Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Adenauer

When Konrad Adenauer was mayor of Cologne in the 1920s the "Inneren und Äußeren Grüngürtel", the inner and outer green belt was created, on the premises of former fortresses. The "Äußere Grüngürtel", crossed by the Militärring ("military ring"), runs all around Cologne. Here are large parks where the citizens may walk their dogs, jog or have a picnic. There are some artifical lakes. The "Kalscheurer Weiher" is one of them. Some years ago a local initiative took over the abandoned kiosk, rebuild it, revitalized the terasses and even repaired the old rowing boats, that in summer can be rented out. kalscheurer-weiher.de

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". The University of Cologne was established in 1388 and existed until 1798, when the university was abolished by the French, who had invaded Cologne in 1794. In 1919 the university got re-established and with more than 50.000 students is one of the large universities in Germany. The charta was signed in 1919 by Cologne Mayor Konrad Adenauer, who later became Chancellor of Germany (1949–1963). The main building (here seen from the eastern "garden side"), erected in 1934, is embellished with an astronomical clock .