What do the ancient Romans have to do with Carnival? What role does the number 11 play? We dig deep into the roots of the rituals of the Cologne Carnival.

In 1952, when he was 7 years old, his parents returned to ... Jews lived in Cologne until being expelled from the city in 1423. It was not until 1798, during the French occupation, that they ...

The song is a musical declaration of love from a group of passionate residents of Cologne: the rapper Mo-Torres, the band Cat Ballou and soccer idol Lukas Podolski. The 31-year-old Podolski supplied ...