| Cologne Germany -- do you know of the
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| | luckily didn't collapse. When the city
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| first given name of the oldest German
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| | was in ruins -- see picture at -- it
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| city? Do you know how long it took to
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| | took some time to rebuild it, but
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| build its Cathedral? Do you further know
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| | afterwards its buildings and population
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| what its scariest natural disaster is?
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| | grew again. So since 1975, the population
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| Read on...
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| | of Cologne Germany always lays around 1
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| Cologne Germany (Kln) is the oldest so
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| | million inhabitants.
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| the first German city. When it became
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| | So much the Rhine of the city brought
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| city in 50 A.D., it bore the name Colonia
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| | prosperity and quality of life, so feared
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| Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA) because
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| | is its flood. The worst flood ever
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| of the Roman Empress Agrippina.
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| | registered occurred in February 1784.
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| Cologne is catholic and had a bishop as
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| | After an extremely long and cold winter
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| early as 313. In 785, it became the seat
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| | the temperature jumped deep down. The
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| of an archbishop. The Archbishop of
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| | Rhine river had frozen over and the thaw
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| Cologne was one of the seven Electors of
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| | as well as the breaking open ice provided
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| the Holy Roman Empire. He ruled a large
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| | firmly for a record water level of 13,55
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| area as a secular lord in the Middle
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| | m. That was ten meters above the normal
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| Ages, but in 1288, he was defeated by the
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| | level!
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| Cologne citizens and forced to move to
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| | The tides, on which heavy ice floes
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| Bonn.
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| | floated, devastated far parts of the
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| Cologne Germany was a member of the
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| | development of the banks and all ships.
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| Hanseatic League. It became a free city
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| | 65 people died. The district Mlheim on
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| officially by 1475, but lost its free
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| | the right Rhine side was completely
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| status and regained its archbishopric
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| | destroyed.
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| during the French period. In 1815, at the
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| | In more recent time, a flood protection
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| Congress of Vienna, it became part of the
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| | concept plans the establishment of sheet
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| Prussian kingdom.
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| | pile walls. That should protect old town
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| The start of building of Cologne
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| | up to a level of 10 meters against
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| Cathedral was in 1248, abandoned in the
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| | inundations. Still, old town consists of
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| mid-1500s, and finished in 1880. That
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| | a magnet for floods.
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| took 632 years; think about that... Just
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| | Despite of this, Cologne is well-known as
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| visit for a side step to the history of
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| | the Fun City of all German cities. You go
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| Cologne Cathedral.
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| | into a tavern and do not know anybody,
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| During the 19th and 20th century, Cologne
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| | and you go out with a lot of friends.
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| incorporated numerous surrounding towns,
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| | It's very easy to come in contact with
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| so that it had a population of 600,000
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| | Cologne people. In February, during
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| inhabitants by the time of World War 1.
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| | Cologne Carnival, the whole Rhine land
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| In World War 2, Cologne Germany was
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| | celebrates for at least six days -- with
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| repeatedly bombed. The Cologne Cathedral
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| | tons of sweets and kisses.
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| received 14 hits by aerial bombs, but
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