Cölln (deu)

Cölln

Cölln ranks 1,690th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ardabil, Nuneaton, and Quedlinburg. Memorable people born in Cölln include Albert of Brandenburg, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg. Memorable people who died in Cölln include John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin. Cölln has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Cölln is located in Germany.

Cölln was the twin city of Old Berlin (Altberlin) from the 13th century to the 18th century. Cölln was located on the Fisher Island section of Spree Island, opposite Altberlin on the western bank of the River Spree, until the cities were merged by Frederick I of Prussia to form Berlin in 1710. Today, the former site of Cölln is the historic core of the modern Mitte locality of the Berlin-Mitte borough in central Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia