Editing Cologne, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Cologne was [[plat]]ted in 1880, and incorporated in 1881.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=82}}</ref> The community was named for [[Cologne]], Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=20944|title=Profile for Cologne, Minnesota, MN |publisher= ePodunk|accessdate= October 14, 2012}}</ref>

In 1939, the town of Cologne was preserved on film in the amateur short subject ''[[Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther]]'', which chronicles aspects of life in the German-American community prior to the American engagement in World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303269/|title=Cologne |publisher= IMDB|accessdate= October 14, 2012}}</ref> The film was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2001, and is one of only a half-dozen amateur works to be included on the list.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.loc.gov/film/nfr2001.html|title=FILMS SELECTED TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - 2001|publisher= National Film Registration Board|accessdate= October 14, 2012}}</ref>

In March 2015 the city of Cologne, Minnesota hired Jesse Dickson as their city administrator.

In November 2016 Matt Lein was elected Mayor.