Fort Wayne
| Fort Wayne | |
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| Nickname : The Summit City, The Fort, The City That Saved Itself | |
 Downtown Fort Wayne |
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| Location in Indiana | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1794 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Indiana |
| County : | Allen County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 5 ′ N , 85 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
264,488 (as of 2016) 431,802 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,293.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 204.92 km 2 (approx. 79 mi 2 ) of which 204.48 km 2 (approx. 79 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 247 m |
| Postcodes : | 46802, 46803, 46804, 46805, 46806, 46807, 46808, 46809, 46814, 46815, 46816, 46818, 46819, 46825, 46835, 46845 |
| Area code : | +1 260 |
| FIPS : | 18-25000 |
| GNIS ID : | 0434689 |
| Website : | www.cityoffortwayne.org |
| Mayor : | Tom Henry ( D ) |
 Allen County Courthouse |
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Fort Wayne is the second largest city in the US state of Indiana with a population of 264,488 (2016) and the county seat of Allen County .
Economically an industrial center , the city is also the seat of the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend .
history
Fort Wayne was built in 1794 on the site of the Kekionga settlement , where the Miami Indians had their headquarters.
In 1832, construction of a canal to connect Lake Erie and Wabash Rivers began. In order to attract German and Irish immigrants to the area as workers for this project, plots of land were given out at very low prices. This incentive not only brought the manpower it needed to Fort Wayne, it also brought problems when Irish Catholics and German Lutherans quarreled. Nevertheless, the canal was inaugurated in 1843.
Because of the immigration of construction workers, the number of residents grew rapidly and many churches were built. Today there are over 200 churches of different denominations in the city.
Wyneken's 911 call
Many of the German immigrants were Lutherans . At that time there were few Lutheran ministers in the United States and just one in Indiana, Jesse Hoover. In 1838 Pastor Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken arrived in Fort Wayne and discovered that Pastor Hoover had died a few days earlier. Horrified by the church situation of the Lutherans in Fort Wayne, Wyneken traveled to Germany to seek help. He wrote The distress of the German Lutherans in North America - The plight of German Lutherans in North America (in Germany as emergency known).
Following Wyneken's emergency call , many German Lutheran pastors emigrated to Fort Wayne , especially after the March Revolution of 1848/49, including Wilhelm Sihler . The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in 1847 in Chicago founded the first seminary ( Concordia Theological Seminary ) located in Fort Wayne. This still exists today and is known as a very conservative place of education. Today Sihler is sometimes referred to as the "father of the Lutherans in North America".
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 172.196 |
| 1990 | 191,839 |
| 2000 | 220,483 |
| 2010 | 253,691 |
¹ 1980-2010 : census results
Attractions
Although Fort Wayne is actually a fairly unknown city compared to the big US metropolises, its zoo is quite well known, which made it into the top ten of the survey carried out by "Child Magazine".
Sports
The following teams are based in Fort Wayne:
- The Fort Wayne Mad Ants play in the NBA Development League and are the farm team for the NBA teams Detroit Pistons , Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks .
- The Fort Wayne Komets have been playing ice hockey in the ECHL since 2012 .
- The Fort Wayne TinCaps play minor league baseball in the Midwest League
- Fort Wayne Fever play women's soccer in the W-League , the second-highest division in US and Canadian women's soccer. They also represented Fort Wayne until 2009 in amateur football in the USL Premier Development League .
Twin cities
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Gera , Germany - since June 29, 1992 -
Plock , Poland - since October 1990 -
Takaoka , Japan - since 1976
sons and daughters of the town
- Frank Bursley Taylor (1860-1938), amateur geologist
- Alice Hamilton (1869–1970), pathologist and social reform pioneer, and the first woman to teach at Harvard University
- Frederick William Sievers (1872–1966), sculptor
- John Francis Noll (1875–1956), Bishop of Fort Wayne
- Germany Schulz (1883–1951), American football player and coach
- Chester Hamlin Werkman (1893-1962), microbiologist
- Paul Frank Baer (1896-1930), pilot
- Rudy Jackson (1901–1968), jazz musician
- Homer Van Meter (1905-1934), bank robber
- Carole Lombard (1908–1942), actress
- Armin Henry Meyer (1914–2006), diplomat, United States Ambassador
- Marion Donovan (1917–1998), architect and inventor of the disposable diaper
- Edward H. Kruse (1918-2000), politician
- Bill Blass (1922–2002), fashion designer
- Harold Masursky (1922–1990), geologist and astronomer
- Robert Kemp Adair (* 1924), physicist
- Dick York (1928–1992), television actor
- John H. Holland (1929–2015), computer scientist and university professor
- Dean Corll (1939–1973), serial killer
- Troy Shondell (1940-2016), pop and country singer
- Bruce Nauman (born 1941), artist
- Daniel W. Armstrong (* 1949), chemist
- Shelley Long (born 1949), actress
- Dee Bell (born 1950), jazz singer
- Craig Strete (* 1950), Indian writer
- Craig Morey (* 1952), erotic photographer
- Bill Moring (* 1958), jazz bassist and music teacher
- Robert Rusler (born 1965), actor
- Rod Woodson (born 1965), American football player
- Lloy Ball (born 1972), volleyball player
- Jenna Fischer (* 1974), actress
- Jill Bennett (born 1975), actress
- Angela Akers (* 1976), beach volleyball player
- Brad Miller (born 1976), NBA basketball player
- Dale Purinton (born 1976), ice hockey player and coach
- Ben Quayle (* 1976), politician
- Jamin Winans (* 1977), director, screenwriter, film editor and composer
- Brian Gratz (* 1981), ice hockey player, coach and official
- DaMarcus Beasley (born 1982), football player
- Miles Plumlee (* 1988), basketball player
- Tyler Eifert (* 1990), football player
- Mason Plumlee (born 1990), basketball player
- Alex Aleardi (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Jaylon Smith (born 1995), American football player
- Collin Schiffli (* 20th century), filmmaker
Germans in Fort Wayne
- Paul Helmke - former mayor
- Harry M. Baals - former mayor
- Kenneth Scheibenberger - judge
Climate table
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Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Fort Wayne, Indiana
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media
- WBNI , Public Radio Station
Web links
- Official site of the City (English)
- Official website of the zoo (English)