Wernersville
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Location in Pennsylvania
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1914 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Berks County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 20 ′ N , 76 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,150 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,023.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.1 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.1 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 113 m | ||
| Postal code : | 19565 | ||
| Area code : | +1 610 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-82296 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1193624 | ||
Wernersville is a municipality in Berks County in the US state of Pennsylvania with 2,150 inhabitants according to the census of 2000 .
geography
Wernersville is located in eastern Pennsylvania about ten kilometers west of the city of Reading , which is the administrative seat of Berks County.
history
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Wernersville became known as a resort town. Urban residents from Philadelphia , New York City and other cities used the Reading Railroad stop to soak up the cool mountain air of the South Mountain . Several large hotels were built for this purpose, including Galen Hall, Bynden Wood, Grand View and the Highland Hotel. Some of these hotels have been advertised as sanatoriums, particularly to provide recovery cures for diseases such as tuberculosis. The most famous of these institutions was Dr. Robert Walter's Mountain Park (Walters Park for short). Many of these rest homes were later converted into buildings for institutional use.
There is a small community of Jesuits in Wernersville. The site was once home to the Maryland Provincial Novice Center of the Society of Jesus before the novices of the New York and Maryland provinces united and moved to Syracuse, New York .
People who worked on site
- Alexander Schimmelfennig (* 1824, † 1865), German-born general in the Union Army in the Civil War ; died in a sanatorium in Wernersville while trying to cure his advanced tuberculosis
- Kenneth W. Hassler (* 1932; † 1999), science fiction author, born here
Individual evidence
- ↑ Warner, p. 424; Eicher, p. 472.
literature
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
- Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders , Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0822-7 .
