The History of Cologne

#41 The Barefoot Shepherd: St. Heribert - A Medieval Crisis Manager of the 11th Century and Founder of Deutz Abbey

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Heribert was around the year 1000 AD at the pinnacle of power as Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire - but then he was suddenly deposed: but this was a stroke of luck for Cologne

On Christmas 999, a barefoot man enters Cologne on the Rhine. This sign of humility is probably rehearsed but sometimes also meant in the same way. The man's name is Archbishop Heribert and he would set important impulses for Cologne's urban development.

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