Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ochie, Cologne bụ akụkụ nke Austrasia n'ime Alaeze Ukwu Frank. Na 716, Charles Martel duziri ndị agha na nke mbụ ya ma merie naanị mmeri nke ndụ ya mgbe Chilperic nke Abụọ, Eze nke Neustria, wakporo Austrasia na obodo ahụ dara n'agha nke Cologne. Charles gbagara n'ugwu Eifel, kpọkọta ndị na-akwado ya ma weghachite obodo ahụ n'otu afọ ahụ mgbe o merisịrị Chilperic na
Agha Amblève. Cologne abụwo ebe ndị bishọp na-anọ kemgbe oge ndị Rom; n'okpuru Charlemagne, na 795, a kwalitere bishọp Hildebold ịbụ onyeisi bishọp. N'afọ 843, nkwekọrịta nke Verdun, Cologne dabara n'ọchịchị nke Lothair nke Mbụ Middle Francia <unk> emesịrị kpọọ Lotharingia (Lower Lorraine).