These soldiers were part of the Army of the Holy Roman Empire ("Reichskontingent") and fought in the wars of the 17th and 18th century, including the wars against revolutionary France, when the small force was almost completely wiped out in combat. The main literary figure connected with Cologne is the writer Heinrich Böll, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The public radio and TV station WDR was involved in promoting musical movements such as Krautrock in the 1970s; the influential Can was formed there in 1968. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium var en romersk koloni i Rheinland, vilken är ursprunget till staden Köln i Tyskland. Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. In 1965, Cologne became the first German city to be fully encircled by a motorway ring road. [65], Cologne and Düsseldorf have a "fierce regional rivalry",[66] which includes carnival parades, football, and beer. The Lord Mayor of Cologne is Henriette Reker. In 1919 the University of Cologne, closed by the French in 1798, was reopened. Düsseldorf is also linked by S-Bahn trains, which are operated by Deutsche Bahn. [10] Cologne was a member of the Hanseatic League in 1475, when Frederick III confirmed the city's imperial immediacy.[3]. [2] The city has five Rhine ports,[2] the second largest inland port in Germany and one of the largest in Europe. It is also called Konrad Adenauer Airport after Germany's first post-war Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who was born in the city and was mayor of Cologne from 1917 until 1933. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium est une colonie romaine capitale de la Germanie inférieure, l'actuelle ville de Cologne (Köln, en allemand), en Allemagne. The Cologne University of Music and Dance is the largest conservatory in Europe. This altar was possibly foreseen as the central place of worship for a greater Germanic province, which would comprise lands across the Rhine, which remained unconquered at this point. The Free Imperial City of Cologne must not be confused with the Electorate of Cologne which was a state of its own within the Holy Roman Empire. Ara Ubiorum became the capital of Germania Inferior and in 50, it was promoted to the rank of colonia, known as Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, which means "Claudius' Colony near the Altar of the Agrippinians" - the latter being the new name of the Ubians, who wanted to honor Agrippina Minor, the wife of of the emperor Claudius. In 1945 architect and urban planner Rudolf Schwarz called Cologne the "world's greatest heap of rubble". [14] [45] Irenaeus of Lyons claimed that Christianity was brought to Cologne by Roman soldiers and traders at an unknown early date. The metropolitan area encompasses over 405 square kilometres (156 square miles), extending around a central point that lies at 50° 56' 33 latitude and 6° 57' 32 longitude. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman colony in the Rhineland from which the German city of Cologne developed.. With slightly over a million inhabitants (1.09 million) within its city boundaries, Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine and also the most populous city of both the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and the Rhineland. The sheltered climate in southeast Northrhine-Westphalia allows these birds to survive through the winter, and in some cases, they are displacing native species. The intersection of these trade routes were the basis of Cologne's growth. Nearby Bonn is linked by both the Stadtbahn and main line railway trains, and occasional recreational boats on the Rhine. In Cologne, the carnival season officially starts on 11 November at 11 minutes past 11 a.m. with the proclamation of the new Carnival Season, and continues until Ash Wednesday. Die Römer nannten die Stadt wohl später kurz (Colonia) Agrippina. Hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to Cologne during this time. [38] The city was home to around 20,000 people in 1000 AD, growing to 50,000 in 1200 AD. [51] In 2011, 0.3% of Cologne's population was Jewish.[48]. The second was the permanent improvement of the diverse traffic infrastructure, which made Cologne one of the most easily accessible metropolitan areas in Central Europe. Beste Fans der Welt! Cologne was under the command of Lieutenant-General Freiherr Roeder von Diersburg, who was responsible for military operations in Bonn, Siegburg, Aachen, Jülich, Düren, and Monschau. The observation deck has been closed since 1992. Konrad Adenauer, the mayor of Cologne from 1917 until 1933 and later a West German chancellor, acknowledged the political impact of this approach, especially since Britain had opposed French demands for a permanent Allied occupation of the entire Rhineland. Cologne's international airport is Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN). Among the largest media companies based in Cologne are Westdeutscher Rundfunk, RTL Television (with subsidiaries), n-tv, Deutschlandradio, Brainpool TV and publishing houses like J. P. Bachem, Taschen, Tandem Verlag, and M. DuMont Schauberg. A selection of the tallest buildings in Cologne is listed below. 