Innenstadt, Cologne

For other uses, see Innenstadt.
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 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 map
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

See also

References

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