Cologne, Minnesota Cologne, Minnesota Cologne is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,519 at the 2010 census. The city is about 30 miles from Minneapolis. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. U.S. Highway 212 and Minnesota State Highway 284 are two of the main routes in Cologne. Cologne was platted in 1880, and incorporated in 1881. The community was named for Cologne, Germany. In 1939, the town of Cologne was preserved on film in the amateur short subject "", which chronicles
History of the Jews in Cologne there were violent attacks by the SA and SS against Jewish lawyers in the Justice building on Reichensperger Platz. Judges and lawyers were arrested, partly mistreated, then loaded on garbage trucks and taken around the city. In October 1935 Jews were excluded from the benefits of the "Winterhelp of the German People", and a "Jewish Winterhelp" was organized as an autonomous organization. It collected money,food, clothing, furniture and fuel and in winter 1937/38 the organisation supported 2,300 indigent people, a fifth of Jewish community. Although already in 1925 Cologne was the capital of the NSDAP-Gau of Cologne-Aachen, many didn't realize