Germany (Cologne)

I wanted to add a bit more history that I found today concerning the Jews who’ve lived in Cologne. We talked about these brass markers in the sidewalk I found the night we arrived. Well, today wandering around the Dom,…

The site of Cologne Cathedral has been occupied by Christian churches since about the 4th century. An older cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1248, and immediately thereafter work began on the present cathedral, which was designed in the Gothic…

Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million including surrounding areas. Cologne is worth visiting for…