Holstein (Iowa)

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Holstein
Holstein (Iowa)
Holstein
Holstein
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1882
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Ida County
Coordinates : 42 ° 29 ′  N , 95 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 95 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,470 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 397.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 442 m
Postal code : 51025
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-36840
GNIS ID : 0457567

Holstein is a city in Ida County in the western US state of Iowa . Holstein has 1470 inhabitants on an area of ​​3.8 km². The population density is 392.3 / km². Holstein is affected by US Highway 59 and is near the border with Cherokee County .

location

Holstein is around 45 kilometers east of Sioux City .

history

Holstein Iowa was founded by German immigrants in 1882 after some farmers had already settled there in 1868. More German settlers from New Holstein , Wisconsin followed in 1876 . Previously, Henry Thielmann and his wife had purchased a piece of prairie land northeast of the urban area in 1879 .

Facilities

Holstein has a school, churches, a restaurant, a gas station, banks, a grocery store, a fire brigade and a post office. Since 2011, the city has had the Rosemary Clausen Center, a theater, especially for musical performances. In the first year, among others, the Afro-American bass-baritone Simon Estes was a guest.

literature

  • Erhard Böttcher, Virginia Degen, Joachim Reppmann: Building a bridge: how the citizens of Holstein, Iowa renewed contacts with their ancestral homeland. Davenport 2006

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b History Holstein, Iowa. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ http://rosemaryclausencenter.com, accessed March 8, 2018 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rosemaryclausencenter.com
  3. ↑ rosemaryclausencenter.com, accessed March 8, 2018

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