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Dusseldorf History
The history of, one of the fourth largest city of Germany dated back to ancient times, its origins linked with The Julia Aggripina, who murdered her spouse and murdered by her son Nero. Julia was born in 15 AD, in a garrison town that had been established 48 years earlier. She eventually became the emperor's wife and persuaded him to rename her birthplace after her - although it didn't take long for 'Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium' to get shortened down to 'Colonia'. In German it's now known as Köln. Gradually to become as a powerful catholic archbishops through out the dark period construction of its first began in 1248, just 40 years before the archbishops lost power to the guilds at the battle of Worringen. Köln became a Free Imperial City and continued to prosper. The French invaded in 1794 and - when the Congress of Vienna ended the occupation - the city was subsumed into Prussia. During the nineteenth century the city industrialized and continued to flourish. During the war time, the economic downturns were ride out by the strong economy of Dusseldorf. . It has been estimated that 95% of central Dusseldorf was destroyed. In the decades following the conflict, enormous effort went into clearing the ruins and rebuilding the city. The automotive and pharmaceutical industries powered today’s Dusseldorf and both of which helped it recover to from its wounds to become the fourth largest city in Germany.
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