Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Cologne o te wa o mua he waahanga o Austrasia i roto i te Emepaea Frankish. I te tau 716, i whakahau a Charles Martel i tetahi ope mo te wa tuatahi, a ko te hinganga anake o tona oranga i te wa i whakaekea ai e Chilperic II, Kingi o Neustria, a Austrasia ka hinga te taone ki a ia i te Pakanga o Cologne. I rere a Charles ki nga maunga o Eifel, i whakakotahi i nga kaitautoko, i whakahoki ano i te taone i taua tau ano i muri i te wikitoria o Chilperic i te
Te Pakanga o Amblève. Ko Cologne te nohoanga o te Pihopa mai i te wa o Roma; i raro i a Charlemagne, i te 795, i whakatairangahia a Pihopa Hildebold ki te Pihopa Nui. I te Tiriti o Verdun i te tau 843, ka hinga a Cologne ki te mana o Lothair I's Middle Francia <unk> i muri mai ka kiia ko Lotharingia (Lower Lorraine).