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
Kilian of Cologne use of his monastery and pilgrim monks, several farms, with the fishing of the Rhine attached; three churches, several manses, vineyards, and exemption from some of the taxes in the city and in the empire. He also got charge of the monastery of St. Pantaleon, in the city, as well as of St. Martin's. It is evident there must have been Irish monks in the former as well as in the latter of these monasteries."" He died 19 January 1003, after which date the abbey appears to have declined in its Irish connection. Kilian of Cologne Kilian of Cologne, Irish