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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Schmahl, Helmut |
| Title, Analytic | Truthful Letters and Irresistible Wanderlust: The Emigration from Rhenish Hesse to Wisconsin |
| Author, Monographic | Bungert, Heike//Kluge, Cora Lee//Ostergren, Robert C. |
| Title, Monographic | Wisconsin German Land and Life |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Publisher | Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2006 |
| Location in Work | 145-159 |
| Abstract | This essay concerns the migration and settlement process of some two thousand people from the southwestern German province of Rhenish Hesse who established group settlements in several counties in eastern Wisconsin in the mid-1800s. After an introduction to the social and economic situation in Rhenish Hesse at that time, the focus shifts to the question of how Wisconsin, a territory scarcely known in Germany, came to the attention of Rhenish Hessians as early as 1840, and how a chain migration tradition developed that lasted until the outbreak of the Civil War. Next, the study takes a closer look at Rhenish Hessian settlement patterns in Washington and Sheboygan Counties, where the immigrants clustered in areas known as the Darmstaedter Settlements. The final part deals with the agricultural experiences of Rhenish Hessian and other German settlers in the study area up to the end of the nineteenth century. |
| Call Number | MKI F590 G3 W573 2006 |
| MKI Terms | Wisconsin/ Farm life/ Land ethic/ Agriculture/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Hesse/ Letters/ 19th century/ Wisconsin -- Washington County/ Wisconsin -- Sheboygan County |