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The Ohio Rhineland (German: Ohio Rheinland) is a German cultural region of Ohio. It was named by Rhinelanders and other Germans who settled the area in the mid-19th century. [1] They named the canal "the Rhine" in reference to the river Rhine in Germany, and the newly settled area north of the canal as "Over the Rhine". [2] [3]
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
The toponym "Over-the-Rhine" is a reference to the Miami and Erie Canal as the Rhine of Ohio. An early reference to the canal as "the Rhine" appears in the 1853 book White, Red, Black , in which traveler Ferenc Pulszky wrote, "The Germans live all together across the Miami Canal, which is, therefore, here jocosely called the 'Rhine'."
The Ohio State University football team won the national championship in 2002 and 2014, and consistently competes for the prize annually. The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series baseball championship in 1990 following their run as the Big Red Machine in the 1970s. The team won the National League Central Division champions in 2010 and 2012.
German Village is a historic neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just south of the city's downtown.It was settled in the early-to-mid-19th century by a large number of German immigrants, who at one time comprised as much as a third of the city's entire population.
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions, the Reichsgaue. During the 12 years of Nazi rule, Bavaria was one of Hitler's favorite locations, and he spent much time in his residence at the Obersalzberg. The KZ (concentration camp) in Dachau, near Munich, was the first to be established.
Pages in category "State parks of Ohio" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The territorial evolution of Germany in this article include all changes in the modern territory of Germany from its unification making it a country on 1 January 1871 to the present although the history of "Germany" as a territorial polity concept and the history of the ethnic Germans are much longer and much more complex.