Topic - Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants. - Source: Wikipedia

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Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Fonrobert from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Command speaks to reporters about the events at the air force barracks in Wahn outside Cologne, Germany, Wednesday Aug. 14, 2024. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

Germany investigates possible unauthorized entry and sabotage at a military barracks

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FILE - Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, right, West Germany’s defender challenges for the ball with two Spanish players during their Soccer World Cup match at Villa Park, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom on July 20, 1966. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, who played for West Germany at four World Cups including the 1966 final, has died. He was 85. The German soccer federation and Schnellinger’s former club Cologne both confirmed Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/file)

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Bremen's Justin Njinmah, left, celebrates scoring with teammate Anthony Jung during the Bundesliga soccer match between FC Koln and Werder Bremen at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany, Friday Fab. 16, 2024. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP)

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FC Cologne Coach Steffen Baumgart gives instructions during the Bundesliga soccer match between Union Berlin and FC Cologne in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday Dec. 20, 2023. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)

Cologne loses Baumgart as coach on same day CAS confirms transfer ban

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Bayern Munich players celebrate winning the German championship after the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1.FC Cologne and FC Bayern Munich in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, May 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern’s last-gasp Bundesliga title win follows a season of controversy and turmoil

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Hertha's Lucas Tousart, left and Cologne's Julian Chabot vie for the ball, during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Cologne and Hertha Berlin at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, Friday, May 12, 2023. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Hertha Berlin loses 5-2 and edges toward Bundesliga relegation

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Cologne's coach Steffen Baumgart reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Cologne and SC Freiburg in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Cologne extends contract with coach Baumgart to 2025

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A participant of a rally of the initiative Maria 2.0 holds a poster with the inscription 'No offices for cover-ups' in front of the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 before the beginning of a penitential service of the archdiocese of Cologne in the course of coming to terms with sexual violence. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

Cologne Catholic churchs hold penance service on sex abuse

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A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Europe floods: Search for missing goes on as toll tops 90

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Frankfurt's Martin Hinteregger, left, stops Augsburg's Marco Richter in action during their German Bundesliga soccer match at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday April 20, 2021. P(rne Dedert/Pool via AP)

Schalke relegated, Bayern opens 10-point lead in Bundesliga

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Cologne's Sebastian Andersson, centre, and Mainz's Stefan Bell fight for the ball, during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Cologne and Mainz, at Rhein-Energie-Stadion, in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Funkel hired as coach at relegation-threatened Cologne

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Man jailed for sabotage of German high-speed railway line

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FILE - In this April 8, 2010 file photo a cross sits on top of a church in Berlin, Germany. A highly anticipated report commissioned by the Cologne archdiocese on church officials' handling of past cases of sexual abuse by clergy is set to be released. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

German archbishop offers to resign after abuse criticism

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Union's Grischa Proemel, right, and Cologne's Elvis Rexhbecaj, left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Union Berlin and 1. FC Cologne in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)

German club Cologne suspends training because of virus case

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A carnival reveler is watched by public order guards at the &quot;Alter Markt&quot; where normally tens of thousands of revelers dressed in carnival costumes would celebrate the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. This year all carnival celebrations are banned due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A subdued year for Germany’s Carnival, thanks to the virus

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