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
History of the Jews in Cologne and its rabbi. The first Cologne rabbi was The synagogues of the community had the following cantors: All of them contributed to the enrichment of synagogue music. The rectors of the community school were Cologne Jews, involved in the larger Jewish community were The most important Jewish names in the economic life of the city during the nineteenth century were Jews involved in politics were Jews involved in the arts were During the 1930s Cologne had many Jewish lawyers (125 at number) and doctors. The Judengasse, near the Rathaus, reminds of the former Jewish quarter. During French annexion of Cologne,