Cologne District
Cologne is one of the five administrative districts of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west of the state and covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: government region of North Rhine-Westphalia with 4,490,000 residents
- Description: government region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Also known as: “Cologne”, “Cologne Government Region”, “Regierungsbezirk Koeln”, and “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Phantasialand and Maus au Chocolat.
Phantasialand
Theme park
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phantasialand is a theme park in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 2 million visitors annually. It was opened in 1967 by Gottlieb Löffelhardt and Richard Schmidt.
Maus au Chocolat
Amusement ride
Photo: Wim Strijbosch, CC BY 3.0.
Maus au Chocolat is an interactive dark ride that opened 9 June 2011 in Phantasialand, Germany. The ride is situated in the Berlin area of the park.
Geister Rikscha
Dark ride
Photo: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phantasialand is a theme park in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 2 million visitors annually. It was opened in 1967 by Gottlieb Löffelhardt and Richard Schmidt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brühl and Weilerswist.
Brühl
Photo: Davidh820, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brühl is a town in the Rhineland, Germany. It is located in the district of Rhine-Erft, 20 km south of the Cologne city center and at the edge of the Rhineland Nature Park, a famous nature reserve.
Weilerswist
Village
Photo: Tohma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weilerswist is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approximately 10 kilometers north of Euskirchen, and 20 kilometers south-west of Cologne.
Bornheim
Town
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Bornheim is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the West bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km north-west of Bonn, 20 km south of Cologne. Bornheim is situated 9 km east of Cologne District.
Cologne District
- Category: government region of Prussia
- Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Welsh—“Cologne District” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኮልን”
- Arabic: “قلونية”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة قلونية”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كولونيا”
- Aragonese: “Rechión de Colonia”
- Armenian: “Քյոլնի վարչական շրջան”
- Azerbaijani: “Köln”
- Basque: “Kolonia”
- Belarusian: “адміністрацыйная акруга Кёльн”
- Belarusian: “Адміністрацыйная акруга Кёльн”
- Belarusian: “Кёльн, адміністрацыйная акруга”
- Belarusian: “Кёльн”
- Catalan: “Regió de Colònia”
- Cebuano: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Chinese: “科隆行政区”
- Czech: “Vládní obvod Kolín nad Rýnem”
- Danish: “Köln”
- Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Keulen”
- Esperanto: “Distriktaro Kolonjo”
- Estonian: “Kölni ringkond”
- Finnish: “Kölnin hallintopiiri”
- French: “district de Cologne”
- French: “District de Cologne”
- Galician: “rexión de Colonia”
- German: “Köln (Bezirk)”
- German: “Köln”
- German: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Greek: “Κολωνία”
- Hungarian: “Köln kormányzati kerület”
- Interlingua: “Region administrative-governamental de Colonia”
- Italian: “distretto governativo di Colonia”
- Italian: “Distretto governativo di Colonia”
- Japanese: “ケルン行政管区”
- Kölsch: “Rejierungsbezirk Kölle”
- Korean: “쾰른현”
- Kurdish: “Köln (dever)”
- Kurdish: “Köln”
- Latin: “Provincia Colonia Agrippina”
- Limburgan: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Low German: “Regerungsbezirk Köln”
- Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Köln”
- Macedonian: “Келн”
- Northern Frisian: “Köln (Regiaringsdistrikt)”
- Northern Frisian: “Köln”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Norwegian: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Colonha (region)”
- Ossetian: “Кёльн (административон зылд)”
- Ossetian: “Кёльн”
- Persian: “کلن”
- Polish: “Rejencja Kolonia”
- Portuguese: “Colonia”
- Portuguese: “Colónia”
- Portuguese: “Colônia”
- Romanian: “Köln”
- Russian: “административный округ Кёльн”
- Russian: “Кёльн”
- Slovenian: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Slovenian: “Vladni okraj Köln”
- Spanish: “Region de Colonia”
- Spanish: “Región de Colonia”
- Swedish: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Tatar: “Көлн административ бүлгесе”
- Turkish: “Köln”
- Turkish: “Regierungsbezirk Köln”
- Ukrainian: “Кельн”
- Welsh: “Ardal Llywodraethol Cwlen”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Birkhof-Kapelle and Schnorrenberg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Auf der Sandkaul and Rhineland Nature Park.
North Rhine-Westphalia: Must-Visit Destinations
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