Land: North Rhine-Westphalia
This old cathedral city on the Rhine (which is spanned by eight bridges within the city limits) is one of the most important traffic junctions and commercial centers in western Germany. The highway encircling Cologne provides a link between ten highways, numerous
international trade fairs are held in the city, and there is much shipping traffic between its river port and the North Sea. Cologne is the see of an archbishop and a university town, with several higher educational establishments in addition to its University.