Religious procession in Cologne, 1937

A large crowd moves through a Cologne street carrying church flags and processional banners.

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The still shows a religious procession in Cologne: a dense crowd moves through a street lined with brick buildings, above which white banners bearing crosses and a heraldic banner wave. The festively dressed participants—men in dark coats and hats, women likewise wearing headdresses—attest to the folk-religious character of the event. Cologne was known as a significant center of German Catholicism; processions were a fixed part of the city’s ecclesiastical life. In the travel film, this sequence serves as vivid testimony to the religious urban life that complements a visit to the Cologne Cathedral and underscores the cultural depth of the Rhine metropolis.

Resolution 7680 × 4320 px (33,2 MP)
File format TIFF, 16-bit
Year taken 1937
Location Köln
Collection Historiathek / zb Media
Source archive NARA
Photographer Unbekannt
Rights Historiathek / zb Media GmbH