Deutzer Brücke
A central road and light-rail bridge between Heumarkt and Deutz – on a spot where the Romans already crossed the Rhine around 310 AD.
The Deutz Bridge connects Cologne's city centre at Heumarkt with the right-bank district of Deutz. It carries light-rail and road traffic plus pedestrian and cycle paths on both sides – one of the most central of Cologne's eight Rhine bridges.
At a glance
- Type: road and light-rail bridge
- Connects: Heumarkt (city centre) ↔ Deutz
- Notable: Cologne's oldest bridge site, used since Roman times
- Location: by the old town, south of the Hohenzollern Bridge
Over 1,700 years of crossings
Around 310 AD the Romans under Constantine built a timber pile bridge on stone piers here. After it decayed, a cable ferry linked the banks from the 17th century, followed by a pontoon bridge in 1822. A suspension bridge (1913–1915, from 1935 the Hindenburg Bridge) was destroyed in the Second World War; the present bridge replaced it.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-23
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