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The city was burnt down by Vikings in the winter of 881/2. In the early 10th century, the dukes of Lorraine seceded from East Francia. Cologne passed to East Francia but was soon reconquered by Henry the Fowler, deciding its fate as a city of the Holy Roman Empire (and eventually Germany) rather than France.
310 - Bridge built over Rhine. 313 - Catholic diocese of Cologne established (approximate date). [2] 451 - The Huns under Attila sack Cologne. 459 - Ripuarian Franks take power. 475 - Becomes the residence of the Frankish king Childeric I. [1] 716 - Battle of Cologne. 795 - City becomes Archbishop's see.
2004–06. Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] ⓘ, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of ...
Website. historischesarchivkoeln.de. The Historical Archive of the City of Cologne (‹See Tfd› German: Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, or Kölner Stadtarchiv for short) is the municipal archive of Cologne, Germany. It ranks among the largest communal archives in Europe. A municipal archive has existed in Cologne since the Middle Ages.
The Cologne V6 was designed to be compatible in installation with the Ford Taunus V4 engine, having the same transmission bolt pattern, the same engine mounts, and in many versions, a cylinder head featuring "siamesed" exhaust passages, which reduced the three exhaust outlets down to two on each side. The latter feature was great for ...
In 1340, a terrible pestilence arrived in Europe. The Black Death had not reached Cologne until December 1349 [29] However, reports of its devastating impact arrived on the Rhine from the south considerably earlier. Ultimately, between 30 and 60% of the European population died from the epidemic, provoking fears of an apocalyptic nature.
The Cologne rail node is at the centre of eleven routes radiating in all directions. More than 280,000 arriving and departing passengers are estimated to use 1,200 trains daily. [ 12 ] Cologne Hauptbahnhof, together with the Hohenzollern Bridge is a key bottleneck for rail transport in the Cologne region.
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.