Private company
Koelnmesse
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Exhibition centre in Cologne, Germany
Koelnmesse GmbH (Cologne Trade Fair) is an international trade fair and exhibition center located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With around 80 trade fairs and over 2,000 conferences annually, Koelnmesse is one of the country's largest trade fair organisers and with 284,000 m2 exhibition floor area the third largest by area. The Cologne Trade Fair ground was founded in 1922.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersMülheim1
- Websitewww.koelnmesse.de
- Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
- LEI529900AROGN6GWK5UT093
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressMesseplatz 1, 50679 Köln, Germany3
- Registered withLocal Court Köln, HRB 9523
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Koelnmesse GmbH (Cologne Trade Fair) is an international trade fair and exhibition center located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With around 80 trade fairs and over 2,000 conferences annually, Koelnmesse is one of the country's largest trade fair organisers and with 284,000 m2 exhibition floor area the third largest by area.2
Products and brands
The trade fair grounds lie in Cologne's right-Rhenish district of Deutz, directly adjacent to Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south. Among others, the station has ICE connections by Deutsche Bahn to Köln Hbf and Cologne/Bonn Airport. West of the trade fair grounds lies the Rheinpark, a 40 hectare large park on the River Rhine, and Tanzbrunnen, an open-air theater.
Apart from the Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south, the Cologne trade fair center is also served by the Cologne Stadtbahn Koelnmesse station to the East.
From Wikipedia’s article on Koelnmesse, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
Timeline
- 1922Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.koelnmesse.de1
- X (Twitter)x.com/koelnmesse1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/koelnmesse1
- WikipediaKoelnmesse
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ280255
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataKoelnmesse on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKoelnmesse on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsKoelnmesse logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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- 6Wikimedia CommonsKoelnmesse photo by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0