As early as 1925, the University of Cologne was the second largest Prussian university after the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin. After the war, the costs of the reconstruction exceeded the possibilities of the city, under whose sole sponsorship the university stood until 1954. On 1st April 1954, the University of Cologne was taken over by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (previous | next | back to album | 2020:09:25 16:44:11 | 52% of an album)