Visitor address and access
The cemetery can be accessed through the following entrances: Main entrance on Venloer Straße.
Use that access information as the starting point for Cologne West Cemetery, especially when the destination is a named section or an appointment rather than a general walk. The visitor address identifies the cemetery, while the most useful entrance depends on the purpose of the visit.
Public transport
The following public transport connections serve the cemetery: Tram lines 3 and 4, Westfriedhof stop.
For a public-transport journey to Cologne West Cemetery, compare the stop or station in that guidance with Venloer Straße 1132, 50829 Köln and the intended entrance. This avoids planning only to the cemetery boundary when the destination lies elsewhere within the grounds.
Parking
Parking is available, but no single associated parking area can be located precisely.
The parking note for Cologne West Cemetery should be read together with local signs on arrival. If a short or step-free route is essential, ask City of Cologne, Office for Landscape Management and Green Spaces which entrance serves the destination and whether the required route is suitable.
Orientation after arrival
- Entrance
- Funeral hall
- Site map
- War memorial
- The Youths in the Fiery Furnace
- Westfriedhof
- Toilet
- Accessible entrance
- Crematorium
- Honorary graves 1939–1945
These are 10 of the 16 named points available for Cologne West Cemetery. Locate the chosen entrance first, then use the nearest named point to orient the final part of the walk. The cemetery map is an orientation aid; an individual grave additionally needs a section, row and grave number.