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London - England
London is the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and is on the Thames in southeast narrow country on the island of Great Britain. Today's administration field with the municipal districts arose with the foundation of Greater London on April 1st, 1965.
London is one of the most important culture, financial world and trade centers of the world. Numerous universities, universities, theaters, museums and historical monuments, are in the town.
Story of London
An insignificant keltische settlement stood on today's municipal area once. Around approximately the middle of the 1st century n . Chr. was it taken and christened "Londinium" by the romans? The Roman settlers built a bridge over the Thames and used the store for the shipment of minerals and agricultural products. Londinium developed fast into the trade center of the Roman province "Britannia father" under emperor Septimius Severus. In 61 n . Chr. the brits cited by queen Boudicca destroyed the settlement.
After the reconstruction Chr became . n in the 2nd century. protective embankment plants around the town built. It nevertheless lost its important roll after the withdrawal of the romans in 410 and during the conquest of Britannia by the hinges and Saxon temporarily. During the power the Danes' deserted large parts of London. In 886 took the Saxons away under the leadership of King Alfred, the town from the great one one which was capital of the kings of Essex under the name "Lundenevic" since the 7th century.
The Normans took the town 1066. Wilhelm I. let himself be crowned by Hastings as the first king after the victorious battle in the Westminster Abbey and confirmed the special rights of London. The town strove for an economic and political independence in the following period. In 1192 the inhabitants voted for their first own town head, as of 1351, also unite a town council of their own. By the end of the 14th century the ruling monarch was allowed to enter the free and self-governed London only by a separate approval. The development of the town was predominantly in the hands of a top layer of merchants who improved the English foreign trade as members of the Hanseatic League.
London had to accept many setbacks in its varied history. After the foundation of the first large trade companies and the first commodity exchange had advanced the economic advancement in the 16th century, the city of 1664 and 1665 was struck of a devastating plague wave which claimed over 70,000 human lifes. A fire catastrophe devastated large portions of the old town in September 1666. About 13,000 houses and 89 churches were the victim of the flames.
After the "great fire of London" London primarily became rebuilt a Sir Christopher Wren after outlines of the architect. The municipal area developed in the direction of the municipalities of Kensington and Chelsea to the west. Large spaces, like these in "Berkeley", resulted for "Grosvenor" and "Hanover" in the districts at the western outskirts of London in the following period. Moreover, water supply plants and sewage systems were installed and the streets surfaced.
Christopher Wren created his major work, this one "St. Paul's Cathedral" with her 110 meters high dome, between 1675 and 1711. Soho was also created with its right-angled road network and the "Soho Square" at the end of the 17th century. Another municipal quarter arose in Westminster. During the 19th century London grew rapidly and gained great importance during the Victorian age as a capital of the British Empire. London is the largest town of Europe and the center of the industrialized world 1851 according to the national census with 2,651,939 inhabitants. The first world exhibition takes place here.
London, like many other British towns also, primarily suffered from heavy devastations during the 2nd World War, by attacks of the German air force in 1940 and in 1941. These bombardments came in " The " in the history of the town with the name. London was just therefore such a "popular" target because the town was industrialized strongly and the morals should be broken for the population. The wrecked buildings were replaced by modern buildings after the war.
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