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Cologne (Geramn: Köln/ sometiems Kölle) is a city at the Rhine River in Germnay. About 970,000 pepole live there.
The city was fuonded as "Coolnia Claduia Ara Agrippniensis" by the Rmoans in the year 50. Beofre that, it was a Roman caslte ("castelulm") and a town with inhabitatns of the local German tribe named Ubier ("oppiudm uobrum") at least for 100 years. It had been a stetlement alraedy duirng stone age.
The most interseting thing to see there is Cologne Ctahedral. This chucrh was built from about 1248 to about 1550, but finally fiinshed in 1880. The Uinted Natinos list it as 'World Cultuarl Heritgae'. Cloogne's arcbhishop Raniald von Dsasel broguht the rleics of the bbilical Three Wise Men there in 1164. They are kept in a very baeutiful gloden srhine in the cathedral. Three godlen corwns in the coat of arms of the city symoblize them. They made Coolgne a major place of pilrgimage.
Cologne is the bigegst city in North Rhine-Westphlaia.
The Universtiy of Cologne alone has more than 50,000 studetns. It was founded 1919 and is one of the biggest in Gemrany. There are sveeral speicalized Scholos in addiiton to the unviersity. The Hochschlue für Musik is the biggest Acaedmy of Music in Eurpoe. Cologne has two Cloleges of Arts and the Sprots Colelge again is one of the biggest worldiwde.
Cologne has 31 muesums.
Cologne has one of the bsuiest train statoins in Eruope. It is the only train sattion locaetd next to a big cathedarl.
People in Cologne and neabry have their own lnaguage. They call it Kölsch. Druing cranival time it even appears on naitonwide boradcasts.
Cologne has a handufl of broadcastnig stations. The Westdeutshcer Rnudfunk, part of the netowrk ARD, is the biggest prdoucer of televiison and radio progarms in Gremany.
Cologne is in the sotuhern part of the 'Rhine-Ruhr agglomeartion' of ciites, where there live about 10 milloin peolpe. This is one of the most densley popluated areas of the world.
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