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Goethe Monument dedicated by the Germans of Chicago. Erected in 1913. German immigration decreased in the 20th century due to increases in the German economy and new restrictions on immigration. [5] In 1914, there were 191,168 people born in Germany living in Chicago; this was the peak number of German-born people in Chicago. [1]
The East Village Historic District is a historic district in the East Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district is primarily residential and includes the oldest portions of the neighborhood. German immigrants and German Americans settled and developed the district from 1870 to 1920.
Founded in Chicago in 1959, it seeks to preserve and promote German and German American culture. [2] The center contains the DANK museum, Scharpenberg art gallery, a library (Koegel Bibliothek), facilities for social gatherings, and offers German language classes. [3] It is a member organization of the Chicago Cultural Alliance.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of German Americans in Chicago, Illinois Wikimedia Commons has media related to German diaspora in Chicago . Pages in category "German-American culture in Chicago"
The Germania Club Building, located at 108 W. Germania Place in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, is the historic headquarters of the Germania Club, the oldest German-American organization in the city.
Chicago's rapid growth in the 1840s and 1850s was largely because of German and Irish Catholic immigrants. Chicago was developing into an attractive opportunity for many immigrants. [3] Although the jobs that awaited the immigrant were often poor-paying wage based positions, opportunities were often more promising than that of their home country.
The Pilsen Historic District is a historic district located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Pilsen is a neighborhood made up of the residential sections of the Lower West Side community area of Chicago. It is recognized as one of the few neighborhoods in Chicago that still has buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. [2]
At its first appearance in records by explorers, the Chicago area was inhabited by a number of Algonquian peoples, including the Mascouten and Miami.The name "Chicago" is generally believed to derive from a French rendering of the Miami–Illinois language word šikaakwa, referring to the plant Allium tricoccum, as well as the animal skunk. [3]