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Pennsylvania Dutchlander [1][2][3] The Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie Deitschland), or Pennsylvania Dutchland, [4][5] is a region of German Pennsylvania spanning the Delaware Valley and South Central and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania. By the American Revolution in the 18th century, the region had a high ...
Pennsylvania Dutch is mainly derived from Palatine German, spoken by 2,400,000 Germans in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, a region almost identical to the historical Palatinate. [11] There are similarities between the German dialect that is still spoken in this small part of southwestern Germany and Pennsylvania Dutch.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.
The Pennsylvania Dutch live primarily in the Delaware Valley and in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, a large area that includes South Central Pennsylvania, in the area stretching in an arc from Bethlehem and Allentown in the Lehigh Valley westward through Reading, Lebanon, and Lancaster to York and Chambersburg.
The Greensburg Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. It encompasses 67 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects in the central business district of Greensburg. The district developed between about 1854 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne ...
Pitt-Greensburg is located two miles (3 km) south of the center of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a city located in Westmoreland County, and approximately 33 miles (53 km) to the southeast of Pittsburgh. Since 1976, the university has been centralized at its current location on the former estate of Charles McKenna Lynch in suburban Hempfield.
05001017 [1] Added to NRHP. September 15, 2005. Jerman School is a historic school building located at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1914, and is a two-story, Tudor Revival style steel frame building on a raised foundation. It is sheathed in brick with limestone trim and consists of two projecting end bays, two classroom ...
Pennsylvania Dutch English is a dialect of English that has been influenced by the Pennsylvania Dutch language. It is largely spoken in South Central Pennsylvania, both by people who are monolingual in English and bilingual in Pennsylvania Dutch and English. The dialect has been dying out, as non-Amish younger Pennsylvania Germans tend to speak ...