Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse The Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse ("Galopprennbahn Köln-Weidenpesch") is a horse racing track at Weidenpescher Park in Nippes, Cologne. As the only race course in Germany hosting more than one European pattern Group 1 race, Weidenpesch is one of the most prominent tracks in the country. Cologne-Weidenpesch is also one of Germany's oldest horse-racing tracks, having been established as a race course in 1897. The larger of the two grandstands was designed as a cast iron and timber framing structure in 1898 and substantially renovated in 2004. Until recently, the sportsgrounds were also home to Cologne's oldest football club, the VfL
Districts of Cologne Districts of Cologne Since the last administrative reform in 1975, the City of Cologne is made up of nine Stadtbezirke and 86 Stadtteile. "Stadtbezirk" literally translates as city district, which are further subdivided into "Stadtteile" (city parts). The Stadtteile of Cologne's old and new town ("Alt-" and "Neustadt") further consist of quarters, known as ""Veedel"" in both Kölsch and most often, the Rhinelandic regiolect, as well. City districts are differentiated of being "links-" or "rechtsrheinisch" – "left" or "right of the Rhine", with the old town being left of the Rhine, as are 230,25 km² (56.8 percent of 405,14 km²