Germany · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Leverkusen
Buchforst, Leverkusen — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Buchforst is a small district of Köln in the right-bank Mülheim borough, set inland from the Rhine near the Odysseum.
About Buchforst
Where to stay in Buchforst
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Buchforst suits travellers after a plain, well-connected base on the right-bank side of Köln rather than a room in the centre. Beds here sit among the housing streets of the Mülheim borough, inland from the Rhine and within reach of the Odysseum, with the old town a tram ride across the river. The scale is small.
If you want a quiet, low-key foothold in Köln and are happy to travel in, Buchforst keeps you among an ordinary residential quarter.
About Buchforst
What are the main landmarks in Buchforst?
Buchforst keeps few grand landmarks of its own. Its parish church, St. Petrus Canisius, serves the quarter, a plain place of worship among the housing streets. The Odysseum sits close by.
That science centre, just outside Buchforst, is the main draw near this corner of the Mülheim borough in Köln.
What is the history of Buchforst?
Buchforst grew up on the right bank of the Rhine as one of the smaller districts of Köln. It took form within the Mülheim borough, a residential quarter of the growing city rather than a settlement with its own village core. The quarter is young.
Much of the district's story is tied to the spread of Köln onto the right bank rather than to any independent town of Buchforst.
Where is Buchforst?
Buchforst lies on the right-bank side of the Rhine in Köln, an inland district of the Mülheim borough facing the old town across the river.
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Updated July 2026