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Cologne
Cologne is a city on the Rhine in western Germany, founded as a Roman colony and an important centre of the Roman Empire's Rhine frontier. In the Middle Ages its archbishop was one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire. It was also one of the largest and wealthiest cities of medieval Germany.
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