Pomerode
| Município de Pomerode "Nossa Pequena Alemanha",
Pomerode
"Our little Germany" |
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 Street scene in Pomerode
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 44 ′ S , 49 ° 11 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality of Pomerode in the state of Santa Catarina
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| founding | January 21, 1959 (emancipation) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Santa Catarina | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-SC | ||
| Região intermediária | Blumenau (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Blumenau (since 2017) | ||
| Mesoregion | Vale do Itajaí (1989-2017) | ||
| Microregion | Blumenau (1989-2017) | ||
| structure | 1 multiple district | ||
| height | 58 m | ||
| climate | subtropical, Cfa | ||
| surface | 214.7 km² | ||
| Residents | 27,759 (2010) | ||
| density | 129.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 33,447 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4213203 | ||
| Post Code | 89107-000 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | pomerode.sc (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Ercio Kriek (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | Democratas (DEM) | ||
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| GDP | 1,711,891 thousand R $ 53,901 R $ per capita (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.780 (high) (2010) | ||
Pomerode , officially Portuguese Município de Pomerode , is a small town with around 33,450 inhabitants in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina . The city lies on the Rio Testo, around 25 kilometers north of Blumenau , to which it belonged administratively until January 21, 1959. Founded around 1863 by Pomeranian settlers, Pomerode today has the largest proportion of German-born residents in Brazil, around 92 percent of the city's population .
General
The urban area stretches for about 8 kilometers through the valley of the Rio Testo, which runs in a north-south direction, with the city center extending directly on the western bank of the river. Two main streets run through the center of Pomerode about a block apart: Avenida Vinte e Um de Janeiro , which is partly laid out as an avenue, and Rua Luiz Abry , which runs a little to the east and becomes Rua XV de Novembro south of the city center .
Landmarks are the two city gates, the south gate on Rua XV de Novembro and the north gate located far outside the city center on Rua Presidente Costa e Silva .
East of the city center on Rua Hermann Weege is the Zoológico Pomerode (zoological garden), which houses various domestic and exotic animal species on around 65,000 square meters, including monkeys , lions , tigers , wolves , giraffes , zebras , elephants , hippos and various reptiles. and species of birds .
Attractions
South gate in Pomerode
North gate in Pomerode: Portico do Imigrante Wolfgang Weege
Museu Pomerano (local history museum)
Teatro Municipal (City Theater)
City administration
City prefect (mayor) has been Ercio Kriek of the Democratas (DEM) since the local elections in 2016 for the term 2017 to 2020 .
The legislature rests with a city council, the vereadores , made up of nine elected representatives.
Language and culture
The town is characterized by the fact that East Pomeranian is the colloquial language and German is the written language to this day. Since 2010, German has also been the city's second official language. Furthermore, the reference to Pomeranian culture is omnipresent, which is expressed in particular by the architectural style of many buildings, the culinary offer and the "Festa pomerana", which has taken place annually since 1984, with which the residents celebrate their city festival with traditional costumes and brass music for a week.
Sports
Both the U-18 Women's Fistball World Championship 2014 and the U-18 Fistball World Championship 2014 took place here.
economy
The largest employers in the city are a Bosch Rexroth AG plant , which employs around 400 people locally, two Netzsch Group plants with around 600 employees, and a plant belonging to the Brazilian porcelain manufacturer Porcelana Schmidt.
Twin cities
- Greifswald , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, since 2001
- Torgelow , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
There is both a Greifswalder (Praça de Greifswald) and a Torgelower Platz (Praça de Torgelow) in the center of Pomerode.
literature
- Wilfried Hornburg : Pomerania in Pomerode . In: Heimatkalender Anklam , 2010, volume 81, new series 19. Schibri-Verlag, Strasburg (Uckermark) 2009, pp. 123–125, several illustrations, ISBN 978-3-86863-032-9 .
- Helga Kirsch, Helmut Kirsch: A piece of Germany in the south of Brazil. Pomerode, one of the many faces of Brazil . In: Die Pommersche Zeitung , Volume 67, Episode 30 of July 29, 2017, p. 16, 4 color images.
- Boris Herrmann: Brazil's “most German” city . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 22, 2018 ( sz.de )
See also
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Tourist information of the Associação Visite Pomerode (AVIP)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IBGE : Pomerode - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved January 22, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Ercio Kriek 25 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed January 22, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ LEI Nº 2251, DE 1º DE SETEMBRO DE 2010 - INSTITUI A LINGUA ALEMÃ COMO IDIOMA COMPLEMENTAR E SECUNDÁRIO NO MUNICÍPIO