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  2. Cologne - Wikipedia

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    Cologne. /  50.93639°N 6.95278°E  / 50.93639; 6.95278. Cologne ( / kəˈloʊn / ⓘ kə-LOHN; German: Köln [kœln] ⓘ; Kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœlə] ⓘ) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 ...

  3. Rhine - Wikipedia

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    The first urban settlement, on the grounds of what is today Downtown Cologne, along the Rhine, was Oppidum Ubiorum, which was founded in 38 BC by the Ubii. Cologne became acknowledged, as a city by the Romans in AD 50, by the name of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. Castellum Nigrum Pullum, Zwammerdam, Netherlands, artist impression Stevie Xinas

  4. History of Cologne - Wikipedia

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    Cologne's hinterland in Germany gave it an added advantage over the other Hanseatic cities, and it became the largest city in Germany and the region. Cologne's central location on the Rhine placed it at the intersection of the major trade routes between east and west and was the basis of Cologne's growth. [17]

  5. Rhineland - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1800s, Rhinelanders settled the Missouri Rhineland, a German cultural region and wine producing area in the U.S. State of Missouri, and named it after noticing similarities in soil and topography to the Rhineland in Europe. By 1860, nearly half of all settlers in Missouri Rhineland came from Koblenz, capital of the Rhine Province.

  6. Districts of Cologne - Wikipedia

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    City districts are differentiated of being links-or rechtsrheinisch – left or right of the Rhine, with the old town being left of the Rhine, as are 230,25 km 2 (56.8 percent of 405,14 km 2 within city limits), while 174,87 km 2 (43.2 percent) lie right of the Rhine. In regard to population, Cologne is the largest city in the state of North ...

  7. Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region - Wikipedia

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    The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region ( German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. [2] A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of 7,110 square kilometres (2,750 sq mi), entirely within the federal state of North Rhine ...

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