About Cologne, Germany (Köln)
I grew up in Cologne, Germany, that is Köln. Cologne was founded 50 BC, as a colony of Caesar. It is the fourth-biggest city in Germany with 1 mio people living there.
I went to the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln). I was there between October 1990 and September 1997, receiving a Diplom in Physics (which is an equivalent of a masters degree). Between July 1995 and December 1997 I worked for the Computing Center, taking care of the program TeX.
Here are a few links to the University of Cologne:
- the University Homepage
- the (theoretical) Physics Department @ Cologne
- the Regional Computing Center Cologne
So, while I was in Cologne, I grew up there, went to school, learned about Gestalt therapy, studied physics, and learned about Unix and TeX.