Underworld Tour Cologne – Cologne Underground
Submerge in the Cologne underground underworlds of Cologne Cologne has always been a city of great importance. Empress Agrippina, none other than the mother of the infamous Emperor Nero, is the founder of the city of the Roman Colonia. Born here let them appoint Cologne the capital of later reinforcements from a Germanic settlement. Her name – CCAA – Colonia Claudia ARA Agrippinensium ruled during the middle ages the powerful archbishops, as well as the rich Cologne merchants the Hillige CAI. The Holy City was a popular pilgrimage destination through the relics of the three Holy Kings, Cologne is the city in which one the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world built.
The Cologne Archbishop crowned the German kings and was a direct Messenger of the Pope, but also men of the city and often a relative and friend of the mighty Emperor of Germany. Deeply hidden under the earth thus past buildings and remains bear witness to the size of the old Cologne. There are traces of 2000 years of history, impressive relics as well as underground ruins verganger times, can bring back the history of the oldest city in Germany. If there are almost three meters thick city walls of the once-impressive Roman fortification, the Cologne with comprised about 4 km in length or the Cloaka Maxima, a Roman sewer of over 100 m in length, the Praetorium, once the Governor Palace of the Romans in Germania, the oldest stone monument in Germany from the time of the Governor of Varus or the Bapitsterium, the Ubiermonument, one of 2 early Christian baptismal font of in Germany. In the underground of Cologne, a very special journey is possible. It seems as if the history in Cologne never dries up. The whole thing with the splendour and glory of the middle ages is crowned. Not only the Cathedral testifies to the former glory of Cologne, but also the Mikvah, a depth of 17 m to bestaunendes Jewish ritual bath from the formerly biggest Jewish settlement North of the Alps.
Various guided tours such as in tales of the city Cologne by have made it up to the task to revive the traces of bygone times. If there are medieval or Roman relics or whether a special topic in the foreground are like the Caesars and barbarians, or technology of antiquity. Worth a visit under professional guidance. Tales of the city Cologne Christine Schauerte M.A.. – historian and Italianistin von-Sparr-str. 50, 51063 Cologne E-Mail: Internet: