List of streets in Cologne

This is an overview of streets and roads in the city of Cologne. It includes a list of notable streets, for historic, transportation or other reasons and is to present an understanding of the city's road systems. The scope of this article does not cover the city's public squares.

Innenstadt streets

This is a list of some notable streets in Innenstadt, Cologne.

Streets and alleys in Altstadt

entrance of Lintgasse, as seen from Alter Markt

House at corner of Zülpicher Straße and Heinsbergstraße

Street Length Landmarks note Am Hof Haus Saaleck, Früh brewery Am Leystapel St. Maria in Lyskirchen Breite Straße 0,38 km pedestrian zone Brückenstraße pedestrian zone Cäcilienstraße St. Cäcilien, Museum Schnütgen Ehrenstraße 0,37 km tempo 30 zone Eigelstein Eigelsteintor tempo 30 zone Filzengraben Holy Trinity Church Friesenstraße 0,32 km tempo 30 zone Gereonstraße St. Gereon Glockengasse 0,23 km 4711 House, Cologne Opera Gürzenichstraße 0,32 km Gürzenich pedestrian zone Hahnenstraße 0,48 km Hahnentor Hohe Straße 0,68 km Stollwerck Passage pedestrian zone Street Length Landmarks note Lintgasse 0,13 km Gaffel-Haus pedestrian zone Kartäusergasse Cologne Charterhouse Komödienstraße St. Andreas Krebsgasse 0,27 km tempo 30 zone Magnusstraße Römerturm Minoritenstraße Minorites Church, Kolumba Mittelstraße 0,19 km St. Aposteln tempo 30 zone Mühlenbach Rheingasse Overstolzenhaus Schaafenstraße 0,25 km Schildergasse 0,50 km Antoniterkirche, Weltstadthaus pedestrian zone Severinstraße 1,05 km Basilica of St. Severin, Severinstor Ulrichgasse Ulrepforte Zeughausstraße Zeughaus

Streets in Neustadt

Street Length Landmarks note Aachener Straße Millowitsch-Theater Brüsseler Straße 1,04 km St. Michael tempo 30 zone Im Zollhafen 0,71 km Rheinauhafen pedestrian zone Maybachstraße MediaPark tempo 30 zone Moltkestraße 0,67 km Stadtgarten Neusser Straße St. Agnes Street Length Landmarks note Roonstraße 0,80 km Roonstrasse Synagogue Teutoburger Straße University of Applied Sciences Venloer Straße Friesenplatz Volksgartenstraße 0,74 km Volksgarten, Lutherkirche Weißenburgstraße 0,55 km St. Agnes, Oberlandesgericht tempo 30 zone Zülpicher Straße Sacred Heart Church

Streets in Deutz

Street	Length	Landmarks	note
Deutzer Freiheit	0,45 km	St. Heribert	pedestrian zone
Gotenring	0,68 km	Severin Bridge
Kennedy-Ufer		Old St. Heribert	tempo 30 zone
Siegburger Straße		Deutzer Hafen

Principal ring roads

The city of Cologne possesses one of the most comprehensive urban ring road systems. The beltways were laid out during the end of the 19th and the early 20th century and today are still being complemented and extended. Their development originated in the work of architects and urban designers such as Karl Henrici, Josef Stübben and Fritz Schumacher as well as former Cologne mayors Hermann Heinrich Becker and Konrad Adenauer.

Cologne Ring

Hohenzollernring on the Cologne Ring

The Cologne Ring (German: Kölner Ring or plural Kölner Ringe) is a semi-circular, some 6 km long urban boulevard in Innenstadt, Cologne and the city's busiest and most prominent street system. The Cologne Ring is a four-lane street and part of Bundesstraße 9.

The ring sections between Barbarossaplatz and Ebertplatz are some of the busiest streets in Cologne.

Roads	Length	Average distance to Cologne Cathedral	Note
Ubierring, Chlodwigplatz, Karolingerring, Sachsenring, Salierring, Barbarossaplatz, Hohenstaufenring, Habsburgerring, Rudolfplatz, Hohenzollernring, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring, Hansaring, Ebertplatz, Theodor-Heuss-Ring	6.0 km	1.6 km	Bundesstraße 9

Innere Kanalstraße

Innere Kanalstraße is part of a ring road system, which spans from Vorgebirgstraße in the south-west to Zoobrücke in the north-east. Innere Kanalstraße and Universitätsstraße are the longest of these streets and follow the outside outline of the Cologne Green Belt[1] (German: Kölner Grüngürtel). They therefore encircle the district of Innenstadt to the west and north-west. These are mostly six-lane roads and follow the Inner Ring almost concentrically. Kanal- and Universitätsstraße are a major relief of traffic load on the Inner Ring. Landmarks on Universitätsstraße are the University, after which the street is named, and the Aachener Weiher with the Museum of East Asian Art. Landmarks on Innere Kanalstraße are the Colonius telecommunication tower and the Herkules tower.

Roads	Length	Average distance to Cologne Cathedral	Note
Am Vorgebirgstor, Pohligstraße, Weißhausstraße, Universitätsstraße, Innere Kanalstraße, Zoobrücke	10 km	2.0 km	Bundesstraße 55a (partially)

Cologne Belt

Sülzgürtel on the Cologne Belt

The Cologne Belt (German: Kölner Gürtel) is a system of ring roads which runs through the Left-Rhenish districts of Cologne. The sections of the Cologne Belt are mostly defined by the large arterial roads running perpendicular to them and are named after the districts and city parts they pass through. The Cologne Belt was set up in the early 20th century and is somewhat concentric to Kanal- and Universitätsstraße and the Cologne Inner Ring.

