 Weidenpesch Racecourse in 2010 | |
| Location | Weidenpescher Park, Cologne, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 50°59′0″N 6°57′07″E / 50.98333°N 6.95194°E |
| Owned by | Kölner Rennverein 1897 e.V. |
| Date opened | 1898 |
| Course type | Flat |
| Official website | |
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.[1]
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 Köln 99.
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