Cologne the Central Franconian and Ripuarian dialect areas. The city's famous Cologne Cathedral ("Kölner Dom") is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne. There are many institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the University of Cologne ("Universität zu Köln"), one of Europe's oldest and largest universities, the Technical University of Cologne ("Technische Hochschule Köln"), Germany's largest university of applied sciences, and the German Sport University Cologne ("Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln"), Germany's only sport university. Cologne Bonn Airport ("Flughafen Köln/Bonn") is Germany's seventh-largest airport and lies in the southeast of the city. The main airport for the Rhine-Ruhr region
History of the Jews in Cologne of Mühlheim on the Rhine had sought civic rights from the Magistracy of Cologne. Since he presented favorable evidence of his previous conduct and also proved that he would not become a burden to the city because of poverty, permission was granted to him on March 16, 1798 to settle in Cologne. The rest of his requests for civic rights were refused because French regulations had not yet come into force. He was followed by Samuel Benjamin Cohen of Bonn, son of the Chief Rabbi Simha Brunem. At the same time, the 17-year-old Salomon Oppenheim, Jr. moved his businesses from