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The city has five Rhine ports, [7] the second largest inland port in Germany and one of the largest in Europe. Cologne Bonn Airport is the second largest freight terminal in Germany. [7] Today, the Cologne trade fair (Koelnmesse) ranks as a major European trade fair location with over 50 trade fairs [7] and other large cultural and sports events.
Cologne's hinterland in Germany gave it an added advantage over the other Hanseatic cities, and it became the largest city in Germany and the region. Cologne's central location on the Rhine placed it at the intersection of the major trade routes between east and west and was the basis of Cologne's growth. [17]
Johann Maria Farina 1685–1766 Letter for one of the orders of Farina's new fragrance, 1716. Giovanni Maria Farina (born 8 December 1685, Santa Maria Maggiore; Germanized name: Johann Maria Farina, Francized: Jean Marie Farina – 25 November 1766, Cologne) was an Italian-born perfumier in Germany who created the first Eau de Cologne.
He named his fragrance Eau de Cologne, in honour of his new hometown. [4] The Eau de Cologne created by Farina was used only as a perfume and delivered to "nearly all royal houses in Europe". [5] His ability to produce a constantly homogeneous fragrance consisting of dozens of monoessences was seen as a sensation at the time.
Cologne (perfume) or Eau de Cologne, a perfume originating from Cologne, Germany, also generically a type of perfume Perfume, as a generic term; Cologne (pigeon), a World War II RAF messenger pigeon; Cologne phonetics, a phonetic algorithm; Ford Cologne V6 engine, an automobile engine built in Germany by the Ford Motor Company
Cologne/Bonn Airport station is a four-track railway station on a loop off the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line that connects Cologne Bonn Airport to long-distance trains at least once an hour per direction, most of them ICE services. The station lies directly across both terminals under a large glass roof and features direct connections to ...
1991 - Cologne Conference (television and film festival) and Cologne Comedy Festival begin. 1992 - Cologne Festival of Early Music begins. 1993 Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum opens. Cologne Business School established. Ringfest begins. 1994 - Central Council of Muslims in Germany headquartered in city. [29] 1996 - Summerjam reggae festival begins. 1998
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 its internal ...