Cologne City Hall and 1096 were followed by the formation of a "commune" and first municipal structures as a basis for urban autonomy. In order to consolidate their economic and political rights, Cologne burghers established fraternities and trade guilds (most notably the "Richerzeche"). In the 1106 war of succession between Emperor Henry V and his father Emperor Henry IV, they took deliberate opposition to the archbishop, after which they gained benefit in regards to the city's territorial expansion over the following years. As – at the time – one of Europe's busiests trading ports and largest city in Germany, the population of Cologne
Cologne I and Neustadt-Nord. The latter area includes about half of Cologne's old and new town areas. The following table does not list parties which did not contest or gain constituency votes. Cologne I Cologne I () is one of the four electoral districts (German: "Wahlkreis") covering the city of Cologne in the German Bundestag. Part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the constituency elects one representative under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 94. Covering the south eastern quarter of the city of Cologne, the constituency contains the entirety