Konrad Adenauer International Airport Köln/Bonn - Köln - NRW - Germany
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Konrad Adenauer International Airport Köln/Bonn
Waymark Code: WMQREN
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 03/23/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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Der Ort:
DE:Der Flughafen Köln/Bonn „Konrad Adenauer“ (IATA: CGN, auch Köln Bonn Airport oder Flughafen Köln-Wahn) ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen und liegt am südöstlichen Stadtrand in Köln-Grengel sowie zu Teilen in Troisdorf. Er ist rund 15 km vom Kölner Stadtzentrum und rund 16 km in nordöstlicher Richtung vom Bonner Stadtzentrum entfernt. Nach Passagierzahlen lag er im Jahr 2014 auf Platz 7 in Deutschland.

Er dient als Drehkreuz für die Frachtfluggesellschaften UPS Airlines und FedEx sowie als Heimatbasis der Billigfluggesellschaft Germanwings. Bis September 2014 war er außerdem Heimatbasis der Regionalfluggesellschaft Lufthansa CityLine. Auf dem Areal ist zudem die Flugbereitschaft des Bundesverteidigungsministeriums beheimatet.

Zur Person:
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (* 5. Januar 1876 in Köln; † 19. April 1967 in Rhöndorf; eigentlich Conrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer) war von 1949 bis 1963 der erste Bundeskanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und von 1951 bis 1955 zugleich erster Bundesminister des Auswärtigen.

Bereits im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik absolvierte der Jurist und Angehörige der katholischen Zentrumspartei eine politische Karriere: Er war Oberbürgermeister von Köln, gehörte dem preußischen Herrenhaus an und verteidigte als Präsident des preußischen Staatsrats energisch die Interessen des Rheinlands, dem er zeitlebens eng verbunden blieb. In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurde er seiner Ämter enthoben und war zeitweise inhaftiert.

Adenauer gehörte zu den Begründern der CDU, deren Partei­vorsitzender er von 1950 bis 1966 war. Als Präsident des Parlamentarischen Rates sowie als erster Bundeskanzler und Außenminister der Bundesrepublik Deutschland prägte er eine ganze Ära. Der zum Amtsantritt bereits 73-jährige setzte sich für Bonn als Bundeshauptstadt ein, stand für eine Politik der Westbindung und der Europäischen Einigung und eine aktive Rolle der Bundesrepublik in der NATO. Adenauer stand wirtschaftspolitisch für das System der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Er verfolgte einen antikommunistischen Kurs im Inland wie gegenüber der Sowjetunion und deren Satellitenstaaten.

The Place:
EN:Cologne Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also known as Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN) is the international airport of Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne and also serves the former German capital, Bonn. With around 10.3 million passengers passing through it in 2015, it is the seventh largest passenger airport in Germany and the third largest in terms of cargo operations. By traffic units, which combines cargo and passengers, the airport is in fifth position in Germany. As of March 2015, Cologne Bonn Airport features 115 passenger destinations in 35 countries. It is christened after Konrad Adenauer, the first post-war Chancellor of Germany.

The airport is located in the district of Porz and is surrounded by the Wahner Heide nature reserve. The airport is centrally located in the Cologne/Bonn Region 14.8 km (9.2 mi) southeast of Cologne city centre and 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Bonn. Cologne Bonn Airport is one of the country's few 24-hour airports and serves as a hub for Eurowings and Germanwings, FedEx Express and UPS Airlines. It also is a host of the German and European space agencies DLR and EAC, part of ESA, which train astronauts there for space explorations.

The Person:
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (German pronunciation: ['k?n?a?t 'h??man 'jo?z?f 'a?d?na??]; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first post-war Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963. He led his country from the ruins of World War II to a productive and prosperous nation that forged close relations with France, Great Britain and the United States.[1] During his years in power West Germany achieved democracy, stability, international respect and economic prosperity ("Wirtschaftswunder", German for "economic miracle").[2] He was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a Christian Democratic party that under his leadership became, and has since usually been, the most influential party in the country.

Adenauer, dubbed "Der Alte" ("the old man"), the oldest leader in a democracy in history was still Chancellor at age 87,[3] belied his age by his intense work habits and his uncanny political instinct. He displayed a strong dedication to a broad vision of market-based liberal democracy and anti-communism. A shrewd politician, Adenauer was deeply committed to a Western-oriented foreign policy and restoring the position of West Germany on the world stage. He worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction of World War II to a central position in Europe, presiding over the German Economic Miracle. He founded the Bundeswehr in 1955 and came to terms with France, which made possible the economic unification of Western Europe. Adenauer opposed rival East Germany and made his nation a member of NATO and a firm ally of the United States.

A devout Roman Catholic, he was a leading Centre Party politician in the Weimar Republic, serving as Mayor of Cologne (1917–1933) and as president of the Prussian State Council (1922–1933).
Year it was dedicated: 10/4/1994

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