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   The Imperial City of Cologne: From Roman Colony to Medieval Metropolis (19 B.C.–1125 A.D.) is an urban history of Cologne from its imperial Roman origins as a northeastern frontier military outpost to a medieval metropolis on the German Empire's northwestern border.

2. www.aup.nl › the-imperial-city-of-cologneThe Imperial City of Cologne | Amsterdam University Press

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   The Imperial City of Cologne: From Roman Colony to Medieval Metropolis (19 B.C.-1125 A.D.) is an urban history of Cologne from its imperial Roman origins as a northeastern frontier military outpost to a medieval metropolis on the German Empire’s northwestern border.

   • Author: Joseph Huffman
   • Released on: September 20, 2018

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3. www.degruyter.com › document › doiThe Imperial City of Cologne - De Gruyter

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   Sep 20, 2018 · This first history of Cologne available in English challenges received notions of late Roman ethnic identities, a Dark Age collapse of urban life, devastating Viking and Magyar incursions, and the origins of medieval urban government.

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   The paper examines international involvement in the completion of Germany’s most famous ‘national monument’. Long before Cologne Cathedral was listed as UNESCO World Heritage, it played an important part in the development of an international.

   • Author: Astrid Swenson

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   The Age of Imperial Bishops I: Ottonian Ducal Archbishops and Imperial Kin (925-1024) Download. XML. The Age of Imperial Bishops II: Early Salian Archchancellors and Urban Patrons (1024-1056) Download. XML. The Great Pivot: Herrschaft meets Gemeinde in the Pontificate of Anno II (1056-1075) Download. XML.

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   Oct 15, 2024 · Cologne’s history as a free imperial city ended when it was taken by France in 1794, and, when the archbishop elector died in 1801, the see was left vacant and not restored until 1821. In 1815 Cologne passed to Prussia , and from that time a new era of prosperity began.

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   When did Cologne become a free city?

   • Cologne’s history as a free imperial city ended when it was taken by France in 1794, and, when the archbishop elector died in 1801, the see was left vacant and not restored until 1821. In 1815 Cologne passed to Prussia, and from that time a new era of prosperity began.

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   Is Cologne a modern city?

   • As a result, Cologne is a quite modern city, though remnants of its rich history, dating from Roman times, can still be found. Straddling the banks of the Rhine, this city is one of the most-visited destinations in Germany and there are plenty of great tourist attractions in Cologne, both ancient and new.

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   When did Cologne become a city?

   • In 1815 Cologne passed to Prussia, and from that time a new era of prosperity began. A wide range of industries flourished, and a chamber of commerce was established, the oldest in Germany. When the railways were built, Cologne’s geographic position made the city an ideal railway centre. The population grew from 41,685 in 1801 to 372,529 in 1900.

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   When did Cologne become a Christian city?

   • A Christian community existed in Cologne probably as early as the 2nd century, and the town is first mentioned as a bishopric in 313. Charlemagne made it an archbishopric in the late 8th century; by the 10th century the archbishop dominated the city, receiving a wide range of tolls, customs duties, and other payments.

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   What was Cologne known for?

   • It was a prominent member of the mercantile Hanseatic League, and its merchants had probably the most extensive connections and the most varied trade of all the German towns. Crafts included textile manufacturing, bookmaking, leatherworking, enameling, and metalworking, the work of Cologne’s goldsmiths being particularly fine.

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   What happened to Cologne in WW2?

   • By 1939 the population had reached 768,352. In World War II, Cologne sustained 262 air raids. There were 20,000 casualties, and the city was left in ruins, with nearly all the dwellings in the old town damaged and 91 out of 150 churches destroyed. In March 1945, the war’s end for Cologne, the population had sunk to 40,000.

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   May 17, 2021 · The first, governed by the Roman city’s need for Germanic foederati to protect it from other Germanic peoples across the Rhine, involved the settlement of the Franks after they conquered the city in 355, and before them, in the first century AD, of the Ubians.