Download coordinates as: Minden is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Minden is located in the geographic region (but not the local government area) of Lockyer Valley at the northern foothills of the Little Liverpool Range.

In 1916, during World War I, the name was changed to Frenchton due to anti-German sentiment but was restored to Minden in 1930.

[6] On Thursday 8 December 1891, St John’s Lutheran Church Coolana opened in Minden.

[12][13] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 189 students with 12 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).