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Show 1 ' i01 Z 6 s 1I s sr , r _ , 4 ' 4 4Z 4J , J , r , w I r btcr btcrJHINELAND * JHINELAND CITIES x v .r r . . . t tw1/ytx tw1 ytx tw1ytxKoln's / Koln's Kolns ' Cathedral DomInates the Rhine Rhiner r Prepared Prepare " by bs ' Isatlonal r-.o.tlono\ ro.tlono r .o.tlono otlono rational r.o.tlonoOeo - . . . \ Geopriphle Oeocraphlc Oeo raph\c raph c \ ; SocietyVVolilncton Society , . a1 \ IL8hln ashtngton * ton D G-'V G 'V V C-w1U C w1U . C . . - ' W\U W U \ . U ServlcoM ServlcoNl ServiceM Service1N1 Sorvico Servlco Service Sorvico'X 'X X 'XfVN ' /fVN fVN \Nl Nl 1N1 \ of the cities clues tll th tint tt it Hill Hillbe \ I1J I1Jbe M | will\/j will j \ / / be afTectcd arrectcd affected economically cconomlcaJly bythe bythe by " - the recent rccent movement of ofNazi ofNazi ofNazi Nazi troopb troop troops : . are "ell ell well " w oil hnon known know hno\\ hno \ n to Amer AmerIcans Amerleans Amerleans Icans leans who have ha\e ha e hate \ enjoved enjoyed hnppv happ hnppy vuca vaca vucatIon vacation vacatlon tIon days da s in the Rhineland HhlOeland Ithtneland Amon2 Among Amongthem Amoni ; ; them are Koln Koin ( Colo Cologne ne ) , Dulsburg Duisburg Duisburg.and Duisburgand . , and Koblenz ( Coblenz ) ) , cities titles Unt that Unth'1vC thathive tinthive h'1vC h1vC hive ' beckoned becl.oned becloned . to , an and charmed charmedtravelers charmedtravelers charmedtravelers travelers from tills this side sltle of the At Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic AtlanticKoln lantic lanticKoln Koln Is one of the most popular popularstopping popularstopping popularstopping stopping places along the fihlDe Rhine fihlDeThe RhineThe RhineThe The city . , with its bristling brlstJIng trade and andwIth andwith andwith wIth one of the wolId woilds worlds s most fa famous famous famous mous cathedrals Is , perhips perh'lp perhlp perhlps ' ! > , the val viii valley's viiiley's valley's valleys ley's leys ' greatest drawing cardWhether cardWhether card cardWhether Whether the triveler tnveler traveler approaches approachesKoln approachesKohn approachesKoln Koln Kohn by the blick bhck and white fun funneled funneled funneled neled passenger boats , by tnin tr"1ln tr1ln train " , orby or orby orby by motor over the numerous high highways highways ways that radiate from the city , . the themassh themasslse themassive massh masslse e cathedral , blackened by bynge byage byage nge age , first comes Into view The Thehuge Thehuge Thehuge huge structure dwarfs \ \ arfs the close closebUilt closebuilt closebuilt bUilt , gabled , medle\ medle medieval medleal \ al houses and andmodern andmodern andmodern modern flat lIat roofed structures structuresThe structuresThe structuresThe The Koln edifice is a fine e\.ample e.ample e .ample ample example e.ampleof exampleof exampleof \ . of Gothic architecture nrchitecture ranking ran'b.lng ranb.lng ranblng ' . fifthIn fifth fifthIn fifthin In size stze among tlie the "orlll orlll " worlds scathe- scathe scathedrals cathe cathe- cathedrals cathedrals - - drals It is richly nchly adorned adornel1 " with "Itb Itb n a nprofusion aprofusion aprofusion profusion of turrets , spires , flying flyingbuttre flyingbuttresses flyingbuttresses buttre buttresses seg , elabontely elabor'1tely elabor1tely elaborately ' cirvcd c'lrved clrved carved ' cor cornlces cornices cornices nlces nices , fluted columns and stiincdglass st'1lned st1lned stained st'1lnedglass stainedglass ' glass " windows "indows indows rimed r1med framed f { In beaut beauti beautifully beautifully ! fuJly fully e executed ecute tracery work rrom From rromIts Fromits FromIts Its heights numerous gargoyles gargoylesgape gargoylesgape gargoylesgape gape at pissers p'1ssers p1ssers passers ' by b bv ; } in the streets be beneath beneath bencath bencathThe neath neathThe The twin spires linking flanking Ihnl ( lng the west western " western est estern ern facade faca e , each nearly as tall asthe asthea&hington as asthe