Cologne

Cologne is Germany’s fourth largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich) and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.

Cologne is located on both sides of the Rhine River. The University of Cologne is is one of Europe’s oldest and largest universities.

Cologne was originally founded and established by the Romans in 50 AD, under the name Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. It was the capital of the Roman province of Germania Inferior and the headquarters of the military in the region until occupied by the Franks in 462.

Links to Cologne

http://www.cologne-tourism.com/”
http://www.cologne.de/
http://eventful.com/cologne/events/