Most German influenced city. (places, America, population, people)

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by Coolhand68

Up until the 90's, there was a fairly large German community in the southern part of Queens NY...Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village had a large population of Germans with lot's of bakeries, butchers, and a few restaurants. Now they are down to about two or three butchers and a few bakers, and one restaurant. Many moved to Long Island, Pennsylvania and upstate NY. I've been told there is a fairly decent German population in the Dakota's.

Yeah, I knew of someone German whose grandparents lived in one of those neighborhoods in Queens.

I was going to say Cincinnati. The Ohio River Valley is historically very German Catholic. The Lutheran Catholics might be in another big American City in the Midwest.

Incidentally, there is a lot of German history in Texas.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Yeah, I knew of someone German whose grandparents lived in one of those neighborhoods in Queens.

I was going to say Cincinnati. The Ohio River Valley is historically very German Catholic. The Lutheran Catholics might be in another big American City in the Midwest.

Incidentally, there is a lot of German history in Texas.

So are the Missouri and Mississippi River valleys in MO.
The MO river valley is called the "Little Rhine" in MO, for good reason.

[MassVt]

Gott in Himmel!!

It's Milwaukee, and the state of Wisconsin, mit der bier und mit der sauerkraut und mit der bratwurst...

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Drover

^^ Oh yeah, one more thing. The "Friday fish fry" that's a Wisconsin tradition? Brought to you by Catholic Germans.

Friday fish frys are not practiced outside of the US.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by CamaroGuy

New Braunfels and Fredericksburg for sure!

There was a TV special on PBS a year or 2 ago about the German heritage in Texas. There were numerous communities there where German was the official language until World War 2.

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by Drover

It's interesting you should say that because Wisconsin -- regarded as perhaps the most German state in the union -- was predominantly French-speaking until the Germans and Scandinavians arrived, and only after they adopted English as their second language did English take firm hold there. But many Wisconsin cities and landmarks still have French names, and most of them have not been anglicized. Milwaukee celebrates Bastille Day every year.

Yes the lack of German place names in the Midwest is conspicuous.

[philobeddoe]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Yes the lack of German place names in the Midwest is conspicuous.

Because fench were first european explorers in region.

There are french names for towns and rivers all the way out to Wyoming.
Like Dubois, Wyoming
US purchased huge land area in 1804 ..."The Louisiana Purchase".

[abr7rmj]

It's Zinzinnati.

It's home to world's second-largest Oktoberfest (after Munich), Over-the-Rhine, the first Hofbrauhaus in the U.S. and lots and lots of beer!

[SEAandATL]

Originally Posted by abr7rmj

It's Zinzinnati.

It's home to world's second-largest Oktoberfest (after Munich), Over-the-Rhine, the first Hofbrauhaus in the U.S. and lots and lots of beer!

That could explain why Cincinnati and Munich are sister cities. Until recently, I didn't know that Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is larger than Milwaukee's. Now I want to go to that one. OTR looks nice too.

[natethegreatforlife]

Green Bay comes to mind. I was just there and the foods were definently German.