Not Just Beer and Brats: UC Scholar Publishes Cincinnati German Heritage Guide
Just in time for Oktoberfest season, University of Cincinnatis Don Heinrich Tolzmann is publishing a German Heritage Guide to the Greater Cincinnati Area.
The book could be subtitled Everything You Wanted to Know about Cincinnatis German Background at a Glance. It features a quick timeline of the Tristates German heritage, from the first German settlers and Cincinnatis first mayor the German-born David Ziegler to the opening of the Hofbraeuhaus brewery in Newport in 2003. There are also chapters on German American landmarks in Cincinnati and Covington, a whos who in German American history in the region, descriptions of German-related museums and libraries, and a round-up of German American halls.
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