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39.1 °C (102.4 °F) Jena, Astronomical Observatory [33] July 20, 2022. −33.5 °C (−28.3 °F) Gotha [34] February 11, 1929. 72.6 / 130.7. Important: In some federal states, even more extreme values are known to be measured on same or earlier dates. These dubious or unreliable values are not listed in this table unless they passed a basic ...
Before the outbreak of the Second World War Cologne was the fourth largest city in Germany and the largest city on the river Rhine, with a population of approximately 800,000 people. The city of Cologne was bombed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 262 separate air raids during World War II , this in response to the bombing of London at the start ...
Cologne (/ k ə ˈ l oʊ n / ⓘ kə-LOHN; German: Köln ⓘ; Kölsch: Kölle ⓘ) 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 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
A ruined Cologne in 1945. The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids [1] by the Allies during World War II, all by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A total of 34,711 long tons of bombs were dropped on the city by the RAF. [2] 20,000 civilians died during the war in Cologne due to aerial bombardments. [3]
Cologne Bonn Airport ( German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn Konrad Adenauer) ( IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) is the international airport of Germany 's fourth-largest city Cologne, and also serves Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. With approximately 12.4 million passengers passing through it in 2017, it is the seventh-largest passenger airport in ...
The German Weather Service reported that the quantity of rain in some areas of Germany was the highest in over 100 years, possibly higher than any seen in the last 1,000 years. [55] [14] They reported that some areas had received a month's average rainfall in one day.
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.
Cologne Lowland. Coordinates: 50.9381°N 6.9569°E. The Cologne Lowland, [1] [2] also called the Cologne Bay [1] or, less commonly, the Cologne Bight ( German: Kölner Bucht ), is a densely populated area of Germany lying between the cities of Bonn, Aachen, and Düsseldorf / Neuss. It is situated in the southwest of the state of North Rhine ...