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K ö ln (Cologne)
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By: Lindsey Malkames Köln (Cologne)
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K ö ln (Cologne). By: Lindsey Malkames. History. City created in 50 A.D. as part of the Roman Empire Was and still is located on the Rhine River, which gives it the advantage of being the intersection between the major trade routes of the west and east - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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By: Lindsey Malkames
Köln (Cologne)
City created in 50 A.D. as part of the Roman Empire
Was and still is located on the Rhine River, which gives it the advantage of being the intersection between the major trade routes of the west and east
This advantage was their major basis of growth
City was taken over by French Republic in 1798
In 1815, Köln was made a part of the Kingdom of Prussia
By WWI, Köln had grown to 700,000 in population, and industrialization spurred much growth
History
Devastation in KölnKöln endured 262 air raids during WWII which
killed approximately 20,000 civiliansBy the end of the war, the population had been
reduced by 95%, mostly due to massive evacuations
Similar raids happened in many other German cities during this time
By 1945, Köln’s population had already risen to 500,000
Today, Köln is Germany’s fourth largest city (compared to Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg)
One of the oldest cities in GermanyThe Kölner Dom is a gothic church which was
started in 1248 and finally completed in 1880Cologne University is one of the oldest universities
in EuropeWith 44,000 students, it is also the largest
university in GermanyThe Twelve Romanesque Churches are examples of
medieval sacral architecture. The roots of some of the churches date back as far as Roman times. With the exception of St. Maria Lyskirchen all of these churches were very badly damaged during World War II. Reconstruction was only finished in the 1990s.
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