Cologne Cathedral

The Cologne Cathedral is a great starting point for a bike tour that should start in Cologne. The cathedral is located right next to the main train station. The Rhine with its cycle path is a stone's throw away and quite apart from that, the cathedral is simply an impressive highlight that you can look at again and again.

If you want to remember the year in which the foundation stone was laid for the Gothic cathedral - on August 15, 1248 by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden - we recommend the following mnemonic: start with (1), double (2), double (4), double (8 ), and you already have the year together...

Cologne Cathedral is one of the largest cathedrals. Its construction began in 1248 and was not completed until 1880.
At 157.38 m it is the third largest church