Cologne, Urban District

Cologne is a city on the Rhine river in . It is the fourth largest city in with around 1.1 million residents. It is one of the nation's media, tourism and business hotspots, and is considered one of the most liberal cities in Germany.
  • Locality with about 1,020,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (180 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kreisfreie Stadt Koeln”

Places of Interest

Discover Cologne Cathedral and Cologne Central Station.
Railway station
Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station of , Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leverkusen and Ehrenfeld.
is a city in , Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine.
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Latitude
50.9416° or 50° 56′ 30″ north
Longitude
6.9586° or 6° 57′ 31″ east
Open location code
9F28WXR5+JF
Geo­Names ID

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Cologne, Urban District” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

“The only true voyage… would be not to travel to new landscapes, but to have other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others.”

North Rhine-Westphalia: Highlights

Learn more about Cologne and Düsseldorf.