Cölln

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Cölln was a historic town on the River Spree that, together with Berlin, formed the core of what later became the city of Berlin.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cölln canonical 11
Cölln an der Spree 3
Kölln 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement
historic town
part of Berlin
adjacentTo Friedrichswerder, Berlin
surface form: Berlin (Alt-Berlin)
connectedBy Mühlendamm bridge
surface form: Mühlendamm causeway
country Margraviate of Brandenburg
demolishedStructures Petrikirche
economy crafts
fishing
trade
firstMentionedAs Colonia
firstMentionedInYear 1237
formedCoreOf Berlin
historic city of Berlin-Cölln
foundedInCentury 13th century
governedBy city council
hasPart Breite Straße
Fischerinsel
Schlossplatz area
heritage considered birthplace of Berlin
historicalRegion Brandenburg
historicalStatus independent town
sister city of Berlin
language German
Middle Low German
laterBecame part of Berlin-Mitte borough
locatedIn Berlin
Holy Roman Empire
present-day Germany
locatedNear Mühlendamm bridge
locatedOn River Spree
Spree Island
mergedWith Berlin
modernRemnant Fischerinsel neighborhood
street name Breite Straße in Berlin-Mitte
notableBuilding Berlin City Palace
surface form: Berlin City Palace (Berliner Schloss)

Cölln town hall
St. Peter’s Church (Petrikirche)
nowPartOf Berlin AB
surface form: Berlin city centre

Mitte district
partOf Alt-Berlin
religion Christianity
toponymOrigin Latin colonia
twinSettlementWith Berlin
unificationCentury 18th century
unifiedInto Berlin
urbanDevelopment densely built waterfront
medieval street pattern

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin mergedWith Cölln
Elector Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg birthPlace Cölln
subject surface form: Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg
Elector Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg residence Cölln
subject surface form: Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg
Electorate of Brandenburg capital Cölln
this entity surface form: Kölln
Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel deathPlace Cölln
this entity surface form: Cölln an der Spree
Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel residence Cölln
this entity surface form: Cölln an der Spree
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg residence Cölln
this entity surface form: Kölln
Albert of Brandenburg birthPlace Cölln
this entity surface form: Cölln an der Spree
Alt-Berlin adjacentTo Cölln
this entity surface form: Cölln (historic town)
Petrikirche locatedIn Cölln
Cölln town hall locatedIn Cölln