Cologne Ring
The Cologne Ring (known in German as: 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 road encircles the old town of Cologne on its southern, western and northern boundaries on the site of the former medieval city wall. It divides Innenstadt into old town (Altstadt) east of it and new town (Neustadt) west of it. Most of the city wall has been worked away during the 1880s and only few sections of the wall exist today at Hansaring and Sachsenring. Of the once twelve medieval city gates, only the Eigelsteintorburg at Ebertplatz, the Hahnentor at Rudolfplatz and the Severinstorburg at Chlodwigplatz still stand today. Sections The Cologne Ring is a composition of several roads and squares, for which it is known in German in the plural form (Ringe). The sections are named after people and personalities of the history of Cologne and Germany. The following is a list of these sections, clockwise from south to north: Ubierring The Ubierring is the southern end of the Cologne Ring and is named after the Ubii, a Germanic tribe and first inhabitants of the new founded Roman city of CCAA. Ubierring is some 400 metres long and joins with Agrippinaufer (a river embankment road along the redeveloped Rheinauhafen, which leads into Bayenthal and Rodenkirchen) to the east and Chlodwigplatz to the west. Köln International School of Design Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum Chlodwigplatz The Chlodwigsplatz is a centre of the Severinsviertel, a busy traffic roundabout and a 5-way intersection of Ubierring from the east, Karolingerring from the north-west, Severinstraße from the north and Merowinger and Bonner Straße from the south. Chlodwigplatz is named after Clovis I (German: Chlodwig I.) (c. 466 - 511), King of the Franks from the Merovingian dynasty. Severinstorburg Karolingerring The Karolingerring is a short, 200-metre-long portion of the Cologne Ring, and only 30 metres in width, one of its narrowest sections. The Karolingerring is named after the Frankish Carolingian dynasty. Sachsenring The Sachsenring is—in contrast to the preceding Karolingerring—a wide landscaped Avenue, with a central lawn and several lines of trees. The Sachsenring is named after the Ottonian dynasty (919-1024), also known as Saxon dynasty. This 800-metre-long section of the ring road is bounded by mostly free-standing, modern office blocks, as well as the early 13th century Ulrepforte. Cologne Business School Humboldt-Gymnasium Institut Français Salierring The Salierring is some 400 metres long and forms a transition between the landscaped Sachsenring and the urban Barbarossaplatz. It is named after the Salian dynasty (1024–1125). Barbarossaplatz As several roads and tram lines meet at Barbarossaplatz , the square is an important hub for private and public transportation in Cologne. The Cologne Ring running north–south, Luxemburger Straße, leading into Sülz and Klettenberg, and Roonstraße leading onto Rathenauplatz. Cologne Stadtbahn has stations on Barbarossaplatz for tram lines 12, 15, 16 and 18. The square is named after