163 people in Cologne were over the age of 100. [86] The International Olympic Committee and Internationale Vereinigung Sport- und Freizeiteinrichtungen e.V. With Bonn being chosen as the provisional federal capital (provisorische Bundeshauptstadt) and seat of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany (then informally West Germany), Cologne benefited by being sandwiched between two important political centres. Precipitation is spread evenly throughout the year with a light peak in summer due to showers and thunderstorms. Colonies were considered to be little copies of Rome, which implied that Cologne had to have a Capitol of its own, a temple dedicated to the Capitoline Triad. Colonia Claudia Ara Aggipinensium! This legal situation lasted until the French conquest of Cologne. [8] The archbishop nevertheless preserved the right of capital punishment. [70] The largest employer in Cologne is Ford Europe, which has its European headquarters and a factory in Niehl (Ford-Werke GmbH). 60 likes. [citation needed][56] Nevertheless, the uncompromising style of the Cologne Opera house and other modern buildings has remained controversial. [58], Cologne had 5.8 million overnight stays booked and 3.35 million arrivals in 2016. The long tradition of a free imperial city, which long dominated an exclusively Catholic population and the age-old conflict between the church and the bourgeoisie (and within it between the patricians and craftsmen) have created its own political climate in Cologne. Zülpicher Strasse and its surroundings, Neumarkt square, Heumarkt and all bars and pubs in the city are crowded with people in costumes dancing and drinking in the streets. Today, this is the Bundesautobahn 555. In 1874, during the Kulturkampf, Archbishop Paul Melchers was imprisoned before taking asylum in the Netherlands. In 2015, there were 557,090 households, of which 18.3% had children under the age of 18; 50.6% of all households were made up of singles. Ara Ubiorum/Col. In these rooms, which are currently accessible, Vitellius was recognized as emperor. Ara das hier das Ara Ubiorum stand. Agrippinensium geht auf Agrippina zurück, die Köln als Augusta zur Colonia erhob und dafür sorgte, dass die Stadt mit dem Ius Italiciumausgezeichnet wurde. The first German limited-access road was constructed after 1929 between Cologne and Bonn. Early medieval Cologne was part of Austrasia within the Frankish Empire. The city's highest point is 118 m (387 ft) above sea level (the Monte Troodelöh) and its lowest point is 37.5 m (123 ft 0 in) above sea level (the Worringer Bruch). Kölner Dom - Ausgrabungen aus römischer Zeit. [13] The military demands on what became Germany's largest fortress presented a significant obstacle to urban development, with forts, bunkers, and wide defensive dugouts completely encircling the city and preventing expansion; this resulted in a very densely built-up area within the city itself. Cologne was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during World War II, with the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropping 34,711 long tons (35,268 tonnes) of bombs on the city. As part of the demilitarisation of the Rhineland, the city's fortifications had to be dismantled. Cologne was founded and established in Ubii territory in the 1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the first word of which is the origin of its name. It has repeatedly ranked among the worst in an independent evaluation[74] conducted by the Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club. During the night of 31 May 1942, Cologne was the target of "Operation Millennium", the first 1,000 bomber raid by the Royal Air Force in World War II. Colonia Claudia Ara Agripinnensium (CCAA), erromatar kolonia Agripina Gaztea 15. urtean jaio zen Kolonian. There were 546,498 women and 522,694 men in Cologne. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium During the rule of Augustus (30 BC to AD 14), the Ara Ubiorum (Altar of the Ubii) was constructed within the city limits. Die Bewohner (auch die Ubier) nannten sich fortan Agrippinenser. [85], The city has hosted several athletic events which includes the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2007 World Men's Handball Championship, 2010 and 2017 Ice Hockey World Championships and 2010 Gay Games.[6]. Cologne was occupied by the British Army of the Rhine until 1926, under the terms of the Armistice and the subsequent Versailles Peace Treaty. Cologne Bonn Airport (Flughafen Köln/Bonn) is Germany's seventh-largest airport and lies in the southeast of the city. [42] The metropolitan area of the Cologne Bonn Region is home to 3,573,500 living on 4,415/km2 (11,430/sq mi). Motiv 'CCAA Köln - Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium' auf Männer Premium Tanktop, Farbe Schwarz + weitere, Größe S-5XL bei Spreadshirt » personalisierbar einfache Rückgabe Compared to other German cities, Cologne has a traffic layout that is not very bicycle-friendly. The democratic parties lost the local elections in Cologne in March 1933 to the Nazi Party and other right wing parties. It is also one of the cloudiest cities in Germany, with just 1567.5 hours of sun a year. The praetorium occupied a surface area of about 3½ hectares and must have been one of the largest buildings in Germania Inferior. [80] Foreigners can have German lessons in the VHS (Adult Education Centre). It has a temperate–oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with cool winters and warm summers. In 953, the archbishops of Cologne first gained noteworthy secular power when bishop Bruno was appointed as duke by his brother Otto I, King of Germany. It is the largest city in the Central Franconian and Ripuarian dialect areas. Following the Battle of Worringen in 1288, Cologne gained its independence from the archbishops and became a Free City. