Innenstadt, Cologne

Innenstadt
1st District of Cologne
Rheingarten embankment; visible in the background are Cologne Cathedral (center left) and Groß St. Martin church (center)
Coat of arms
Location of Innenstadt shown in red
Country	Germany
Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Cologne
Area
• Total	16.4 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population  (December 2019)
• Total	129,055
• Density	7,884/km2 (20,420/sq mi)

Heumarkt, square in Altstadt-Nord and Altstadt-Süd

Alter Markt, square in Altstadt-Nord

Früh brewery at Am Hof

Innenstadt (German: Köln-Innenstadt) is the central city district (Stadtbezirk) of the City of Cologne in Germany.

The district was established with the last communal land reform in 1975, and comprises Cologne's historic old town (Altstadt), the Gründerzeit era new town (Neustadt) plus the right-Rhenish district of Deutz. The Innenstadt has about 129,000 inhabitants (as of December 2019) and covers an area of 16.4 square kilometres.

Subdivisions[]

The Innenstadt is made up of five Stadtteile (city parts):

#	City part	Population (2016)	Area (km2)	Pop. per km2	map
101		28,123	2,36	11,911
102	Neustadt-Süd	38,380	2,82	13,594
103	Altstadt-Nord	18,243	2,46	7,428
104		28,524	3,49	8,175
105	Deutz	15,785	5,24	3,013
source: Kölner Stadtteilinformation 2019 (in German)

Landmarks[]

Among the landmarks in Innenstadt are Cologne Cathedral, the twelve romanesque churches of Cologne^[1] (St. Andreas, St. Aposteln, St. Cäcilien, St. Georg, St. Gereon, St. Kunibert, St. Maria im Kapitol, St. Maria Lyskirchen, Groß St. Martin, St. Pantaleon, St. Severin and St. Ursula) and the 14th century Cologne City Hall (Kölner Rathaus). Several high rise structures were built over the last years as landmarks for Veedel (city quarters) within the district, most notably KölnTurm at MediaPark and the three Kranhaus buildings at Rheinauhafen.

Transportation[]

As the business center of Cologne, the Innenstadt is well served by numerous railway stations and highway. The largest train station is Köln Hauptbahnhof, other stations include Köln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hansaring, Köln West and Köln Süd station, as well as a dense net of Cologne Stadtbahn tram and U-Bahn stations. The Cologne Ring (Kölner Ringe) is a city boulevard, encircling the old town of Cologne. It is part of Bundesstraße 55 and picks up several principal arterial roads, which lead into adjacent city districts.

Rhine bridges[]

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• Hohenzollernbrücke
• Deutzer Brücke
• B 55

See also[]

• History of Cologne

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Köln-Innenstadt.

• Official webpage of the district (in German)

Coordinates: 50°56′12″N 6°57′37″E / 50.93667°N 6.96028°E / 50.93667; 6.96028

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