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Media

Within Germany, Cologne is known as an important media center. Several radio and television stations, including Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), RTL

and VOX, have their headquarters in the city. Film and TV production is also important. The city is "Germany's capital of TV crime stories".[52] A third of 

all German TV productions are produced in the Cologne region.[52] Furthermore, the city hosts the Cologne Comedy Festival, which is considered to be the

largest comedy festival in mainland Europe.[53]

Sports

Cologne hosts 1. FC Köln,[54] who play in the 2nd Bundesliga as of the 2012-13 season. They play their home

matches in RheinEnergieStadion which also hosted 5 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[55] The InternationalOlympic Committee and Internationale Vereinigung Sport- und Freizeiteinrichtungen e.V. gave

RheinEnergieStadion a bronze medal for "being one of the best sporting venues in the world".[55] Cologne alsohosts FC Viktoria Köln 1904 and SC Fortuna Köln, who play in the Regionalliga West (fourth division).

The city is also home of the ice hockey team Kölner Haie, in the highest ice hockey league in Germany, the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[54] They are based at the Lanxess Arena.[54]

Several horse races per year are held at Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse since 1897, the annual CologneMarathon was started in 1997. From 2002-2009, the Panasonic Toyota Racing Formula One team was based in the

Marsdorf suburb, at the Toyota Motorsport GmbH facility.

Cologne is considered "the secret golf capital of Germany".[54] The first golf club in North Rhine-Westphalia was founded in Cologne in 1906.[54] The city

offers the most options and top events in Germany.[54]

The city has hosted several athletic events which includes the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2007 World Men's Handball

Championship, 2010 IIHF World Championship and 2010 Gay Games.[4]

Twin towns and sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Cologne is "twinned" with the following cities:[56]

 Liverpool, United Kingdom, since1952

 Lille, France, since 1958 Liège, Belgium, since 1958 Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 1958 Turin, Italy, since 1958 Burgas, Bulgaria since 1991 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, since

1958 Kyoto, Japan, since 1963[57]

 Tunis, Tunisia, since 1964

 Turku, Finland, since 1967 Neukölln, Germany, since 1967 Tel Aviv, Israel, since 1979 Barcelona, Spanien, since 1984[58]

 Beijing, China, since 1987[59]

 Cork, Ireland, since 1988 Thessaloniki, Greece, since 1988[60]

 Corinto/El Realejo, Nicaragua, since1988

 Indianapolis, United States, since1988

 Volgograd, Russia, since 1988 Treptow-Köpenick, Germany, since 1990 Katowice, Poland, since 1991 Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority, since

1996[61]

 Istanbul, Turkey, since 1997 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, since 1999 Batangas, Philippines Saskatoon, Canada Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 2011[62]

Additionally, the districts of Rodenkirchen, Lindenthal, and Porz continue to maintain individual town partnerships, established during their time as

independent municipalities.

Notable residents

Notable people, whose roots can be found in Cologne:

Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), politician, mayor of Cologne (1917–33, 1945) and first West German Federal ChancellorHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), alchemist, occultist, and author of Three Books of Occult PhilosophyAgrippina the Younger (15–59), Roman Empress (wife of Emperor Claudius) and mother of Emperor NeroHeinrich Birnbaum (1403–73), a Catholic monkHeinrich Boigk (1912–2003) Knights Cross winnerRobert Blum (1807–48), politician and martyr of the 19th century democrat ic movement in GermanyHeinrich Böll (1917–85), writer and winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1972Max Bruch (1838–1920) composerÁlex Calatrava (1973–), Spanish professional tennis playerHeribert Calleen (1924–), sculptorFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973–), Academy Award-winning director and screenwriterMax Ernst (1891–1976), artistAngela Gossow (1974–), lead vocalist of Swedish melodic death metal band Arch EnemyBritta Heidemann (1982–), épée fencer and Olympic medalistde:Trude Herr (1927–91), actress and singer

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