Koelnmesse GmbH ( Cologne Trade Fair ) is an international trade fair and exhibition center located in Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . With around 80 trade fairs and over 2,000 conferences annually, Koelnmesse is one of the country's largest trade fair organisers and with 284,000 m exhibition floor area the third largest by area.
5-500: The Cologne Trade Fair ground was founded in 1922. Until 2005, the trade fair was based in the historic Rheinhallen, and since then moved into new premises next to them. The old Fair Tower Cologne ( Messeturm Köln ) is a landmark building from 1928 and features a tower restaurant on the top floor. Since 2018, the fair has been undergoing the greatest renovation works in its history. They are expected to last until 2030 and cost €600 million. Two thirds of that amount will be spent renovating
10-758: A 40 hectare large park on the River Rhine , and Tanzbrunnen , an open-air theater. Apart from the Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south, the Cologne trade fair center is also served by the Cologne Stadtbahn Koelnmesse station to the East. 50°56′38″N 6°58′28″E / 50.9438°N 6.9745°E / 50.9438; 6.9745 Fair Tower Cologne The Messeturm Köln ( German for Fair Tower Cologne )
15-534: Is a highrise building which is 80 meters high, in Cologne , Germany . It is crowned by the sculpture Hermes-Gesichter ( German for Faces of Hermes ) by Hans Wissel , professor for sculpture and plastic arts at the Kölner Werkschulen . The tower's top floor featured a tower restaurant (now closed). The tower got its name because it was erected besides the fair halls of Cologne. Faced with brick
20-473: The finish of the buildings looks similar, but they were not built together. The halls opened with the first fair on May 11, 1924. The building of the tower was started in 1927 and it opened with a fair on May 12, 1928. Tower and halls were built on the banks of river Rhine in the borough Köln-Deutz just opposite Cologne Cathedral. 50°56′40″N 6°58′11″E / 50.94444°N 6.96972°E / 50.94444; 6.96972 This article about
25-533: The seven southern halls, dating from the 1970s. The following trade fairs , among others, are held in Cologne: The trade fair grounds lie in Cologne's right-Rhenish district of Deutz , directly adjacent to Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south. Among others, the station has ICE connections by Deutsche Bahn to Köln Hbf and Cologne/Bonn Airport . West of the trade fair grounds lies the Rheinpark ,
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