cologne with right-bank Deutz between 1946 and 1951 and no longer exists today.
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.
The Roman West Gate of the Colonia (vanished city gate at the Apostelnkloster)
A gate of Cologne's Roman city wall that vanished without a trace, its road remains excavated near the Neumarkt at the Apostelnkloster.
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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.
