Entre Rios (Guarapuava)
Entre Rios (German: between rivers ) is a district of the municipality of Guarapuava in the state of Paraná in Brazil .
geology
The district is about 30 kilometers south of the city center. It is also on the two most important rivers, the Rio Jordão and the Pinhão. A highland area surrounds the district, which is 1,100 meters above sea level .
climate
The climate here is temperate, which allows two harvests a year. However, night frosts in winter, persistent heavy rainfall, but also sometimes dry periods, sometimes endanger the yield of the sowing. In the last few years there has been a significant change in the climate due to the "El Ninho". Unique so far z. B. Snowfall on November 15, 2010 (late spring in the southern hemisphere).
history
After the Second World War, Danube Swabian emigrants settled in Entre Rios in 1951 . “Schweizer Europahilfe” provided the approximately 500 families (2,466 people) with an amount of around 9 million Swiss francs for the purchase of land, transport, the purchase of machines and the construction of the settlement. There was also support for colonization in Brazil itself. The total of 7 transports were accompanied by Swiss Dominican sisters who later also worked in the field of education and health in Entre Rios.
The settlement includes five villages (Vitoria, Jordaozinho, Cachoiera, Soccoro and Samambaia), the inhabitants of which live mainly from agriculture. Most of them are organized in the Agrária cooperative, which has around 570 members and over 1,000 employees. Mainly corn, soy, wheat, brewing barley and oats are grown. The settlers founded their own school ( Colegio Imperatiz Donna Leopoldina ) and a hospital and maintain a local museum ( Museu Histórico de Entre Rios ) and a German-language radio station ( Centro Cultural Mathias Leh ).
The Agraria cooperative, to which most of the descendants of the Danube Swabians belong, is now the largest malt producer in South America. In recent years, organic farming has also become more and more important in this area.
literature
- Josef Gappmaier: Entre Rios. Agricultural geography d. Danube Swabian settlement in Parana-Brazil. Salzburg 1987 (dissertation).
- Anton Hochgatterer: Entre Rios. Danube Swabian settlement in Brazil. Salzburg 1986 (Donauschwaben contributions 84).
- Entre Rios. Photo report of a Danube Swabian settlement in Brazil. Cooperativa Agrária Mista Entre Rios, Entre Rios 1975.
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Coordinates: 25 ° 33 ′ S , 51 ° 41 ′ W