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Cologne - World Heritage Site or not: The 223 lamps that were depriving the cathedral at night, the darkness, far off, at point 1 clock. There's an end - starting Friday, the cathedral is undergoing!
With a symbolic push of a button (whose results, however, a few minutes waiting for the left and then from green to white) moved on the roof of Cologne Tourism celebrated OB Fritz Schramma, Provost Norbert Feldhoff, Monsignor John Bastgen and Dietmar Meister, CEO of AMB Generali, the new "Up-in-the-morning-light".
Possibly it is because the insurance group takes over, pulls the end of 2008 with its headquarters in Aachen, Cologne banking district, the cost of around 25,000 euros. "We have brought us so far culturally Aachen want to do this now in our new hometown," said spokesman Joerg Linder.
The Dombeleuchtung - it lies firmly in the hands of the Rhein-Energie. "We have the general mandate of the town for the illumination of public buildings," said spokesman Christopher Preuss. Solution so far: The cathedral is lit up from dusk to 1 clock at night, an hour longer than all the other buildings - including houses in the picturesque Old Town and the twelve Romanesque churches.
33 headlights are placed on buildings around the cathedral, including the Roman Germanic Museum, the Dom-Hotel and the roof of Cologne tourism. More 189 smaller reflectors you'll find on the roof of the cathedral, on buttresses and the two Domtürmen.
Total of all the spotlights and floodlights per year: 60,442 kilowatts of total consumption: whopping 119,011 kilowatt-hours.
So far, they threw their light 118,140 minutes in the cathedral - from now on will increase the number of minutes on giant 132 million. The dome light at night comes just at the right time.
Finally, only move into the Advent season around four million visitors from around the world in Cologne - many wondered about why one of the most famous buildings in the world lies in darkness at night, while shining buildings such as the Musical Dome Cologne tower with candles or matches.
For the first time outside the cathedral was lit up by the way, in 1880, the year of completion of the cathedral. The Cologne-Deutz introduced two-cylinder gas engines available. The information generated by the electricity generators for the outside-mounted arc lamps.
"Continuous lighting was so far only the cathedral during the 2006 World Cup," said cathedral architect Barbara Schock-Werner. The association "Shining Cologne" had won the company the "Cologne outdoor advertising" for the takeover of the electricity costs.
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