Cologne, Minnesota

Benton Township is a rural township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 939 as of the 2000 census.

Winkler Lake is a lake in Carver County, Minnesota, in the United States.Winkler Lake was named for Ignatz Wiknler, an early settler.

Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is mostly farmland and wilderness with many unincorporated townships. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922. Its county seat is Chaska. Carver County is named for explorer Jonathan Carver, who in 1766–67, traveled from Boston to the Minnesota River and wintered among the Sioux near the site of New Ulm. Carver County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Miller Lake is a lake in Carver County, Minnesota, in the United States.Miller Lake was named for Herman Mueller, an early settler.

Bongards is an unincorporated community in Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota, United States. U.S. Highway 212 and Carver County Road 51 are two of the main routes in the community. Nearby places include Cologne and Norwood Young America.

Waconia High School is a public high school located in Waconia, Minnesota, United States. A part of Waconia Public Schools, the school has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students in grades 9 through 12 and serves the communities of Waconia, St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Victoria and New Germany.

Waconia ( wə-KOHN-yə or wə-KOH-nee-ə) is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Waconia attracts visitors to nearby Lake Waconia, a lake locally renowned for its fishing and recreation opportunities. The city's population was 13,033 at the 2020 census.

Zoar Moravian Church (The Zoar Church) is a historic church in Laketown Township, Minnesota, United States, near the city of Waconia, Minnesota. It was built in 1863 by a congregation of immigrants from Hopedale, Pennsylvania. It is built in a Greek Revival style, typical of other early public buildings in Minnesota. The steeple was moved forward in 1908 to create a bell tower. The congregation disbanded in the 1940s, but the church is maintained and used by the Waconia Moravian Church. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Waconia City Hall is located at 201 South Vine Street in Waconia, Minnesota, United States. The contemporary building was completed in 2004, and replaced the Old Waconia City Hall, a historic building constructed in 1909 that has been converted into senior housing.

Burandt Lake is a lake in Carver County, Minnesota, bordering the city of Waconia. It is 97 acres in size and approximately 24 feet deep at its deepest point. It was named for Adolph Burandt, a local farmer.The lake once was characterized by high levels of phosphorus that caused algae blooms, a situation that became the subject of remediation efforts that were underway by 2016.

Dahlgren Township is a rural township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The township's economy is based on commercial agriculture around dairying, livestock and cash grain farming. The population was 1,453 as of the 2000 census.

Waconia Township is a rural township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,284 as of the 2000 census.