Cologne Cathedral: Then and Now
Gothic cathedral begun in 1248 and finished only in 1880; it survived heavy bombing in the Second World War.
Historical view
Today
Key facts
| Country today | Germany |
| Status | Standing |
| Date | 1248 |
| Nearest city on the map | Aachen (about 64 km) |
| Location | 50.941° N, 6.958° E |
Cologne CathedralOpen Cologne Cathedral in the interactive map
Who ruled this place
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–401 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400 BC–324 BC | Hallstatt culture |
| 323 BC–2 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 1 BC–299 | Roman Empire |
| 300–399 | Rome (Constantinus) |
| 400–499 | Franks |
| 500–599 | Saxons |
| 600–799 | Frankish Kingdom |
| 800–899 | Carolingian Empire |
| 900–999 | East Francia |
| 1000–1782 | Holy Roman Empire |
| 1783–1879 | Prussia |
| 1880–1913 | Germany |
| 1914–1919 | German Empire |
| 1920–1944 | Germany |
| 1945–1959 | Germany (UK) |
| 1960–1993 | West Germany |
| 1994–today | Germany |
Other landmarks nearby
Aachen CathedralStanding · AD 796
BastilleLost · 1370
Notre-Dame de ParisStanding · 1163
Tuileries PalaceLost · 1564
Neuschwanstein CastleStanding · 1886
Dresden FrauenkircheRebuilt · 1743
Battles and sites nearby
- Münster · 1648
- Maastricht · 1992