Roads	Length	average distance to Cologne Cathedral	note
Bayenthalgürtel, Raderberggürtel, Raderthalgürtel, Zollstockgürtel, Klettenbergürtel, Sülzgürtel, Lindenthalgürtel, Stadtwaldgürtel, Melatengürtel, Ehrenfeldgürtel, Parkgürtel, Mauenheimer Gürtel, Niehler Gürtel	15 km	3.5 km

Militärringstraße

Only a minor street today, the Militärringstraße once had significance for the fortifications of Cologne during the 19th and early 20th century. The Militärring once was a true ring, encircling the entire city at a length of some 40 km (25 mi).

Roads	Length	Average distance to Cologne Cathedral	Note
Militäringstraße	25 km[2]	4.9 to 7.7 km

Cologne Beltway

BAB 1 on the Cologne Beltway

The Cologne Beltway (German: Kölner Autobahnring) is the generic term for the Autobahns encircling Cologne. It consists of the Bundesautobahn 3, the Bundesautobahn 4 and the Bundesautobahn 1. With an average of 160,000 cars per day on the BAB 3 and 100,000 on A4 and A1, the beltway handles one of the highest traffic volumes in Germany.[3]

The beltway crosses the Rhine at Leverkusen Bridge in the north and Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge in the south. The Autobahns on the beltway cross Bundesautobahn 559, Bundesautobahn 555 and Bundesautobahn 57. The Bundesautobahn 59 is tied to the beltway at the interchange Leverkusen-West in the north and to Dreieck Heumar in the south. Cologne/Bonn Airport lies on the Bundesautobahn 59.

Roads	Length	Average distance to Cologne Cathedral	Note
Bundesautobahn 3, Bundesautobahn 4, Bundesautobahn 1	50 km	5.0 to 12.0 km

Principal arterial roads

high and freeways in Cologne

Kalker Hauptsraße

Luxemburger Straße

In the following a list of arterial roads, starting clockwise in the North-East. The names of some roads indicate the city or direction, they lead towards.

Right-Rhenish arterial roads all start in Deutz. Deutz is a city part of Innenstadt. Left-Rhenish arterial roads mostly start at the Cologne Ring. Of the major arterial roads, only Dürener Straße and the BAB 57 start on Universitätsstraße and Innere Kanalstraße respectively. Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer is a river embankment road, leading further into the center up to Hohenzollern Bridge.

Right-Rhenish arterial roads

Road	Length	Districts	note
Pfälzischer, Bergischer and Clevischer Ring (extend into Düsseldorfer Straße)		Deutz, Mülheim	B8 Bundesstraße 8
Stadtautobahn (extends into BAB 4)	3,55 + 4,51 km^within city limits	Deutz, Mülheim, Kalk	B55a Bundesstraße 55a
Deutz-Kalker-Straße (extends into Kalker Hauptstraße and Olpener Straße)	1,06 + 1,63 + 6,06 km	Deutz, Kalk	B55 Bundesstraße 55
Östliche Zubringerstraße (part of BAB 559)	8,40 km	Deutz, Porz	A559 Bundesautobahn 559
Siegburger Straße (extends into Kölner Straße and Hauptstraße)	3,84 + 3,76 + 4,43 km	Deutz, Porz

Left-Rhenish arterial roads

Road	Length	Districts	note
Agrippinaufer and Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer		Innenstadt, Rodenkirchen	B9 Bundesstraße 9
Bonner Straße (extends into BAB 555)	3,18 + 5,93 km^within city limits	Innenstadt, Rodenkirchen	A555 Bundesautobahn 555
Vorgebirgstraße	2,62 km	Rodenkirchen
Luxemburger Straße	4,21 km^within city limits	Innenstadt, Lindenthal	B265 Bundesstraße 265
Dürener Straße	6,08 km	Lindenthal	B264 Bundesstraße 264
Aachener Straße	8,51 km^within city limits	Innenstadt, Lindenthal	B55 Bundesstraße 55
Venloer Straße	8,48 km^within city limits	Innenstadt, Ehrenfeld	B59 Bundesstraße 59
Kreisstraße 4 (extends into BAB 57)	1,47 + 14,71 km^within city limits	Ehrenfeld, Nippes, Chorweiler	A57 Bundesautobahn 57
Neusser Straße (extends into Neusser Landstraße)		Innenstadt, Nippes, Chorweiler	B9 Bundesstraße 9
Riehler Straße		Innenstadt, Nippes
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer	1,78 km	Innenstadt	B51 Bundesstraße 51

See also

• Transportation in Cologne

References

1. cologne-tourism.com/green-belt
2. radregionrheinland.de
3. Extension of the Cologne Ring Road Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

• Priebe, Ilona (2004). Kölner Straßennamen erzählen. Zwischen Schaafenstraße und Filzgraben. Bachem J.P. Verlag. ISBN 3-7616-1815-8.
• Signon, Helmut (2006), Alle Straßen führen durch Köln, Greven Verlag, ISBN 3-7743-0379-7

External links

• Information about the Cologne Beltway at Straßenbau NRW
• Index of Streets in Cologne