Old Roman Cologne

The inhabitants of Cologne are proud of their preservations of Old Roman Cologne, and they do everything in their power to carry on their good work. A new building that is being erected as a residential hall for students has been designed so as not to disturb a huge chunk of Roman wall that had been discovered almost underneath the building. It is now protected by an arch Where the authorities have decided to build a wall, it is also the site of the Old Roman Wall, and so to help
preserve it' they have built in. over and in between the original wall, filling in the Spaces, making a continuous wall. The best example of the old Roman wall can be seen along the Gertrudenstrasse am Neumarkt. No far from there, there are the remains of an old tower which in places has again been rebuilt. The second tower along the wall is at St. Aposteln. This has been very well preserved. and all sorts of interesting small diagrams can be seen around the tower. The decorations and drawings in places have been painted so as to be distinguished better. This tower is famous and is known as
Römerturm Old bits of the wall can be followed right up to the Dom itself. Some of the original wall had been discovered, when a firm was digging down in the process of making an Underground read. The wall will not be destroyed, instead the Underground will be built around the wall. This may prove to be rather expensive but then the wall has to be preserved.
A part of the water System from the Eifel was discovered, this System provided the people with water from quite some distance from Cologne. (Römer-Kanal Römische Wasserleitung.)

Old Roman Cologne  / Words
proud of     stolz auf
preservation     Erhaltung
to carry on     fortsetzen
to erect     errichten
residential hall     das Wohnheim
to design     entwerfen, planen
to disturb     stören
the chunk     der Klumpen, das große Stück
to Protect     schützen
arch     der Bogen
the Site     der Platz
to fill in     ausfüllen
the Space     der Raum
continuous     fortlaufend
the remains     die Überbleibsel
in places     stellenweise
the diagram     die Figur, die graphische Darstellung
drawing     die Zeichnung
to paint     anstreichen
to distinguish     unterscheiden
the bits     die Stücke
right up to     direkt bis
to dig     graben
in the process of     dabei sein (mit to be), um ... zu
Underground     unterirdisch
expensive     kostspielig

Old Roman Cologne  / Questions
1. What do Cologne inhabitants think of the Roman remains?
2. How was the residential hall designed?
3. What protects the old wall?
4. In which street can the best example of Roman wall be Seen?
5. What else is near the same street?
6. What is interesting about the second tower?
7. Why may the Underground road be expensive?
8. Where did the Romans obtain water for Cologne?
9. What other Roman remains do you know of in Cologne?
10. What is a "residential hall"?

Discussion and essay topics
1. Should Roman remains be preserved?
2. The Roman in Germany and in Britain?

Notes

Vier Jahrhunderte lang waren die Römer in England. Fast jeder Engländer meint, es begann mit Julius Cäsar, aber in der Tat war seine Invasion erfolglos. Erst hundert Jahre später gelang es den Römern, England zu erobern. Römische Ortsnamen befinden sich im ganzen Land, z. B. Lancaster, ehester, Cirencester.
Eine Stadt, die die Römer gründeten, als sie in England waren, ist Bath, etwa 100 englische Meilen von London entfernt. Die Römer kannten die Wichtigkeit der Mineralquellen, und so ist Bath als ein Überbleibsel dieser römischen Zeit besonders zu erwähnen. Es ist noch heute eine Art Kurort, und viele Leute trinken die Wasser gegen Gicht, Rheumatismus und Ischias.

Mit Schottland war es anders. Dieses Land haben die Römer nie erobern können. Der Kaiser Hadrian baute 122- n. Chr. einen riesigen Schutzwall, um die Schotten aus seinem Land fernzuhalten.