Melchert Elektronik, Cologne (Lövenich), W. Germany

Cologne, ranking as the largest city in the Rhineland and the fourth largest in Germany, derived its name from the Latin name Colonia—colony. After marching into southeast France, which they called the ‘province’ (retained to this day as ‘Provence’), the Romans headed north towards the Rhine which proved to be the line which halted the Roman conquest. Fierce tribes on the eastern bank were too difficult to subjugate, hence Cologne became the location where Roman administration stopped.