Editing History of Cologne (section)

=== Napoleonic and Prussian period ===
[[File:Kdom.jpg|thumb|right|Archbishop Konrad of Hochstaden's<br />[[Cologne Cathedral]]]]
The [[French Revolutionary Wars]] resulted in the occupation of Cologne and the Rhineland in 1794. In the following years the French consolidated their presence. In 1798 the city became an [[arrondissement]] in the newly created [[Roer (department)|Département de la Roer]]. In the same year the [[University of Cologne]] was closed. In 1801 all citizens of Cologne were granted French citizenship. In 1804 [[Napoleon I of France|Napoléon Bonaparte]] visited the city together with his wife [[Joséphine de Beauharnais]]. The French occupation ended in 1814, when Cologne was occupied by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] and [[Russia]]n troops. In 1815 Cologne and the Rhineland were allocated to [[Prussia]].