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Long before Cologne Cathedral was listed as UNESCO World Heritage, it played an important part in the development of an international heritage consciousness. The paper sketches the multidirectional ways in which the cathedral was fashioned internationally.
- Astrid Swenson
This interpretation of Cologne Cathedral as a failed national monument has had far-reaching implications for the wider historiography on national- ism, memory and heritage, not only in Germany.
- Astrid Swenson
- 2015
Carnival, Politics, and Contested Meanings Throughout the nineteenth century, the localist valence of meaning in Cologne Carnival enjoyed a ubiquitous presence. Though the romantic reformers helped solidify this localist sentiment, they were certainly not the inventors of the idea of Carnival as a localist tradition.
A 1903 reference from a Cologne carnivalist may explain public hesitancy to latch onto such an interpretation, insisting that the crest flames came from a far too “serious” background to be connected to Carnival.
This interpretation of Cologne Cathedral as a failed national monument has had far- reaching implications for the wider historiography on nationalism, memory and heritage, not only in Germany.
Jan 30, 2016 · As the city’s traditionally liberal identity is challenged, we meet those on the right who stand to gain. Cologne has traditionally been considered an unwelcoming place for the far right, but ...
Jan 1, 2019 · With 40,000 people living within the walls of Cologne, it was the biggest and most densely populated city in the country. By the beginning of the 14th century, Cologne had become a centre for religious, intellectual and artistic life, attracting many eminent scholars.
