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{{Short description|Archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne}}
[[Image:Balduineum Wahl Heinrich VII.jpg|thumb|
The "Seven Prince Electors" electing Henry, Count of Luxembourg as [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] at Frankfurt on 27 November 1308. At far left is [[Heinrich II of Virneburg]], Archbishop of [[Cologne]]. ''[[Codex Balduini Trevirorum]]'', c. 1340)]]
The '''Archbishop of Cologne''' is an [[archbishop]] governing the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Archdiocese of Cologne]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in western [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of [[Beethoven]] and northern [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] in [[Germany]] and was ''ex officio'' one of the electors of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the '''Elector of Cologne''', from 1356 to 1801.
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