Did you know that the founding of the New University took place in the famous Gürzenich in the center of Cologne and that Konrad Adenauer gave the ceremonial address? Would you have thought that once there were magnificent villas for the professors of the university? Or would you believe that in order to attend a lecture at the University Zoological Institute in the 1920s, you had to go through the kitchen of a restaurant?

With the app "100 Years University of Cologne" you can experience stories from the history of the university on site. From the campus to the center of Cologne, you will find out more about personalities, buildings, events and perhaps one or the other curiosity from the last 100 years of the University of Cologne at almost 30 locations. Picture galleries, videos and an audio guide offer you the opportunity to discover the history of the university in an exciting way and to see one or the other, perhaps already known, place with completely different eyes.

So, let's go! Discover the stories from 100 years of university history on site with the app "100 Years University of Cologne".


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