asthe the 1S \\a&hington a&hington ahington \ \ af aslungton & > hlDgton monument , tower toweroser towerover 0 oser ' er the city Clty and the swift flowing flowingfihine flowingRhine llowingRhine fihine Rhine ' like m.e me . fingeis fingels fingers pointing the city cityto cityto cityto to hoa heaven heaaen , en " " Koln Kohn Is Ancient But Busy . . Although Koln Kohn Is two thousand thousandyears thousandyears thousandyears years old . , It icuects lelects tefiects ! Its prosper prosper- prosperIty prosperity - . ity and modern development evelopment in in"Ide inaide Inwide "Ide Ide aide " , , tree lined boulevards , broken brokenhere brokenhere brokenhere here and thet theie there e by nowering flowerIng gardens gardensand gardensand gardensand and parI parkways . " ays ornamented with withmonuments withmonuments withmonuments monuments and equestrian equestr13n statue statues statuesof statuesof l < lof of celebrated Germin Germ'ln Germln German ' countrymen countrymenrIDe countrymenFine countrymenFine rIDe Fine shops and Imposing mansIons mansIonsborder mansionsborder mansionsborder border these thoroughfares thoroughf.1Tes thoroughf1Tes . , but butnow butnow butnow now and tlien then one wanders Into n a nsection asection asection section " where "here here mcdievil medlev11 medieval Koln reo re- re resells re-veils re veils - - sells \ e'1ls e1ls ' Itself In tOl toituous tortuous tuous , , narrow narrowcobbled , cobbled streets , walled bv by a.nclent anclent ancient a.nclentgabled ancientgabled . ancientgabled gabled house fronts and dimly dimlylIghted dimlylighted dimlylighted lIghted by antiquated gas posts postsThe postsThe postsThe The Roman wall that once sur- sur surrounded surrounded sur surrounded - - rounded old Koln has long since sincebeen sincebeen sincebeen been destro destroyed ; } ed and its foundation foundationnow foundationnow foundationnow now forms one of tlie the city's citys ' most mostbeautiful mostbeautiful mostbeautiful beautiful boulevards and park park- parkwaysthe parkwaysthe parkways - ways-the ways the ways - the Ring Only the gate tow towers . ers of the walls remain , markingthe markln marking markingthe the limits of the old city . Beyond Beyondthem Beyondthem Beyondthem them Koln has spread out , absorb absorbIng absorblag absorbIng Ing lag numerous suburbs until untll Its pop populatlon populatlon populatlon ulatlon now Is nearly 700 700000 700000As 000 000As 000As As Germany's Germanys ' great river port portand portand portand and one of . Its major railroad cen cen- centers cen- cen centers centers - - ters Koln Is the St . . Louis of therepublic the therepubllc therepublic republlc republic Under the graceful arched archedbridge archedbridge archedbridge bridge that connects Koln with the theest theeast theeist e\st e st east ' \ bank of the Rhine , piss p1SS long longstrings longstrings longstrings strings of barges , lumber rafts raftsbarge , barge steamers and palatial passen passenger passenger passcnger ger boits b01ts b01tsKoln bo boitsKoln tts ttsKoln Koln has a large trade In cornwine corn , wine , mineral mineraI ores orcs , cojl co.l col coal . ! , lenther leather leathertimber , timber , and porcelain Some of the thepro theproducts theproducts pro products ucts of the citv's citvs city's citys elt } 's s ' Industries Industriesare Industriesare are known hnon knossn hno\\ hno \ n by their mmes n'lmes nlmes names ' such suchas suchas suchas as Koln Kon ] brown , , a brown coal or orignite orlignite orlignite ignite lignite ) used as a pigment In Inpaints Inpaints inpaints paints ; Kola Koln IColn ware , a plain hardstoneware hard hardstoneware hardstoneware stoneware , mottled gny gr1Y griy and brown brownwhich brownwhich brownwhich which Is made Into ornamental ornamentaljugs ornamentaljugs ornamentaljugs jugs ; Koln Kohn spirits , a rectified rectifiedl1quld rectifiedliquid rectIOedliquid l1quld liquid contalnln containing 90 9G per cent al- al alcohol alcohol al alcohol - cohol ; Koln Kola