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Cologne (/ k ə ˈ l oʊ n / ⓘ, kə-LOHN; German: Köln ⓘ; Kölsch: Kölle ⓘ) 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 was at the centre of the 2015–16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany. A controversy started after Muslims in Cologne sought to build the Cologne Central Mosque, which was completed in 2017. [98] Most important for the history of Cologne since the Middle Ages is the Cologne City Archive, which was the largest in Germany. Its ...
The Original Eau de Cologne 4711 is named after its location at Glockengasse No. 4711. It was also developed in the 18th century by Wilhelm Mülhens and produced in Cologne since at least 1799 and is therefore probably one of the oldest fragrances still produced in the world.
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.
2014 - Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki succeeds Joachim Cardinal Meisner as archbishop of Cologne; 2015 - Henriette Reker becomes first female mayor of Cologne, one day after an assassination attempt on her at a market in Braunsfeld; 2015-2016 - 2015-16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany; 2017 May: City co-hosts the 2017 IIHF World ...
In the early 18th century, Johann Maria Farina (1685–1766), an Italian living in Cologne, Germany, created a fragrance. He named it Eau de Cologne ("water from Cologne") after his new home. Over the next century, the fragrance became increasingly popular.
The completion of Germany's largest cathedral was celebrated as a national event on 15 October 1880, 632 years after construction had begun. [35] The celebration was attended by Emperor Wilhelm I . With a height of 157.38 m (516.3 ft), it was the tallest building in the world for four years until the completion of the Washington Monument .
The Cologne Ring is a composition of several roads and squares, for which it is known in German in the plural form (Ringe). The sections are named after people and personalities of the history of Cologne and Germany. The following is a list of these sections, clockwise from south to north: