Innenstadt, Cologne

For other uses, see Innenstadt.

Innenstadt

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 2008)

• Total

127,033

• Density

7,746/km² (20,060/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. Innenstadt has about 127,000 inhabitants (as of December 2008) and covers an area of 16.4 square kilometres.

Subdivisions

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

#	City part	Population (2009)	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²
101	Altstadt-Süd	27,071	2,36	11,469
102	Neustadt-Süd	37,576	2,83	13,293
103	Altstadt-Nord	17,887	2,46	7,283
104	Neustadt-Nord	28,498	3,50	8,150
105	Deutz	15,269	5,24	2,912
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (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

Main article: Transport in Cologne

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

Zoobrücke
Hohenzollernbrücke
Deutzer Brücke
Severinsbrücke

References

↑ http://www.romanische-kirchen-koeln.de/ueberuns.html Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln e.V. (German)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Köln-Innenstadt.

Official webpage of the district (German)

Districts of Cologne

I. Innenstadt II. Rodenkirchen III. Lindenthal IV. Ehrenfeld V. Nippes VI. Chorweiler VII. Porz VIII. Kalk IX. Mülheim

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

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