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  • Some 3,000 police had been drafted in and part of the old city sealed off as authorities appealed for peaceful protests against a two-day congress called by the far-right group Pro-Koeln (Pro-Cologne).

    German police halt anti-mosque protest 2008

  • Switching to use of “Muslim,” just because many or even most Moslems use it, is as foolish as pronouncing Nicaragua as neek-ah-rawgh-gwaah the way newscasters used to in the 1980s, or coming back from a European vacation and talking about Koeln and Venezia rather than Cologne and Venice.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Arab Christian Group Sues Over Anti-Leafleting Rule at Arab International Festival on Dearborn (Michigan) City Property: 2009

  • Cliff: Me too; I think I just need to find a local to give me a perspective on the parts of Koeln I would probably like.

    Aaaaaaaaaaachen! (And Cologne/Koeln!) C N Heidelberg 2009

  • If you call the capital of Austria Wien, not Vienna, in Osterreich, not Austria, and you want to see the cathedrals of Koeln, not Cologne, then I might listen to a counterpoint.

    The Peter Principle - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009

  • A recording collector over at A Closet of Curiosities has posted an old recording of church bells pealing all around Germany - bells in Aachen, bells in Koeln, bells in Ulm, bells in Muenchen, even bells from right next door in Speyer.

    Archive 2008-07-01 C N Heidelberg 2008

  • I lernt my Deutsch the same way yoo did, so my grammer is not so presice an buch-learn-ed; 2 yrs of collig German, then lift in Koeln mostly for 16 munths.

    When 900 years old you reach - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Last weekend we had a great visit from my friend Mary, who came over from the States, spent a few days in Koeln, and then came down to Heidelberg.

    Archive 2008-03-01 C N Heidelberg 2008

  • Last weekend we had a great visit from my friend Mary, who came over from the States, spent a few days in Koeln, and then came down to Heidelberg.

    Snow!! And, unrelatedly, Baden-Baden. C N Heidelberg 2008

  • A recording collector over at A Closet of Curiosities has posted an old recording of church bells pealing all around Germany - bells in Aachen, bells in Koeln, bells in Ulm, bells in Muenchen, even bells from right next door in Speyer.

    A church bell fix for those not in Germany C N Heidelberg 2008

  • The Loreley is also the name of a Deutsche Bahn InterCity train, likely because the train's route from Stuttgart to Koeln takes it right through the region where the Loreley sits.

    Archive 2007-03-01 C N Heidelberg 2007

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