Europabeauftragte Treptow-Köpenick

Cologne (Germany)

twin town since 1990


I. facts and figures

location: Cologne is the biggest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the biggest German federal state.

surface: 405.15 km²

inhabitants: 1,020,603


II. historical background

Neukölln, borough partner of Treptow in 1990, has already been twinned with Cologne for 23 years.

Through the initiative of the former borough mayor of Neukölln, the twinning between Cologne and Treptow has been established directly before the reunification of Germany for contributing to a better understanding between the Eastern and the Western part of Germany.


III. selected activities

since 1991: regular participation of the Cologne representatives at the Treptow summer festival; participation of
Treptow people at sports events in Cologne; presentation of the borough at the travel exhibition in Cologne;
participation at cultural activities; field excursions

2005: visit of a Cologne delegation for the Treptow festival

2006: visit of a delegation from Treptow-Köpenick in Cologne

2006: exhibition with paintings of Cologne artists in Treptow-Koepenick and reverse performance of musicians from Cologne at the Jazz festival in Treptow-Koepenick

2009: participation in the "week of sister cities"

2011: mutual visits of political and administrative representatives in the two sister cities


IV. Link to the homepage of the sister city

www.stadt-koeln.de