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  2. Cologne - Wikipedia

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    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 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Rhine - Wikipedia

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    13,000 m 3 /s (460,000 cu ft/s) [2] The Rhine[note 2] (/ raɪn / RYNE) [3] is one of the major European rivers. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms the Swiss-Liechtenstein border and partly the Swiss-Austrian and Swiss-German borders. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German ...

  5. History of Cologne - Wikipedia

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    The History of Cologne covers over 2000 years of urban history. In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"; since the Frankish rule it is known as Cologne. The city became an influential merchant stronghold in the early Middle Ages due to its location on the Rhine, which allowed ...

  6. Cologne Bonn Region - Wikipedia

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    Cologne Bonn Region. The Cologne Bonn Region (German: Region Köln/Bonn) is a metropolitan area in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, covering the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Leverkusen, as well as the districts of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Rhein-Erft-Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. The region covers an area of 3,839 ...

  7. Cologne (region) - Wikipedia

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    Cologne (region) Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west of that state and covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land. It was created on 30 April 1815, as district of the province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, when Prussia reorganised ...

  8. Innenstadt, Cologne - Wikipedia

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    Innenstadt, Cologne. 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 (Neustadt) plus the right- Rhenish quarter of Deutz.

  9. Erftstadt - Wikipedia

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    Erftstadt. Erftstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁftˌʃtat] ⓘ) is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river that flows through it, the Erft. The neighbouring towns are Brühl, Kerpen, Zülpich and Weilerswist.

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