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The stadium was one of the venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, due to sponsorship contracts, the arena was called "FIFA World Cup Stadium Cologne" during the World Cup. The following games were played at the stadium during the World Cup of 2006:
Lanxess Arena (stylized as LANXESS arena; originally Kölnarena, German for "Cologne arena") is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie. It is primarily used by Kölner Haie (ice hockey), VfL Gummersbach (handball), Köln RheinStars (basketball), and as a concert ...
Sportpark Höhenberg is a sports facility in the Merheimer Heide in Cologne 's Höhenberg quarter on the right bank of the Rhine. The football stadium belonging to the facility is the home ground of association football club Viktoria Köln and American football team Cologne Crocodiles. Currently, the sports facility seats 8,343. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ]
974 - St. Andreas Church consecrated. 980 - Church of St. Pantaleon consecrated. 1003 - Deutz Abbey founded. 1065 - St. Maria im Kapitol built. 1106 - Church of the Holy Virgins built (approximate date). [3] 1114 - Coat of arms of Cologne in use. 1160 - St. Cäcilien church built (approximate date). 1182 - City expands with suburbs and ramparts.
Cologne managed to increase its population — also through generous expansion of the urban area — to 650,000 by World War I. After the war, Cologne was one of the four largest cities in the German Empire, after Berlin (1.9 million) and Hamburg (985,000) and about equal with Munich (630,000). In 1939, more than 770,000 people lived in Cologne.
1978. Opened. 1979. Renovated. 2012, 2014. Tenants. SC Fortuna Köln. Cologne Centurions (ELF) (2021–2023) Südstadion is a football stadium in Cologne, Germany with an 11,748 capacity including 1,863 covered seats.
Capacity of 60,000–70,000. Capacity of 50,000–60,000. Capacity of 40,000–50,000. See also. References. List of stadiums by capacity. Appearance. The following is a list of notable sports stadiums, ordered by their capacity, which refers to the maximum number of spectators they can normally accommodate.
In 1945 architect and urban planner Rudolf Schwarz called Cologne the "world's ... Around 25% of Cologne was built before 1945. ... RheinEnergieStadion is the stadium ...