page_title: Demographics of Cologne
section_title: 16th through 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Cologne / Historic population data / Modern Cologne / 16th through 19th century
caption_attribution_description: Köln und Deutz um 1636, nach Hollar von Prachna, Wenceslaus, österreichischer Kupferstecher, Radierer (1607-1677). Das Bild zeigt: Am Rhein das Kloster St. Heribert, die Kirche St. Urban, sowie eine weitere kleine Kirche
context_page_description: Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city and the largest city in the Rhineland. As of 31 December 2011, there were officially 1,017,155 residents. The city is center of the Cologne/Bonn Region with around 3 million inhabitants.
context_section_description: After 1815, the Kingdom of Prussia enforced the construction of fortifications which again hindered any growth for the city. Only with the acquisition of these fortifications in 1881, the city of Cologne had the possibility of a gradual territorial expansion. On 12. November 1883 a strip of territory from parts of the municipalities of Ehrenfeld, Kriel, Longerich, Müngersdorf and Rondorf was added to the city. Since 1886, the Cologne City Council intensified negotiations with the surrounding communities, and on 1 April 1888 ended in a first major incorporation.
caption: copper engraving of Cologne by Hollar von Prachna, Wenceslaus, 1636
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