Cologne

Country

Kingdom of Prussia

Coordinates

50.9422, 6.9578

History

• Cologne (–50)
• Cologne (50–395), Roman Empire
• Cologne (395–462), Western Roman Empire
• Cologne (462–843), Francia
• Cologne (843–953), East Francia
• Cologne (953–1288), Electorate of Cologne
• Cologne (1288–1801), Holy Roman Empire
• Cologne (1801–1815), First French Empire
• Cologne (1815–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Cologne (1871–1919), German Empire
• Cologne (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Cologne (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Cologne (1945–1949), allied-occupied Germany
• Cologne (1949–1990), West Germany
• Cologne (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Bernhard Klein (1793–1832), was born in Cologne
• Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840), was born in Cologne
• Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885), died in Cologne
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), was born in Cologne
• Max Bruch (1838–1920), was born in Cologne
• Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925), was born in Cologne
• Richard Franck (1858–1938), was born in Cologne
• Walter Braunfels (1882–1954), died in Cologne
• Werner Wolf Glaser (1910–2006), was born in Cologne
• Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008), died in Cologne
• Pierre Kolp (1969–), was born in Cologne