Pomeranian Immigration Museum

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The Museum of Pomeranian Immigration ( Museu da Imigração Pomerana ) in Santa Maria de Jetibá describes the immigration of migrants from Pomerania to the state of Espírito Santo in Brazil .

The main settlement area of ​​the German immigrants in Brazil was the climatically comparable south with Europe with Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Caterina and to a lesser extent Espírito Santo. The museum is located in a house from 1905 in Santa Maria de Jetibá and there are exhibits about the settlement of the town by Germans from Pomerania.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz Franzke: The language situation in Brazil . In: Brazil today: politics, economy, culture . Ed .: Dietrich Briesemeister, Vervuert 1994, ISBN 9783893545537 , p. 439.
  2. Historical treasure of the Germans . Santa Catarina, accessed December 19, 2019.

Coordinates: 31 ° 17 ′ 6.9 ″  S , 52 ° 20 ′ 3.6 ″  W.