One year later, the king laid the cornerstone for the continued construction of the Cathedral. Cologne Cathedral was finally finished in , years after construction originally commenced. The completion of the church was celebrated on October However, it took many years to fully restore the building.
In addition to the wounds from World War II, the damage caused by the weather and by pollution has to be repaired. Detailed information: www. Dezember, voll gesperrt oder ist nur eingleisig befahrbar.
Kurz vor dem Karnevalsauftakt am Erneut hat Anthony Modeste mit einem Doppelpack den 1. Beim Torjubel wurde es dann richtig wild. So fahren Busse und Bahnen am So fahren Busse und Bahnen. Die Hits von Querbeat gehen direkt ins Blut und machen ordentlich Stimmung.
In die Lanxess-Arena Keine Panik! Udo Lindenberg kommt in die Lanxess-Arena - und das gleich zweimal! It was she who requested from the Emperor to give her birthplace the status of a colonia: a city of Roman law. In the whole Roman Empire there were ca. However, no other referred to a woman in its name. Events of global importance took place in Roman Cologne. His reign, however, lasted for less than a year before he was overthrown again by his successor, Emperor Vespasian.
Remainders of his palace can be visited in the Praetorium Link. With an area of about one square kilometre ca. Remainders of some of its building still can be seen: city walls and a city gate, the Praetorium, remainders of the aqueduct, a sewer channel and remains of a bridge which was built under Emperor Constantine in the 4 th century.
As early as the 4 th century, the existence of a Christian bishop, Maternus, is verifiable. Frankish and Carolingian Period — In the Migration Period, Europe was constantly in motion and regions underwent permanent changes.
Roman cities and Roman infrastructure fell into disrepair. However, the Franks made use of some of the Roman structure in Cologne, for instance, of the Praetorium, which they used as their royal residence. During the 6 th century, Cologne was under constant attack by several tribes. Permanent dispute in the Merovingian Royal family caused their power to dwindle, while their Mayors of the Palace increasingly ran the affairs of state.
One of the most powerful of the Mayors of the Palace was Pepin of Herstal. In the Frankish period, the power of the bishops of Cologne increased. In the late 8th century ca. The Frankish cathedral was replaced by a Carolingian building. Henceforth, the Cologne archbishops were not only the spiritual leaders of the Church of Cologne, but also powerful worldly lords, and secular as well as ecclesiastical rulers of the city.
Under Bruno, Cologne, which had suffered a drastic decline since the Romans had left, once again became an important political, spiritual and artistic centre. Their mortal remains had been retrieved by St.
Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine, in the Holy Land in the 4 th century and later been brought to Milan. After the transfer of these most important relics in Christianity to Cologne, the goldsmith Nicholas of Verdun was commissioned to create a golden shrine for them. It was complete after ca. Then, in , the foundation stone was laid for what was meant to be a worthy sepulchre for the three holy kings: the Gothic Cathedral of St. This wall protected Cologne for the next years.
All goods which were transported along the Rhine had to be displayed for sale for three days, with a pre-emption for the Cologne merchants. Furthermore, charges were raised on the storing of the goods. This privilege made Cologne one of the wealthiest cities in Germany, and the local merchants always had first-class quality wares available. Their economic success made the Cologne citizens increasingly self-confident. This lead to constant quarrels with the archbishops, who still were rulers over the city.
Cologne , the Imperial City — The result of the battle of Worringen was that the citizens of Cologne stood on the winning side, whereas the archbishops had suffered a disastrous defeat.
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