These include the high altar with an enormous monolithic slab of black limestone, believed to be the largest in any Christian church ... of Germany and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia guarantee ...

A German regional court on Tuesday ordered the Archdiocese of Cologne to pay €300,000 ... A far higher sum than Germany's Catholic Church dioceses have paid in voluntary, symbolic compensation ...

It wasn’t until 1821 that the Archdiocese of Cologne was reestablished (although the building was used as a parish church beginning in 1801). Nevertheless, the two towers of the cathedral were ...

That's where our famous cathedral is. It is one of the most visited sites in Germany. It took 750 years to build it. Cologne cathedral has the largest free-swinging bell in the world. It's called ...