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Cologne (in German: Köln [kœln]; in kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœɫə]) is the fourth largest city in Germany, preceded by Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and the most populous within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, although Düsseldorf is the state capital. Founded in the year 38 a. C. as Oppidum Ubiorum ("City of the Ubios"), was later declared a Roman colony with the name of Colony Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in reference to Empress Agrippina, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Nero.
It is an important economic and cultural center of international importance and represents one of the most important enclaves of the artistic world. It is famous for being the headquarters of the most spectacular carnival in the country. It is also the headquarters of many associations, media companies and numerous television, record and publishing networks. Its importance resides in part in its most emblematic monument: the cathedral, its history of more than 2000 years, its numerous international events, such as its culture and gastronomy that make it one of the most visited destinations in Europe. The University of Cologne (about 50,000 students), the Higher Technical School of Cologne (about 25,000 students) and other higher schools represent the great educational and research importance within the Rhine-Ruhr region.
The excellent location on the Rhine River, in the middle of the main trade routes between east and west, as a secular headquarters as an Imperial Free City as well as its ecclesiastical power through the archbishopric in the Holy Roman Empire, earned him great prestige and importance in the country. As a Hanseatic city, it gained much commercial importance through free trade with the rest of the Hansa. Its importance as a nerve center of communications continues today with the large number of train passengers leaving each day from the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof), and the Köln Eifeltor station, which is one of the largest railway loading yards for transport of merchandise The railway infrastructure is complemented by four interior ports for trains. Air transport is also important in the city due to the Cologne / Bonn airport.

Cologne Cathedral (in German, Kölner Dom - officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter -) is a Gothic-style Catholic temple, it was built in 1248 and was not completed until 1880. It is located in the center of the city of Cologne. With its 157 meters high it was the tallest building in the world until the culmination of the Washington Monument in 1884, 170 meters. It is the most visited monument in Germany. [Citation needed] It is also the seat of the archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the archdiocese of Cologne.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1996.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (German: Luft, "air", and Hansa) is a German airline based in Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia), considered since 2009 as the largest airline in Europe. Its base airport Frankfurt am Main with the Munich International Airport as the second axis of operations. Their hangars for repairs are in Hamburg.
Lufthansa was founded in Cologne in 1953, although it has a history since 1926, in the interwar period. In 1966 it was publicly traded for the first time and until 1994 the Federal Government of Germany still owned 34% of the shares. Since 1997 the entire company is in private hands.
Lufthansa flights have the IATA code LH and their ICAO code is DLH. International flights to Germany receive an odd number and those from Germany receive an even number.
Deutsche Lufthansa, together with the airlines Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines System, Thai Airways International and United Airlines, is one of the founding members of the Star Alliance airline alliance, and has a customer loyalty program whose name is Miles and More .
The company was awarded in 2010 with the Best European Airline award in the World Airline Award.

Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichs-Platz GmbH (literally, 'Johann Maria Farina, in front of Jülich Square'), often simply abbreviated Farina gegenüber, was created by Juan María Farina in the first half of the 18th century, and today it is the oldest perfume factory in the world.
It is located in Cologne, Germany, and its symbol is a red tulip.
The company name was used for a long time in French: «Jean Marie Farina vis-à-vis the Place Juliers depuis 1709».
Farina was the official perfume supplier of many royal houses in Europe.
The perfume factory continues to operate today, run by the Farina family in its eighth generation. In the Farina House, the birthplace of Eau de Cologne, is the Perfume Museum.

The Abbey of St. Heriberto (in German: Abtei Deutz) was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1003 and abolished in Napoleon's time, located in Deutz (now part of Cologne as Cologne-Deutz, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany .

The Ludwig Museum (in German, Museum Ludwig) is an art museum in Germany, one of the most important museums in the city of Cologne. It contains a wide variety of works of the twentieth and twenty-first century, from abstract art, German expressionism and surrealism to Pop Art (which houses the largest collection outside the United States). It also has one of the most important collections of Pablo Picasso in Europe, and in particular, the largest in Germany.

The European Air Safety Agency (in English, European Aviation Safety Agency or EASA) is an agency of the European Union formed from the former JAA (in English, Joint Aviation Authorities). It began to operate in 2003 from the European Regulation (1592/2002). At present, this first regulation has been repealed. It is based in Cologne (Germany), and has more than 600 employees from all over Europe. As the agency becomes stronger in the future, more contracts with specialists and administrators will be carried out. The main function of this agency is to unify the common airworthiness standards in the Member States of the European Union, as well as ensuring environmental protection in civil aviation. Other missions that this agency has are:

Ensure the highest level of security for the inhabitants of the European Union (EU). Ensure the highest level of environmental protection. Individual certification and regulation processes between member states. Facilitate the internal aviation market and create conditions of equality. Work with other international aviation organizations and regulators. Among the tasks that the agency has are the following:

Project for the development of standards in all areas relevant to the mission of the EASA.Certify and approve products and organizations, in fields where the EASA has exclusive competence, such as airworthiness.Provide support and supervision to the member states for fields in which the EASA has shared competences. Promote the use of European and international standards. Cooperate with international participants to achieve the highest level of security for the inhabitants of the European Union.

The Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Wallraf-Richartz Museum) is one of the three main museums in Cologne, Germany.
It is a gallery with a collection of fine arts from medieval times to the beginning of the 20th century.
Part of his collection was used to create the Ludwig Museum in 1976.

Cologne Central Station (in German, Köln Hauptbahnhof, abbreviation: Köln Hbf) is the main train station in the German city of Cologne. It is located immediately north of the city's biggest tourist attraction, the Cologne Cathedral, next to the left bank of the Rhine, connected to the other bank by the Hohenzollern Bridge, which leads directly to the Cologne-Deutz station.
The station is an important national and international link point with multiple local, regional and international lines, including connections to Moscow (direct line), Copenhagen, Naples, London and other destinations, with a high-speed line, the Thalys train, to Paris via Brussels. In total, 1,230 trains pass through it daily, of which 243 are long-distance, with a daily average of 250,000 passengers.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in Spanish, "West German Broadcaster"), by its acronym WDR and legally known as Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, is the public radio and television company that serves North Rhine-Westphalia.
WDR is part of the ARD, the joint organization of public broadcasters in Germany, and is the group that contributes most to it. At the regional level, it manages eleven radio stations (six in open signal and five digital) and a television channel.
Although WDR was created in 1956, it owes its origin to a previous broadcaster, Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, created in 1945 at the end of World War II. Ten years later, its division into two companies was agreed: WDR for North Rhine-Westphalia and NDR for Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.

Kolumba is the museum of sacred art of the archdiocese of Cologne, Germany. It was inaugurated on September 14, 2007. The Museum is a modern building built by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
The ruin of the old Church of Santa Columba was integrated into the building.
It is one of the main museums of the city.

The Roman-Germanic Museum (or RGM, in German: Römisch-Germanisches Museum) is an important archaeological museum located in Cologne, in Germany. Opened in 1974, it is located near the Cologne Cathedral, on the site of a Roman villa from the 3rd century, discovered in 1941 during the excavation of an air raid shelter.

TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences (in German Technische Hochschule Köln) is a higher technical university of sciences based in Cologne (Germany). It was founded in 1971, was created by the union of several similar schools that ended up joining, the oldest of them was the Royal Provincial School of Commerce founded in 1833, and renamed as School of Commerce of the City of Cologne on 15 December 1879. It has more than 25,000 students and 420 teachers. TH Köln offers a total of 90 degrees and masters. It is the largest university of applied sciences in Germany by number of students.