February 2024

Snaps from February 2024, including the participation in the Geisterzug during the Cologne Carnival, a Saturday walk through Cologne, and the participation in the demonstrationꜛ on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Roncalliplatz, Cologne).

Some images are used and further explained in the following blog posts:

• Geisterzug: The alternative Carnival in Cologne
• Origins of Cologne’s coat of arms
• The Heinzelmännchen: Secret shadow workers of Cologne
• Tünnes and Schäl: Two Cologne icons
• Jan von Werth: A Cologne love story
• Kölsch – Rethinking a local myth
• Faith and commerce: The medieval relic trade in Cologne