The Aktiengesellschaft Cologne Zoological Garden is the zoo of Cologne, Germany. Being the third oldest zoo in Germany, it features over 10,000 animals of more than 850 species on more than 20 hectares. The internationally renowned zoo with an attached aquarium and invertebrate exhibit is active in preservational breeding of animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. In addition, in-the-wild conservation efforts and research focussing on animals of Madagascar, Wallacea, and Vietnam are actively promoted and supported via cooperation with Cologne University and local projects, such as in the case of Przewalski's horses.
The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region. The term Stadtbahn denotes a system that encompasses elements of trams as well as an underground railway network (U-Bahn) and interurban rail, even including three lines that are licensed as heavy rail and used by freight trains as well as Stadtbahn vehicles. Two of these lines connect the Cologne Stadtbahn to the Bonn Stadtbahn. These lines are jointly operated by both cities' transport authorities, resulting in both systems and the lines connecting them sometimes collectively referred to as Stadtbahn Rhein-Sieg.
The Pascha, one of the largest brothels in the world and the largest in Europe, is a brothel in Cologne, Germany; it has 120 prostitutes, over 80 supporting-role employees and up to 1,000 customers per day.
Sylvia Stolz is a German Neo-Nazi, convicted Holocaust denier and former lawyer.
The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (KStA) is a German daily newspaper published in Cologne, and has the largest circulation in the Cologne–Bonn Metropolitan Region. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger has a base of over 100 contributing editors and a wide network of correspondents for local and regional news reporting.
Necati "Neco" Arabaci is a Turkish-German outlaw biker, gangster and high-ranking member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who was formerly active in Cologne, Germany and now lives in Dubai. In 2002, he was arrested in Germany for pimping, human trafficking, assault, extortion, weapons violations, and racketeering. He confessed during his trial in 2004 and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was released in 2007 and deported to Turkey.
Christian Clemens is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger.
The Theodor Wolff Prize is a German journalism prize. It has been awarded annually since 1962 in five categories, equal prizes of €6,000, by the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers. In addition, at irregular intervals, journalists are awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for their life's work.
Simone Augustin also Simone Roßkamp is a German journalist and author.
Gregor Edelmann is a German journalist, screenwriter and dramaturge based in Berlin.
Detlef Seif is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2009.
Vera Ludwig is a German poet.
The Kölnische Rundschau is a regional, independent daily newspaper for the Cologne/Bonn area. It is edited by Cologne Heinen-Verlag, which has its own independent local editorial office. The production of the national section was taken over by the Bonn General-Anzeiger during the first quarter of 2010. In the first quarter of 2018, the joint edition with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger sold 251,994 copies, a loss of 40% since 1999.
On 2 April 2017, a young woman was raped by a stranger at the Siegaue nature reserve in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The case received a lot of media coverage because of the perpetrator's status as an illegal immigrant and failed asylum seeker.
Joachim Blüher is a German art historian and cultural manager. Since 2002 he has been the director of the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome.
Markus Herbrand is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017, representing the Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II district.
Heribert Hirte is a German legal scholar and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 until 2021.
Sanae Abdi is a German-Moroccan lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Cologne I since the 2021 federal election. She is the first person born in Morocco to serve in the Bundestag.
Marie-Luise Scherer was a German writer and journalist.
On 28 July 1995, a hostage-taking occurred during a sight-seeing tour in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A gunman held 22 passengers hostage on a parked tourist bus after killing the bus driver. The hostage situation lasted for seven hours. He injured a passenger as well as a police officer outside with gunshots, then fatally shot another hostage. The gunman was fatally shot when police stormed the bus.
