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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. History of Cologne - Wikipedia

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   The city was burnt down by Vikings in the winter of 881/2. In the early 10th century, the dukes of Lorraine seceded from East Francia. Cologne passed to East Francia but was soon reconquered by Henry the Fowler, deciding its fate as a city of the Holy Roman Empire (and eventually Germany) rather than France.

4. Innenstadt, Cologne - Wikipedia

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   Innenstadt, Cologne. /  50.93667°N 6.96028°E  / 50.93667; 6.96028. Innenstadt (German: Köln-Innenstadt) is the central borough ( Stadtbezirk) of the City of Cologne in Germany. The borough was established with the last communal land reform in 1975, and comprises Cologne's historic old town (Altstadt), the Gründerzeit era new town ...

5. Districts of Cologne - Wikipedia

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   City of Cologne. Since the last administrative reform in 1975, the City of Cologne is made up of nine Stadtbezirke and 86 Stadtteile. Stadtbezirk literally translates as city district, which are further subdivided into Stadtteile (city parts). The Stadtteile of Cologne's old and new town ( Alt- and Neustadt) further consist of quarters, known ...

6. Cologne City Hall - Wikipedia

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   Cologne City Hall. Coordinates: 50°56′16.74″N 6°57′33.50″E. The city hall's Renaissance style loggia of 1573 as seen from Rathausplatz. The City Hall (German: Kölner Rathaus) is a historical building in Cologne, western Germany. It is located off Hohe Straße in the district of Innenstadt, and set between the two squares of ...

7. Great St. Martin Church, Cologne - Wikipedia

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   The church was later transformed into a Benedictine monastery. The current buildings, including a soaring crossing tower that is a landmark of Cologne's Old Town, were erected between 1150-1250. The architecture of its eastern end forms a triconch or trefoil plan, consisting of three apses around the crossing, similar to that at St. Maria im ...