Innenstadt is the central city district

City district

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 (Stadtbezirk

Stadtbezirk

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) of the City of Cologne

Cologne

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 in Germany.

The district was established with the last communal land reform in 1975, and comprises Cologne's historic old town (Altstadt), the Gründerzeit

Gründerzeit

' refers to the economic phase in 19th century Germany and Austria before the great stock market crash of 1873. At this time in Central Europe the age of industrialisation was taking place, whose beginnings were found in the 1840s...

 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

Landmarks

Among the landmark in Innenstadt are Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

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, the twelve romanesque churches of Cologne

Twelve romanesque churches of Cologne

The twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne are twelve landmark churches in the Old town of Cologne, Germany. All twelve churches are Roman Catholic.- Churches :The twelve churches are1:* St. Andreas in Altstadt-Nord, est. 974...

 (St. Andreas

St. Andreas

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, St. Aposteln, St. Cäcilien, St. Georg, St. Gereon

St. Gereon's Basilica

St. Gereon's Basilica is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany, dedicated to Saint Gereon, and designated a minor basilica on June 25, 1920. The first mention of a church at the site, dedicated to St. Gereon, appears in 612...

, St. Kunibert

St. Kunibert (Cologne)

St. Kunibert is the youngest of the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne and was consecrated 1247, one year before work on the Gothic Cologne Cathedral began.- History :...

, St. Maria im Kapitol

St. Maria im Kapitol

St. Maria im Kapitol is an 11th century Romanesque church located in the Kapitol-Viertel in the old town of Cologne, Germany. The Roman Catholic church is based on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, was dedicated to St. Mary and built between 1040 and 1065...

, St. Maria Lyskirchen, Groß St. Martin

Great St. Martin Church

The Great Saint Martin Church is a Romanesque Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. Its foundations rest on remnants of a Roman chapel, built on what was then an island in the Rhine. The church was later transformed into a Benedictine monastery...

, St. Pantaleon

Church of St. Pantaleon

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, St. Severin

Basilica of St. Severin

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 and St. Ursula) and the 14th century Cologne City Hall

Cologne City Hall

The City Hall is a historical building in Cologne, western Germany, located off Hohe Straße in the district of Innenstadt, set between the two squares of Rathausplatz and Alter Markt. It houses part of the city government, including the city council and offices of the Lord Mayor. It is...

 (Kölner Rathaus). Several high rise structures were built over the last years as landmarks for Veedel (city quarters) within the district, most notably KölnTurm

KölnTurm

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at MediaPark

MediaPark

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 and the three Kranhaus buildings at Rheinauhafen

Rheinauhafen

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.

Transportation

As the business center of Cologne, Innenstadt is well served by numerous railway stations and highway. Largest train station is Köln Hauptbahnhof

Köln Hauptbahnhof

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, other statons include Köln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hansaring

Köln Hansaring station

Köln-Hansaring is a subway and railway station situated on the Cologne Ring road in Innenstadt, Cologne in western Germany. It is served by the S6, S11, S12 and S13 lines of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, the Regional rail line RB25, and the 12 and 15 lines of Cologne Stadtbahn.The subway station opened in...

, Köln West

Köln West station

Köln-West is a passenger railway station situated on the western border of Innenstadt, Cologne in western Germany. It is served by regional services and - via Hans-Böckler-Platz/Bf West U-Bahn station - 3, 4 and 5 lines of the Cologne Stadtbahn....

 and Köln Süd station

Köln Süd station

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, as well as a dense net of Cologne Stadtbahn

Cologne Stadtbahn

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 tram and U-Bahn stations. The Cologne Ring

Cologne Ring

The Cologne Ring is a semi-circular, some 6 km long urban boulevard in Innenstadt, Cologne and the city's busiest and most prominent street system...

 (Kölner Ringe) is a city boulevard, encircling the old town of Cologne. It is part of Bundesstraße 55

Bundesstraße 55

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 and picks up several principal arterial road

Arterial road

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s, which lead into adjacent city districts.

Rhine bridges

Zoobrücke

• Hohenzollernbrücke
  Hohenzollernbrücke
  The Hohenzollern Bridge is a bridge crossing the river Rhine in the German city of Cologne. It crosses the Rhine at kilometre 688.5. Originally, the bridge was both a railway and street bridge, however, after its destruction in 1945 and its subsequent reconstruction, it was only accessible to rail...
  
  
• Deutzer Brücke Severinsbrücke

External links

• Official webpage of the district