Cologne (Minnesota)
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| Counties : |
Carver County Benton Township, Minnesota |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 93 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,750 (as of 2018) 3,279,833 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 386.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.84 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.53 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 292 m |
| Postal code : | 55322 |
| Area code : | +1 952 |
| FIPS : | 27-12664 |
| GNIS ID : | 641408 |
| Website : | www.ci.cologne.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Scott Williams |
Cologne (Minnesota) is a city in Carver County in the US state of Minnesota , which was named after the city of Cologne by its German founders .
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Gerhard Lülsdorf (born April 25, 1827 in Cologne), who emigrated in 1853, was one of the first Cologne settlers in this area. Paul Mohrbacher (* March 6, 1847 in Sand / Kusel , † February 1, 1935 in Cologne) is considered the founder of Cologne . He was baptized on March 7, 1847 in Kübelberg , arrived on June 26, 1856 with his parents by ship in New York and was registered with his parents in neighboring Benton during the 1860 census . The St. Bernards Catholic Church was built in 1877 across from Benton Lake. As early as 1856, 19 families met in the Mohrbachers' house for masses led by Pastor Mehlmann. Paul Mohrbacher applied for naturalization in 1885 and became a US citizen on January 27, 1897. He married Gertrude Catherine Meuwissen on February 10, 1872 (born June 1, 1850 in Schalbruch / Heinsberg , † November 3, 1928 in Cologne) and built his house in August 1880 in what is now the town. On February 9, 1881, he officially founded the place where a grist mill for $ 10,000 had already been built by Hans Güttler in 1880 ("Cologne Mill"). The Mohrbacher couple gave birth to 15 children in Cologne. Paul Mohrbacher was the first mayor ( English civic leader ) of the up-and-coming Cologne. A post office already existed since 1879 with Peter Wirtz as postmaster in his household and hardware store ( english hardware store ). Wirtz was also the first teacher at the school belonging to the church, which was founded in 1880. The first local newspaper, the Cologne Observer , appeared on March 24, 1894 . On May 30, 1897, the first hotel with the name City Hotel , which also had a saloon, opened. The Cologne State Bank opened in January 1903 and merged with the First National Bank of Waconia in February 1987 . Electricity came to Cologne in 1916, Rosa Partoll Knotz became the first female mayor in 1922 and held her office until 1930.
The 14-minute amateur film "Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Ester" by Ray and Esther Dowidat was recorded between July and September 1939 and describes the life of the German-US-American community in the village in the form of a diary where at the time of the Film recordings Henry Mohrbacher (son of the founder Paul Mohrbacher; born September 24, 1874 in Cologne, † March 14, 1951 ibid) ran a saloon. The silent film was listed by the Library of Congress in 2001 as a "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant film" on the list of the National Film Registry . Dowidat's daughter, Adele, had previously videotaped the film and showed it to the Minnesota Historical Society , from where it found its way to the National Film Registry.
On July 1, 1949, the 8.4 km long Minnesota State Highway 284 was opened, which leads via Benton Township and Cologne to Waconia . During his state visit to Cologne on June 23, 1965, John F. Kennedy delivered the greetings of his American fellow citizens and especially the citizens of Cologne (Minnesota), Cologne (New Jersey) and Cologne (Texas) in a speech. The mayor Matthew "Matt" Allen Lein (* 1987) visited the city of Cologne with his wife Carrie on July 18, 2014 and was officially received on July 19, 2014 by the mayor of the "mother city" of Cologne, Jürgen Roters , in the Cologne City Hall . On July 19, 2014, he was a guest at the Cologne Lights . In March 2015, Scott Williams was elected as the new mayor.
In August 2018, two people from Cologne visited the city of Cologne, where they presented gifts from the city of Cologne. It was a letter from Mayor Henriette Reker , a cathedral stone and various Cologne-specific gifts.
Geographical and sociological data
The 292 m high city has the status of a "City" and is 4.84 km², of which 6.4% is water. Most of the 1,519 residents have German ancestors (44%), followed by Irish (12%), Norwegians (10%) and Swedes (6%). Ethnically, the place is made up of 97% whites, 1.5% Hispanics / Latinos and 1.5% Asians. The income per capita in Cologne in 2000 was US $ 20,955, compared to the national US income of US $ 21,587. The unemployment rate of 3.8% was well below the US rate of 7.3% (August 2013). The population grew rapidly. In 1939 350 lived here, in 1970 there were 518, in 1980 a total of 545 and in 1990 exactly 563 people. In 2000 there were already 1,012 inhabitants, in 2010 there were 1,519 (or 335 / km²), in 2018 there were 1,750 inhabitants. Since 1990, the population had doubled in 10 years. The cost of living index was 94.9% (US: 100%, March 2012). The Catholics dominate - unlike in the USA - with 46.2% of the total population. Even today, the name Mohrbacher is the most common surname with 8 people, on a par with Schwartz.
Location and transport links
Cologne belongs to the Benton Township (community association), which in turn is part of Carver County . The site is 46 km (28.6 miles) southwest of Minneapolis on the main line of the "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad," which was inaugurated in 1909 between Chicago and the west. Similar to the great namesake, Cologne has a motorway ring , formed by US Highways 212 and Minnesota State Highway 284. The four-lane Highway 212 cuts through the city, the newer urban area is south of the highway. From Cologne, Highway 212 is a freeway . The Benton Lake (not to be confused with Lake Benton ) is a 19.8 ha (49 acres) large lake in 4.8 kilometers north of the town recreation area.
Literature and web links
- Book: Steve and Mary Olson, Cologne: The First 100 Years 1881–1981 , 1981.
- All plaidout with a silent film about Cologne from 1939
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Bernard Catholic Church, History ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Our Velton and Ashe Families , June 18, 2010
- ↑ FamilyTreeMaker via Paul Mohrbacher
- ^ Warren Upham, Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia , 2001, p. 86
- ↑ The Cologne Observer of October / November 2013, Honoring Our Past , p. 1 ( Memento of the original of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ruth Tremblay / Lois Schulstad, Carver County , 2011, p. 15
- ↑ United States. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Ed.), Quarterly Journal , Volume 6, March 1987, p. 52
- ^ Daniel Eagan, America's Film Legacy, The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry , 2010, p. 299 f.
- ^ Otto Michael Artus, President John F. Kennedy in Germany , 1965, p. 136
- ↑ Little Cologne in America: With the cathedral in the luggage from Cologne to Cologne . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on September 28, 2018]).
- ↑ US Census Bureau, 2011
- ↑ Lakesnwoods.Com: A Guide to Minnesota communities
- ↑ City-Data 2013, about Cologne, MN
