Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #15 in Cologne, Germany

The Kalk Chapel in Cologne was rebuilt between 1948 and 1950 after its destruction in the Second World War. It has its origins in the early modern period around 1666/67. The chapel is located in the district of Kalk at the junction of the streets Kalker Hauptstraße and Kapellenstraße, which branches off southeast in the direction of the district of Vingst.

Wikipedia: Kalker Kapelle (DE)

Chemische Fabrik Kalk (CFK) was a German chemicals company based in Kalk, a city district of Cologne. The company was founded in 1858 as Chemische Fabrik Vorster & Grüneberg, Cöln by Julius Vorster and Hermann Julius Grüneberg and was renamed to Chemische Fabrik Kalk GmbH in 1892. At times the company was the second-largest German producer of soda ash and was, with almost 2400 employees, one of the largest employers in Cologne. For decades the chimneys and the water tower of the factory dominated the skyline of Cologne-Kalk.

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The Humboldtpark in the Cologne district of Humboldt/Gremberg is a 2.2-hectare listed green space and one of the few inner-city parks in the Kalk district.

Wikipedia: Humboldtpark (Köln) (DE)

The Düxer Bock is the unofficial heraldic animal of the Cologne district of Deutz. Numerous associations and initiatives have the Düxer Bock in their name, logo or as a mascot. Since 1964, there has also been a monument with an image of the Düxer Bock created by Gerhard Marcks in Deutz and commemorates the urban legend.

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The German Sport & Olympic Museum is a museum in Cologne that presents the history of sports from antiquity to modern times. It is located in Cologne's Rheinauhafen within the Cologne-Altstadt-Süd district.

Wikipedia: Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum (DE), Website

The Rheinauhafen is a 15.4 hectares urban regeneration project in Cologne, Germany, located along the river Rhine between the Südbrücke and Severinsbrücke, just south of the inner city's historic old town.

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St. Gregorius im Elend, sometimes also called St. Gregorius Am Elend and in the vernacular Elendskirche, is a late Baroque style church in Cologne's Old Town. The church is a reconstruction of the 18th century building destroyed in the Second World War. It is located between Sionstal Street, Arnold-von-Siegen-Straße and Severinstraße on An St. Katharinen Street.

Wikipedia: St. Gregorius im Elend (DE)

St. Johann Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany.

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The Ulrepforte was built in the early 13th century as part of the medieval city wall of Cologne. It was first mentioned in a document in 1245. The Ulrepforte has been preserved with major structural changes. In front of it, the Sachsenring road passes as part of the Cologne Rings.

Wikipedia: Ulrepforte (DE)

The Carthusian Church is the church of the former Carthusian monastery in Cologne, founded in 1334, the Cologne Charterhouse. Today, the church serves as a parish church for the Protestant congregation of Cologne.

Wikipedia: Kartäuserkirche (Köln) (DE), Website

Maria vom Frieden is a baroque church in the southern old town of Cologne. The convent church of a convent of the Discalced Carmelites was consecrated in 1692 after several years of construction. The patronage refers to a miraculous image of the Mother of God, which was bequeathed to the convent in 1642 as an inheritance. In April 1942, the church and monastery were largely destroyed, but between 1947 and 1957 they were gradually rebuilt in the old style.

Wikipedia: St. Maria vom Frieden (Köln) (DE)

The Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church is a confessional Lutheran church body of Germany. It is a member of the European Lutheran Conference and of the International Lutheran Council (ILC). The SELK has about 33,000 members in 174 congregations. The seat of SELK is in Hanover.

Wikipedia: Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church (EN), Website

Diana with Leaping Antelope is a sculpture by the sculptor Fritz Behn, which is on display at the Sachsenring in the Neustadt-Süd district of Cologne.

Wikipedia: Diana mit springender Antilope (DE)

St. Paul is the name of a neo-Gothic parish church consecrated in 1908 on Vorgebirgstraße/Lothringer Straße in the district of Innenstadt (Neustadt-Süd). The name of the Archbishop of Cologne, Paulus Melchers, was also the inspiration for this. The patronage comes from the former Romanesque parish church and parish of St. Paul, which belonged to the collegiate church of St. Andreas and was located east of it. This was demolished in 1807.

Wikipedia: St. Paul (Köln) (DE)

The Volksgarten is a public park in the Neustadt-Süd district of Cologne, Germany.

Wikipedia: Volksgarten, Cologne (EN)