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium est une colonie romaine capitale de la Germanie inférieure, l'actuelle ville de Cologne (Köln, en allemand), en Allemagne. Cologne continued to prosper and could boast of some 25,000 inhabitants within the walls and about the same number of people in its immediate vicinity. opposite to the cathedral with a 103 m (338 ft) high viewing platform and a view of the cathedral over the Rhine. [18] This raid lasted about 75 minutes, destroyed 600 acres (243 ha) of built-up area (61%),[19] killed 486 civilians and made 59,000 people homeless. When the British occupation ended, the prohibition of civil aviation was lifted and Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport soon became a hub for national and international air traffic, second in Germany only to Berlin Tempelhof Airport. Cologne was also an important hotbed for electronic music in the 1950s (Studio für elektronische Musik, Karlheinz Stockhausen) and again from the 1990s onward. During the Bombing of Cologne in World War II, Cologne endured 262 air raids[17] by the Western Allies, which caused approximately 20,000 civilian casualties and almost completely wiped out the central part of the city. [85] The first golf club in North Rhine-Westphalia was founded in Cologne in 1906. Kölsch is also the name of the local dialect. In 1837 the archbishop of Cologne, Clemens August von Droste-Vischering, was arrested and imprisoned for two years after a dispute over the legal status of marriages between Protestants and Roman Catholics (Mischehenstreit). [citation needed], Besides its economic and political significance Cologne also became an important centre of medieval pilgrimage, when Cologne's archbishop, Rainald of Dassel, gave the relics of the Three Wise Men to Cologne's cathedral in 1164 (after they, in fact, had been taken from Milan). By the end of the war, essentially all of Cologne's pre-war Jewish population of 11,000 had been deported or killed by the Nazis. This was an opportunity to create two green belts (Grüngürtel) around the city by converting the fortifications and their fields of fire into large public parks. The city is "Germany's capital of TV crime stories". [68] In competition with Düsseldorf, the economy of Cologne is primarily based on insurance and media industries,[69] while the city is also an important cultural and research centre and home to a number of corporate headquarters. Kölsch is one of the very few city dialects in Germany, which also include the dialect spoken in Berlin, for example. Other tall structures include the Hansahochhaus (designed by architect Jacob Koerfer and completed in 1925 – it was at one time Europe's tallest office building), the Kranhaus buildings at Rheinauhafen, and the Messeturm Köln ("trade fair tower"). In contrast to this, the Nord-Süd-Fahrt ("North-South-Drive") was actually completed, a new four/six-lane city centre through-route, which had already been anticipated by planners such as Fritz Schumacher in the 1920s. Craftsmanship was organised by self-administering guilds, some of which were exclusive to women. Mit der U-Bahn in die Römerzeit. There are many institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln), one of Europe's oldest and largest universities;[2] the Technical University of Cologne (Technische Hochschule Köln), Germany's largest university of applied sciences; and the German Sport University Cologne (Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln), Germany's only sport university. Cologne is divided into 9 boroughs (Stadtbezirke) and 85 districts (Stadtteile):[29]. Besides being prince elector, he was Archchancellor of Italy as well, technically from 1238 and permanently from 1263 until 1803. Cologne is also famous for Eau de Cologne (German: Kölnisch Wasser; lit: "Water of Cologne"), a perfume created by Italian expatriate Johann Maria Farina at the beginning of the 18th century. The city's administration is headed by the mayor and the three deputy mayors. The new town was called Ara Ubiorum, "altar of the Ubians", which indicates that there was a shrine for the emperor cult. [77] Ports include Köln-Deutz, Köln-Godorf, and Köln-Niehl I and II. Show place in AWMC's Antiquity À-la-carte, Google Earth, or Pelagios' Peripleo. [66] People in Cologne prefer Kölsch while people in Düsseldorf prefer Altbier ("Alt"). [57], The presence of animals in Cologne is generally limited to insects, small rodents, and several species of birds. gave RheinEnergieStadion a bronze medal for "being one of the best sporting venues in the world". In 310, under emperor Constantine I, a bridge was built over the Rhine at Cologne. Thus, the city today is characterized by simple and modest post-war buildings, with a few interspersed pre-war buildings which were reconstructed due to their historical importance. Other famous buildings include the Gürzenich, Haus Saaleck and the Overstolzenhaus. Several radio and television stations, including Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), RTL and VOX, have their headquarters in the city. This was to be the base for the city's later fortunes: in the Middle Ages, the archbishop of Cologne was a very important man