Cologne - St. Nikolaus

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior".

Cologne´s population growth end of the 19th century was immense, near villages got incorporated into the city. In 1852 Cologne had about 100.000 citizens, in 1900 there were about 370.000. So not only homes, but as well churches were built.

The neo-Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Nicholas, was erected 1903 - 1909 on a site, where a small Nicholas chapel had existed upto the 15th century. The massive church is sometimes dubbed "Sülzer Dom".