New Ulm, Minnesota
| New Ulm | |
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| Nickname : Charm and Tradition | |
 Brown County Courthouse |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1854 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Brown County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 19 ′ N , 94 ° 28 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 13,594 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 598.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 23.3 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 22.7 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 274 m |
| Postal code : | 56073 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-46042 |
| GNIS ID : | 0648523 |
| Website : | ci.new-ulm.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Joel T. Albrecht |
 Hermann Heights Monument |
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New Ulm is a city in Brown County in the US state of Minnesota, formed in 1855, and the seat of the county administration . New Ulm is also called the city with charm and tradition and became known as Christmas City because it is decorated for Christmas every year. The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of New Ulm .
geography
New Ulm is on the Minnesota River , near the point where the Cottonwood River meets the Minnesota River, and is about 145 km southwest of Minneapolis .
history
The city was founded in 1854 by German immigrants from the Chicago- based Chicago Land Society , headed by Frederick Beinhorn . Beinhorn came to America in 1852. He lived in Chicago until 1853, where he founded the “Chicago Land Society” together with other German immigrants. The place was named after the city of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg .
In 1856 Wilhelm Pfänder arrived in New Ulm with members of the Turner Colonization Society of Cincinnati . Both groups got together, and in 1857 New Ulm was accepted as a city. The city was also historically important to Minnesota. While in 1853 the steamers mainly carried troops upriver to Fort Ridgely , they brought settlers, cargo and supplies to this area for the next few years.
During the Sioux uprising in August and September 1862, there were two serious raids on the city. On August 19th, the first Indian attack was repelled. After an equally unsuccessful attack on Fort Ridgely from August 20-22, the Indians reappeared outside New Ulm. Far superior in numbers, they completely encircled the city, but again could not conquer it. However, the settlers and soldiers in the city suffered heavy losses and finally evacuated New Ulm on August 25, as they had little ammunition and food left. Around 2000 people escaped to Mankato, 30 miles to the east .
With the election of John Lind as the 14th governor of Minnesota in 1899, cultural, social and political influences were felt, and the city also grew in the fields of education, sports, entertainment and music. The influence of the German population can still be seen today, especially in the architecture, city and street planning, neatness, the well-preserved houses and the shop fronts.
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Worth seeing
- The symbol of the city is the Hermann Heights Monument , a monument in the center of the city. It is modeled on the Hermannsdenkmal in Germany in the Teutoburg Forest near Detmold .
- Carillon
- Harkin Store Museum
- Wanda Gág House
- John Lind Mansion
- German-Bohemian Immigrants Monument, a work by the German sculptor Leopold Hafner (1991)
- August Schell Brewing Company
Annually recurring events
- The Oktoberfest is celebrated here on the first and second weekend in October in two different places with food, music and entertainment according to German (Bavarian) tradition.
- The carnival is celebrated the weekend before Ash Wednesday, also with food, music and entertainment after German tradition.
- The Christmas parade, with characters and themes for Christmas time, is always celebrated on the Friday after Thanksgiving .
Town twinning
New Ulm maintains partnership relationships with the two neighboring German cities of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg and Neu-Ulm in Bavaria.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Wanda Gág (1893–1946), illustrator
- Hilary Baumann Hacker (1913–1990), Bishop of Bismarck
- Tippi Hedren (* 1930), actress
- Babe Wagner (≈1914–1949), trombonist and band leader
- Carl “Dutch Charley” Zierke (1828 in Schwerin - 1864), first settler in Cottonwood County near New Ulm
People who worked in New Ulm
- Ludwig Bogen (1809–1886), revolutionary, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly and editor of the New Ulm Post
- Daniel Schillock (1826–1878), lawyer, senator
Demographic data
The average income of a household is 40,044 USD , the average income of a family at 51,309 USD. Males have a median income of $ 34,196 versus females averaging $ 24,970. The per capita income is $ 20,308.
6.2% of the population and 4.6% of families live below the poverty line. 23.1% of the population are under 18 years old and for every 100 women aged 18 and over there are statistically 92.2 men. The average age is 38 years. (Status: 2000).
Most of the residents are of German descent (65.7%), followed by Norwegians (11.8%), Irish (5.6%), Swedes (5.0%), Native Americans (3.8%) and English ( 3.1%).
Others
The film New in Town takes place mainly in New Ulm .
Neu-Ulm is briefly mentioned in "Winnetou II".
