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Köln Marathon
The Cologne Marathon (Köln-Marathon) is an annual marathon held in Cologne, Germany. Since October 1997 the marathon has been held annually in early October, except for 2004, 2005 and 2014 when it was held in late September. History The inaugural race took place on as the "Ford Cologne Marathon" () with at least 13,000 registered runners, a world record for inaugural marathons at the time. The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Rhine-Westphalia, coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of obtaining a refund (minus an administration fee). Course Since 2013 the course starts at Ottoplatz in Deutz, Cologne, Deutz and leads the runners through the city of Cologne and finishes at Komödienstraße beneath the Cologne Cathedral. The marathon time limit is 6 hours. Events and categories From the beginning there has also been a contest for Roller skating#Inline skating, inline skaters. They start ahea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral () was the History of the world's tallest buildings#Churches and cathedrals: Tallest buildings between the 13th and 20th century, world's talles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