thread and Kolnblades Koln Kolnblades Kolnblades KolnbladesDuisburg blades bladesDulsburg Duisburg Dulsburg , Germany's Germanys ' largest riverport river riverport riverport port , Is more than 1,500 1500 1GO , < > years old oldThere oldThere oldThere There was a village ,111nge 111nge aillage , on Its site siteIn sitein siteIn In 430 AD A D , and It was \ well eJl hnown known hnownto knownto knownto to the Romans when they occupied occupiedthe occupiedthe occupiedthe the Rhine fihlne country minv m'1nv m1nv mgnv ' c.enturIes centurIes c.enturIesago Centuriesago . centuriesago ago When the city charter "as as was "ashanded washanded " waahanded handed to the Dulsburgcrs Dulshurgers Dulsburgers In l1 1120 1129the O , , the port's ports ' commcrciaal commerclaal commerciaal Importance Importancehad Importancehad Importancehad had been establishedVleHd establishedViewed established establishedViewed Viewed Vle\Hd Vle Hd \ from a Rhine fihlne river bO'1t bO1t bolt boltthere ' , , there Is nothing In Duisburg Dulsburg to tol5ugbest tosuggest togugeCSt l5ugbest suggest Its age The tn\\ tn traveler tncler tnaseler \ . cler 1001.s 1001s looks 1001.sout looksout looksout . out upon a maze of shipping Duls Duis Dulsburg Duisburg Dulsbnrg burg and Ruhrort were merged mergel1 In InlOO Ic1903 lOO 190 = > ; and the quas quays qua . } s of ot the two cit clt cities . + ies les , If spread out In a single llne line llnealong linealong linealong along the Rhine fihme , would span 25 25mUes 25miles 2 ; miles mUes of rh river riser er bankDuisburg bank ban'b banb bankDuisburg ' . Duisburg Dulsburg a 1 Crowded Port Port.A PortA . . A constant stream of ot boits bo\ts bo ts bolts ' \ Is Iscoming Iscoming Iscoming coming and going from the Rhinechannel Rhine Rhinechannet Rhinechannel channet channel . . Iron products , steel , , conI coal coaltobacco , tobacco and textiles mo\ mo move moe mole \ e from thIs thIsport thisport thisport port to miny m'lny mlny many ' parts of the world worldwhile , wh\Je wh Je while \ some of the Incoming b01ts bolts boltsbring b01tsbrll1 boitsbring brll1 bring Iron from Spiln Sp11n Spiin and Sweden Swedento Swedecto to keep heep the wheels of Dulsburg Duisburg Dulsburgmills Duisburgmills Duisburgmills mills In operation . Meanwhile the theRubr theRuhr tinRuhr Rubr Ruhr river , which "hlcb hlcb " nows flows 110 " s Into the theRhine theRhine tinRhine Rhine at Duisburg Dulsburg , Is tilled fiUed filled will "ltl1 ltl1 with " vessels and barges rniny rn'lny rnlny rainy ' of which whichdoch whichdock whichdock doch dock at the busy busv port where their theircnrgoes theircargoes theircargoes cnrgoes cargoes ' ' ire 'lre lre 'ire tnnsferrcd tr'lnsferred trlnsferred transferred ' to sea sc1 . ' go goIng goink Ing ink craft crtlft , or convcvcd conseyed con , e cd to DUlshurg Duisburg DUlshurgmlJls Duisburgmills Dinshurgmills DinshurgmillsBeyond mlJls mills mlJlsBeyond millsBeyond Beyond the quiys qU'lYs qUlYs quays ' , , lofty smohp smoke smohpstac smokestacks smokestacks stac stacks s rise rIce ; above aboe abo\ abo \ e huge steel and andIron andiron andiron Iron plints phnts plants , , rolling roWn : ; mills mlIJ8 foundriesmichlne foundries foundriesm1chlne foundriesmichlne m1chlne michlne shops chemical " works "orks orks and andshlpvards andshipyards andslilpvards shlpvards shipyards , , and now ' ind 1nd Intl then on onthe onthe onthe the bngh brightest test divs days d1 } s the blast fur furnaces furpaces furnaces naces paces belch a \ volume olume aolume of flamend flame \nd nd ind ' \ indsmoke indsmoke ndsrnol.e srnol.e srnole smoke . that stirtles chrtJes startles ; tlie the tr1 tr'i tri trivelerA ' \ elerA eler elerA A Dulsburger Duisburger \ " will IJ1 show him 111m bO\1 bO 1 hors horssome bO1some howsome \ some of the factories mike m'1b.e m1b.e m1be ' . use oftheir of ofthetr oftheir thetr their smoke smohe by extracting e"Ctr.lctlOg eCtr.lctlOg eCtrlctlOg eetracting " . g1ses gases gaseswhich g1ses"hlch giseswhich "hlch hlch which " help turn the wheels of tbpmms themills thp tbp the imills mms mills from which it comesQuaint comesQuaint comes comesQuaint Quaint gabled houses with wltb door doorstep doorsteps doorstcpb step steps : . protruding upon the cobble cobbleof cobblerof . of nairow nnlrOW narrow streets , ind 1nd and ' the vener vener1ble venerable venerible 1ble able St t . . Saviors Sasiors Sa\Ior Sa Ior \ s church , , n a nneGothic flne fine flneGothic fineGothic Gothic edifice , \ whose hose spire rl rises rises312 es 312 feet ibove 1bove above ' the city cit } , . tike t'1he t1he take ' the thetraveler thetraveler thetraveler traveler back bach a few fe\v fe v \ centuries . , . In the middle of the Ineteenth 111neteenth 111neteenthcentury Mnetccnthcentury Ineteenthcentury century Duisburg h'1 h1 hid ' only 1 15 15000Inhabltints : > 000 000Inhnblt1nts 000Inhabit Inhnblt1nts Inhabit ants ind 1nd ' Ruhrort fiuhrort , 7000 To Tod1Y Today Todiy d1Y day both cities have a populationof population of nearly 300 300000 000 , drawn from ne1r near nearly ne1rly neirly ly all pirts p\rts p rts parts ' \ of Germiny Germ1ny Germany , . , and nnd m1ny miny m1nypm minypatts minypaits pm patts ts of Europe Lurope Durope As the rich rlcb fiuhr Ruhr fiuhrdistrict Ruhrdistrict Ruhrdistrict district Is ie ; further developed , DUis Duls Dulsburg DUisburg Duisburg burg , as a'3 a3 ns ' the water nateI ' giteway 1teway gateway of the thefiuhr theRuhr tlieRuhr fiuhr Ruhr district , bids fair to contmup continue continueto contmupto to glow giow glowA giowA A la large rge portion of tlie the worI.mg worImg working worI.mgpopulatIOn workingpopulation workingpopulation . populatIOn of DUlcbur Duisburg ; work worl . in the thegre1t thegreet thegreit gre1t greet steel mills of the tlle Dulsburg Duisburg Dulsburgarca Duisburgarea Dulsbiirgarea arca area Frequently rrequently thev they crow crowd the thecity thecity thecity city stadium which accommod1tes accommodates accommodites40000 40000 40 000 spect1tors'Ihe spectatorsZhe spectitors spect1tors spectators spectitorsIhe ' Ihe 'Ihe Zhe opera , and somp some of Germany's Germanys Ger Germany's Germany's many's manys ' finest orchestns orchestr'1s orchestr1s orchestras ' flnd find en enthusl1stlc enthuslistc enthuslistic thusl1stlc thuslistc audiences here M1D\ M1D M1Dchmches Min Minvchuiches \ ' , chmches churches and government buIld buIldIngs buildings buildIngs Ings is 18 is well as tlie the museum , are areadorned areadorned areadorned adorned with "Ith Ith " paintings palntIns , : sculptures sculpturesor or Indu Industrial , > trlal artorks art works \\orks orks worksThe \ worksThe orksThe The newer portion of DUI Duh Duisburg < : burg bur islaid Is IslaId Islaid laId out \ with \ Ith modern thorough thoroughfares thoroughfares thoroughfares fares In the business busme.c busmec : . ; districts of ofvhlch ofwhich ofwhich \vhlch vhlch which \ are One fine shops rrequentl Frequently Frequentlythe Frequentlythe the streets open into the bron broal broalsquares broalsquares 1 1squares squares where Duisburg Dulsburg has plac placed placedstatues placedstitues st1tues statues [ In n honor of local and nnd na- na national national na national - - tional patriots patdots Dulsbiirg Dutsburg Duisburg was th the thehome thehome home of or Gerhard Mercator lercator , , and In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Burg Platz Plats la Is a fountiln fount'1ln fount1ln fountain ' com corn commemor'1t1ng cornmemoriting cornmemonting memor'1t1ng memor1t1ng memoriting ' the m1pmherAttractions mipmikerAttractions mipmiker m1pm\her m1pm her mipmikerAttractions ' \ Attractions of Koblenz Koblenz.The KoblenzThe . The traveler trnveler finds tind tlndb : . * that there is islittle [ islittle s slittle little \ wonder onder that American sol soh sohBiers soldIers soldiers dIers Biers liked lihed their assignment nsslgnment to Koblenz Ko Ito Koblenz Itoblenz blenz after the World war . Few rew cities cltIes and towns , even In Inthe inthe Inthe the |