Südstadt

This guide to Südstadt in Cologne follows Franz Stollwerck, a baker turned chocolate manufacturer who moved his growing business into this neighborhood in 1872. It traces the falling-out with his five sons, who wanted more say in running the company, and their decision in 1871 to walk out and start a rival factory of their own, Gebrüder Stollwerck. For five years, Cologne had two competing chocolate empires from one family. You'll also hear how locals nicknamed the eventual factory after the city's real cathedral across the river.