Bridge · Altstadt-Nord and Deutz, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Hohenzollern Bridge
Hohenzollernbrücke
The Hohenzollern Bridge is the railway bridge with a footpath and cycle path across the Rhine in Cologne, between the old town by the cathedral and Deutz, built from 1907 to 1911.
Why go
The Hohenzollern Bridge carries railway tracks and a path for pedestrians and cyclists across the Rhine between Cologne's old town, beside the cathedral, and Deutz. The Cologne Tourist Board says it was built from 1907 to 1911 as three side-by-side steel truss arch bridges, with one part originally used by road traffic and trams, and was blown up by the German army on 6 March 1945. After the war one railway bridge reopened in 1948 and further spans were added in 1956 to 1959 and 1986 to 1987; today it is a six-track railway bridge, and the footpath on the city-centre side begins behind Museum Ludwig. Equestrian statues of Prussian kings and emperors of the House of Hohenzollern still stand at its approaches. The love locks on the bridge are a custom, not part of this record.
Near Hohenzollern Bridge
Gallery
Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig is a museum of 20th-century and contemporary art in Cologne, between the cathedral, the Rhine and the central station, founded on Peter and Irene Ludwig's 1976 donation to the city.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral, the Kölner Dom, is the Gothic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cologne beside the city's central station, begun in 1248 and completed in 1880.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Chocolate Museum (Cologne)
The Chocolate Museum (Schokoladenmuseum Köln) is a privately owned museum of the history and production of cocoa and chocolate at the tip of the Rheinauhafen in Cologne, opened in 1993.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Aachen Cathedral
Aachen Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, built around the domed Carolingian octagon of St Mary's Church, with a Gothic choir hall added to the east.
65 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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