and had the rank of "elector", i.e., one of the seven princes that had the right to elect a new German king. The incursions of the Franks had caused the depopulation of the countryside, which meant that other towns declined. Plans for new roads had already, to a certain degree, evolved under the Nazi administration, but the actual construction became easier when most of the city centre was in ruins. The Museum Schnütgen of religious art is partly housed in St. Cecilia, one of Cologne's Twelve Romanesque churches. During World War II, Cologne was a Military Area Command Headquarters (Militärbereichshauptkommandoquartier) for the Military District (Wehrkreis) VI of Münster. Besides, Cologne has a long tradition in rowing, being home of some of Germany's oldest regatta courses and boat clubs, such as the Kölner Rudergesellschaft 1891 in the district Rodenkirchen. The town wall of Cologne, which was built in the first decade of the first century, was 2½ meters wide and eight meters high, and had nine gates and twenty-one towers. Castellum Divitia - römisches Kastell in Köln-Deutz. Cologne functioned as the capital of the Roman province of Germania Inferior and as the headquarters of the Roman military in the region until occupied by the Franks in 462. It remained just below that until mid-2010, when it exceeded 1 million again. The last section south of Ebertplatz was completed in 1972. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the name of the Roman colony in the Rhineland out of which the German city of Cologne developed. Located in the Rhine-Ruhr area, Cologne is one of the warmest cities in Germany. [43] It is part of the polycentric megacity region Rhine-Ruhr with a population of over 11,000,000 people. Cologne competed to host the Olympics, and a modern sports stadium was erected at Müngersdorf. In other towns, actors had to use amphitheaters. Essa derivava dall'antica fortezza legionaria della provincia romana della Germania inferiore, che corrisponde all'odierna città tedesca di Colonia. It was the capital of the Roman province of Germania Inferior and the headquarters of the military in the region. The first historical Bishop of Cologne was Saint Maternus. Historically, Cologne has always been an important trade city, with land, air, and sea connections. Film and TV production is also important. The reconstruction lasted until the 1990s, when the Romanesque church of St. Kunibert was finished. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium synonyms, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium pronunciation, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium translation, English dictionary definition of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. After reunification in 1990, Berlin was made the capital of Germany. These conflicts alienated the Catholic population from Berlin and contributed to a deeply felt anti-Prussian resentment, which was still significant after World War II, when the former mayor of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer, became the first West German chancellor. The main airport for the Rhine-Ruhr region is Düsseldorf Airport. Show area in GeoNames, Google Maps, or OpenStreetMap. [42], According to the Statistical Office of the City of Cologne, the number of people with a migrant background is at 36.7% (393,793). The first urban settlement on the grounds of modern-day Cologne was Oppidum Ubiorum, founded in 38 BC by the Ubii, a Cisrhenian Germanic tribe. She was born in Cologne in 15 or 16. The Allies dropped 44,923.2 tons of bombs on the city during World War II, destroying 61% of its built up area. (en) Road building had been a major issue in the 1920s under the leadership of mayor Konrad Adenauer. They play their home matches in RheinEnergieStadion which also hosted 5 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The city's Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne. (Significantly, the number of votes cast for the Nazi Party in Reichstag elections had always been the national average. The resulting web of relationships, with political, economic, and cultural links with each other in a system of mutual favours, obligations and dependencies, is called the 'Cologne coterie'. Notable people, whose roots can be found in Cologne: "Köln" redirects here. Several orchestras are active in the city, among them the Gürzenich Orchestra, which is also the orchestra of the Cologne Opera and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (German State Radio Orchestra), both based at the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra Building (Kölner Philharmonie). Cologne – Remains of an old city[20], Cologne was taken by the American First Army in early March 1945. It then grew steadily, exceeding 1 million for about one year from 1975. This was considered to be a replacement for the loss of the University of Strasbourg on the west bank of the Rhine, which reverted to France with the rest of Alsace. [28] The city of Cologne lies within the larger area of the Cologne Lowland, a cone-shaped area of the central Rhineland that lies between Bonn, Aachen and Düsseldorf. Colonia bedeutet das die Stadt römisches Recht erhielt. Today, original Eau de Cologne is still produced in Cologne by both the Farina family, currently in the eighth generation, and by Mäurer & Wirtz who bought the 4711 brand in 2006.
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