Imprint
Provider identification in accordance with § 5 of the Digital Services Act (DDG) in conjunction with § 18 paragraph 2 of the State Media Treaty:
City of Cologne
The Lord Mayor
Torsten Burmester
Historic town hall
50667 Cologne city center
Phone: 0221 / 221-0
Fax: 0221 / 221-22211
E-mail: stadtverwaltung@stadt-koeln.de
Sales tax identification number: DE122790626
The City of Cologne is a public corporation. It is represented by the Lord Mayor Torsten Burmester.
Responsible for editing, conception, design and programming:
Department OB - Office for Integration and Diversity
Municipal Integration Center of the City of Cologne
Management: Sevinç Topal
Kleine Sandkaul 5
50677 Cologne
Phone: 0221 / 221-29292
Email: ki@stadt-koeln.de
Data protection:
Detailed information on data protection can be found in our general privacy policy:
Data Protection Officer of the City of Cologne
You can reach the city's data protection officer using the following contact details:
City of Cologne
Data Protection Officer
Stadthaus Deutz - West building
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
50679 Cologne
Telephone: 0221 / 221-22457 or 0221 / 221-32962
Email: datenschutzbeauftragter@stadt-koeln.de
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
If you have any complaints about the City of Cologne's approach to data protection issues, please contact the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia.
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Phone 0211 / 38424-0
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Legal information (disclaimer):
Notes on the content
The City of Cologne always aims to ensure that the information provided on this website is correct, complete and up-to-date. Nevertheless, errors and ambiguities cannot be ruled out.
The City of Cologne therefore assumes no liability for the topicality, correctness, completeness, quality and constant availability of the information provided, nor for the absence of other technical faults.
The City of Cologne is not liable for damages caused by the use of the information or data provided or by the use of incorrect and/or incomplete information or data, unless it is guilty of intentional or grossly negligent fault. This exclusion does not apply to damages resulting from injury to life, limb or health.
The City of Cologne expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without prior notice or to cease publication temporarily or permanently.
Notes on the right to one's own image for personal images
According to Section 22 (1) of the German Art Copyright Act (KUG), "images may only be distributed or publicly displayed with the consent of the person depicted". The persons depicted on the city's website have given their consent.
If, despite careful checking of the content, an image has been published that violates this principle or if you wish the published photo to be removed (withdrawal of consent), you can inform us of this in writing. It is sufficient to send us an e-mail or fax. Please describe the image in detail and state on which page it is located.
If you withdraw your consent, the City of Cologne will delete the image or images immediately and will no longer use them in the future. To revoke your consent to your own image, please contact:
Department OB - Office for Integration and Diversity
Municipal Integration Center of the City of Cologne
Management: Sevinç Topal
Kleine Sandkaul 5
50677 Cologne
Phone: 0221 / 221-29292
Email: ki-at-stadt-koeln.de
Notes on copyright
All pages of the City of Cologne website are subject to copyright. This applies in particular to all content published on the web pages such as
- Texts
- Pictures
- Graphics
- Sound, video or animation files
- Layout including the overall arrangement on the web pages
Reproduction or use of such texts, even in part, in other electronic or printed publications and their publication - including on the Internet - is only permitted with the prior written consent of the City of Cologne.
The commercial use of any part of this website is not permitted!
The reprinting and evaluation of press releases and speeches is permitted provided the source is acknowledged.
Permission to publish the websites for private, non-commercial use may be granted by the online editorial team in individual cases.
The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of individual contents or complete pages will be prosecuted under criminal and civil law.
Notes on references and links
This website also contains appropriately marked links or references to third-party websites for information purposes. The responsibility for this third-party content lies solely with the provider who makes the content available. The City of Cologne merely provides access to the use of this content.
Where the City of Cologne's website provides access to external content, for example in the form of links, which are provided by other providers, it is pointed out that the City of Cologne has no influence on this external content and does not adopt this content as its own. The City of Cologne currently has no positive knowledge of illegal or offensive content on the linked pages of other providers. However, should the linked pages of external providers contain illegal or offensive content, the City of Cologne expressly distances itself from this content.
Liability for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for damage resulting from the use or non-use of third-party information lies solely with the provider of the page to which reference is made, not with the party who merely refers to the respective publication via links.