About: Germanna

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Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony.

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rdfs:comment	Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony. (en) Germanna è il nome con cui viene identificato un insediamento attivo nel XVIII secolo abitato in prevalenza da tedeschi sito nella contea di Orange. Il villaggio, che raggiunse i 200 abitanti nel 1719, era ubicato nello stato federato americano della Virginia. Durante i quasi settant'anni di continuità abitativa, Germanna fu un importante polo di lavorazione e produzione del ferro. (it)
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