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Cologne Cathedral has two pipe organs by Klais Orgelbau: the Transept Organ, built in 1948, and the Nave Organ, built in 1998. [68] Cathedral organists have included Josef Zimmermann , Clemens Ganz (1985–2001) and Winfried Bönig (2001).
1227 - St. Gereon's Basilica built. 1247 - St. Kunibert church consecrated. 1248 - Cologne Cathedral construction begins. [1] 1250 - Great St. Martin Church built. 1259 - Konrad von Hochstaden (Archbishop of Cologne) expels the Richerzeche. [1] 1260 - Church of the Minorites built (approximate date). [4] 1288 - Battle of Worringen.
The tallest building in the world, as of 2025, is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The title of "world's tallest building" has been held by various buildings in modern times, including Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, and the Empire State Building and the original World Trade Center, both in New York City.
Year completed Use / Note Colonius: 266 m (873 ft) 1981 Telecommunications tower, Tallest structure in Cologne. Cologne Cathedral: 157.38 m (516 ft) 1880 Tallest twin-spired church in the world 1 Kölnturm: 148.5 m (487 ft) 43 2001 Tallest skyscraper in Cologne. With antenna spire 165.48 m (543 ft) tall 2 Colonia-Haus: 147 m (482 ft) 45 1973
Free Imperial City: Cologne coat of arms. The history of Cologne covers over 2000 years of urban history. In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"; since the Frankish rule it is known by derivatives of simply Colonia, including German Cöln (later Köln) and French (borrowed into English) Cologne.
They date from the last construction phase of Cologne Cathedral around 1880, although the plans still go back to master builder Ernst Friedrich Zwirner († 1861), who based his plans on the original, medieval façade plan F. In this design, the finials were to have a diameter of 5.20 metres.
In 795, the pope raised Cologne to archiepiscopal status. The dioceses of Utrecht , Liège , Münster , Minden , Osnabrück , and Bremen were made suffragan. Hildebold began the construction of an extension of Cologne Cathedral that was only completed in 870, which in later times was called the Hildebold Cathedral.
The Cologne Cathedral quarter (German: Domumgebung) is the area immediately surrounding Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. When the Gothic cathedral was built, it was closely surrounded by houses and smaller churches. When the cathedral was completed in 1880 as a national symbol, it was freed from adjacent structures ...