37 Facts About Cologne Germany

City's medieval Catholic Cologne Germany Cathedral, the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe.

Cologne Germany functioned as the capital of the Roman province of and as the headquarters of the Roman military in the region until occupied by the Franks in 462.

Cologne Germany was a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire and one of the major members of the trade union Hanseatic League.

Cologne Germany is a major cultural center for the Rhineland; it hosts more than 30 museums and hundreds of galleries.

Cologne Germany Bonn Airport is a regional hub, the main airport for the region being Dusseldorf Airport.

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From 260 to 271, Cologne Germany was the capital of the Gallic Empire under Postumus, Marius, and Victorinus.

Cunibert, made bishop of Cologne Germany in 623, was an important advisor to the merovingian King Dagobert I and served with domesticus Pepin of Landen as tutor to the king's son and heir Siegebert III, the future king of Austrasia.

Cologne Germany had been the seat of a bishop since the Roman period; under Charlemagne, in 795, bishop Hildebold was promoted to archbishop.

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.

Cologne Germany was a member of the Hanseatic League in 1475, when Frederick III confirmed the city's imperial immediacy.

Cologne Germany was so influential in regional commerce, that its systems of weights and measurements were used throughout Europe.

Economic structures of medieval and early modern Cologne Germany were characterised by the city's status as a major harbour and transport hub on the Rhine.

Free Imperial City of Cologne Germany must not be confused with the Electorate of Cologne Germany which was a state of its own within the Holy Roman Empire.

Cologne Germany lost its status as a free city during the French period.

Cologne Germany was part of the French Departement Roer with Aachen as its capital.

In 1815 at the Congress of Vienna, Cologne Germany was made part of the Kingdom of Prussia, first in the Julich-Cleves-Berg province and then the Rhine province.

Cologne Germany was designated as one of the Fortresses of the German Confederation.

Cologne Germany was occupied by the British Army of the Rhine until 1926, under the terms of the Armistice and the subsequent Versailles Peace Treaty.

Cologne Germany competed to host the Olympics, and a modern sports stadium was erected at Mungersdorf.

Cologne Germany was under the command of Lieutenant-General Freiherr Roeder von Diersburg, who was responsible for military operations in Bonn, Siegburg, Aachen, Julich, Duren, and Monschau.

Cologne Germany was home to the 211th Infantry Regiment and the 26th Artillery Regiment.

Cologne Germany is regularly affected by flooding from the Rhine and is considered the most flood-prone European city.

Cologne Germany has a Little Istanbul in Keupstraße that has many Turkish restaurants and markets.

Kolsch is one of the very few city dialects in Cologne Germany, which include the dialect spoken in Berlin, for example.

Presence of animals in Cologne Germany is generally limited to insects, small rodents, and several species of birds.

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Cologne Germany was an important hotbed for electronic music in the 1950s and again from the 1990s onward.

The main literary figure connected with Cologne Germany is the writer Heinrich Boll, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Cologne Germany is famous for Eau de Cologne Germany, a perfume created by Italian expatriate Johann Maria Farina at the beginning of the 18th century.

Cologne Germany decided to use the house number given to the factory at Glockengasse during the French occupation in the early 19th century, 4711.

Cologne Germany carnival is one of the largest street festivals in Europe.

People in Cologne Germany prefer Kolsch while people in Dusseldorf prefer Altbier .

In competition with Dusseldorf, the economy of Cologne Germany is primarily based on insurance and media industries, while the city is an important cultural and research centre and home to a number of corporate headquarters.

The largest employer in Cologne Germany is Ford Europe, which has its European headquarters and a factory in Niehl .

Cologne Germany has become the first German city with a population of more than a million people to declare climate emergency.

In 1965, Cologne Germany became the first German city to be fully encircled by a motorway ring road.

Cologne Germany Stadtbahn operated by Kolner Verkehrsbetriebe is an extensive light rail system that is partially underground and serves Cologne Germany and a number of neighbouring cities.

Cologne Germany is headquarters to the European Aviation Safety Agency .