Frankenlust Township

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Frankenlust Township is a township that belongs to Bay County in the US state of Michigan .

geography

Frankenlust township is adjacent to Bay City and is located west of the Saginaw River and south of Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron .

structure

The township includes 4 unincorporated places:

  • Amelith
  • Brooks
  • Frankenlust
  • University Center

history

Frankenlust

Frankenlust was founded as a settlement colony in 1848 by the pastor Ferdinand Sievers (1816–1893) and 14 immigrants from Franconia , sent by Ludwig Adolf Petri . They built log cabins and the Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul Church and worked the land for agricultural use. The first church was completed in 1849 in the style of a log cabin. It was replaced by a timber frame structure in 1857 . The place was initially assigned to the Kochville Township. In 1880, the boundaries of the county were changed so that the place was henceforth part of Bay County instead of Saginaw County . At the request of the settlers, the place was called Frankenlust Township from 1881. The administration building was completed in 1977. In 2000 there were 2530 people in Frankenlust Township, around 96% of them white.

Amelith

Amelith was founded near Frankenlust in 1848 when the father-in-law of the pastor of Frankenlust, Friedrich Carl Ludwig Koch , bought around 2000 acres of land there, which was then settled. The settlers came from Koch's environment. Pastor Sievers founded the ev.-luth there in 1851/52. Johanneskirche and married Koch's daughter Caroline. The resulting village Amelith was named after Koch's family relationship with Amelith . A memorial plaque was installed there in 2014. From 1894 to 1901 Amelith had her own post office. A local coal mine was closed around 1900, so the place kept its rural character.

Brooks

Brooks was set up as a stop by a railroad company in 1894.

University Center

These include Delta College, founded in 1961, and Saginaw Valley State University, founded as a college in 1963 and expanded in 1987.

Attractions

  • Church of St. Paul, Frankenlust. The church was consecrated in 1905 and replaced the previous one, which was built in 1857 in timber frame construction. The altar, pulpit and baptismal font come from this previous one. The church tower was struck by lightning in 1984, so that the roof, belfry and organ were destroyed and the repairs lasted until 1986. It has a cruciform floor plan.
  • St. John's Church, Amelith. The church was built in 1870 in a timber frame construction in the neo-Gothic style. It replaced a log cabin previously used as a church. A renovation was completed in 1912 and an extension in 1997. The congregation is a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod .

literature

  • Laura R. Ashlee: Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers, 2000, p. 31
  • History of Bay County Michigan, 1883, p. 279

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Jan Kück: Ludwig Adolf Petri (1803–1873): Church politicians and theologians, 1997, p. 188
  2. ^ Laura R. Ashlee: Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers, 2000, p. 31
  3. ↑ Church communications from and about North America, Volumes 9-12, 1851, p. 41
  4. ↑ Cornelia Pohlmann: The emigration from the Duchy of Braunschweig in the power play of state influence and public response 1720-1897, 2002, p. 154
  5. ↑ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Elke Niewöhner, Gerd Biegel: Bridges in a new world - emigrants from the former state of Braunschweig, 2000, p. 159
  6. ↑ a b c Historic marker erected in Frankenlust Township to remember Village of Amelith, St. John church - MLive.com
  7. ^ Walter Romig: Michigan Place Names, 1973, p. 23
  8. ^ Matthew L. Daly, Jennifer L. Herman, Caryn Hannan: Michigan Encyclopedia, 2008, p. 191
  9. ↑ Dale Patrick Wolicki: The historic architecture of Bay City Michigan, 1998, p 7
  10. ^ Laura R. Ashlee: Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers, 2000, p. 31
  11. ^ Elmer R. Wagner: Forward In Joy - 1948-1998 - A History of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frankenlust
  12. ↑ St. John Amelith Church ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stjohn-amelith.org