Santa Maria do Herval
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Coordinates: 29 ° 30 ′ S , 51 ° 0 ′ W Santa Maria do Herval on the map of Brazil
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | |
| City foundation | May 12, 1988 | |
| Residents | 6053 (IBGE / 2010) | |
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| surface | 139.224 | |
| Population density | 43.36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 371 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Rodrigo Fritzen ( PP ) | |
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Santa Maria do Herval , officially Portuguese Município de Santa Maria do Herval , Riograndenser Hunsrückisch tea forest , is a municipality in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul . It has around 6,300 inhabitants (as of 2018), of which 70% are rural, and is located about 75 kilometers north of Porto Alegre and 25 kilometers south of Gramado in the Serra Gaúcha . Before it became independent as a municipality , the town of Santa Maria do Herval was part of Dois Irmãos , before that of São Leopoldo .
Santa Maria do Herval borders (starting in the north clockwise) with Nova Petrópolis , Gramado , Três Coroas , Igrejinha , Nova Hartz , Sapiranga , Morro Reuter and Picada Café . The mountainous municipality, which is partly overgrown with primeval forest, rises to over 600 meters.
history
The original indigenous inhabitants of the region, the Kaingang , were also called Bugres (roughly means unbelievers). From 1835 the first German immigrants from the Hunsrück settled in the district of Morro dos Bugres , and from 1844 in Linha Herval , today's center, which the locals call Teewald . Even today most of the residents still speak the Riograndenser Hunsrückisch .
In a plebiscite in April 1988, the majority of residents decided to form their own municipality. It consists of the districts of Morro dos Bugres , Boa Vista do Herval , Linha Marcondes , Vila Amizade , Vila Kunst , Vila Ferraria , Vila Seger , Nova Renânia and Padre Eterno .
In 1991 there were 5185 inhabitants, in 2000 5891 inhabitants and in 2010 6053 inhabitants who are called Hervalenses ( Hervalenses ).
Economy and tourism
Santa Maria do Herval has a rural character with potato growing , poultry farming and four shoe factories.
The most important event is the Potato Festival , which takes place every year in May . During other seasons, visitors come for the 125-meter-high Cascata do Herval waterfall (the trail leads behind the falling water), the many bathing spots in the rivers, the almost untouched Mata Atlântica and for the half-timbered houses and other signs of German settlement.
traffic
The holiday route Rota Romântica leads through the municipality of Santa Maria do Herval, otherwise the place is far away from through streets. The place can be reached via the local roads RS-373 from Morro Reuter and RS-873 from Gramado.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Santa Maria do Herval (Portuguese)
- Official description (Portuguese; PDF; 89 kB)
- IBGE to Santa Maria do Herval. Retrieved July 13, 2019 .