New Offenburg
| New Offenburg | |||
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 First Baptist Church in New Offenburg |
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| Location in Missouri | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1832 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | Ste. Genevieve County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 55 ′ N , 90 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 232 m | ||
| Postal code : | 63661 | ||
| Area code : | +1 573 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-52116 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 723288 | ||
New Offenburg is a municipality-free area in Ste. Genevieve County , Missouri . It is located 10 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve . The settlement was founded in 1832 and was founded by emigrants from Baden. The name of the settlement is based on the German Offenburg .
In 1867 the settlers founded in New Offenburg first post office ( Post Office ). The small settlement developed around this post office. New Offenburg was on the Missouri – Illinois Railroad , a major rail line that was in operation between 1921 and 1978. Today New Offenburg is on Missouri State Route 32 .
German-speaking descendants of the immigrants at that time live in New Offenburg to this day and speak a dialect of Baden in addition to American English. Other speakers of the Baden dialects can be found in Weingarten and Zell .
In 2013 the German documentary filmmaker Johannes Suhm shot the documentary “New Offenburg - The Last Badeners in the USA” about the residents of the settlement of the same name. The premiere of the film took place in Offenburg in 2014.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gertrude M. Zimmer: Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri . University of Missouri-Columbia , 1944 (English).
- ↑ Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945. The State Historical Site of Missouri, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Pacal cames: Offenburg: Visiting the Badeners of Missouri . In: Badische Zeitung . December 9, 2013 ( badische-zeitung.de ).
- ↑ Blue Elephant. In: blue-elephant-film.de. Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
- ^ New Offenburg - Official website for the film. Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
- ^ Hubert Röderer: Offenburg: Cinema: Film documentary "New Offenburg" celebrates its premiere in Old Offenburg . In: Badische Zeitung . May 5, 2014 ( badische-zeitung.de ).