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Published: October 12th 2007
Cullman
Cullman, Alabama - United States of AmericaSep 09, 2007
City official name :Cullman
Founded date : Location :Alabama State
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Facts :Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States and is considered a part of Greater Birmingham. At the 2005 estimation census the population was 16,675, gaining about 2,000 people from the census of 2000. The city is the county seat of Cullman County. Cullman is considered to be the financial, commercial, and civic center of not only Cullman County but of other surrounding counties as well. Cullman is one of the three primary cities that make up the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, which is home to over a million people.
Cullman was founded in 1873 by Colonel John G. Cullmann, a German refugee who came to America in 1866. In 1873, Colonel Cullmann purchased 349 acres of land from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and established a colony for German immigrants.
Five German families moved to the area in March 1873; in 1878, the town was incorporated and named after Colonel Cullmann. Over the next twenty years, Colonel Cullmann encouraged 100,000 Germans to
Cullman
Cullman, Alabama - United States of America emigate to the area. The site he selected for his headquarters is now his grave site.
For many years Cullman was a college town, with Saint Bernard College serving as the home of several hundred students. In the mid-1970's, it briefly merged with Sacred Heart College (a two-year Benedictine women's college), to become Southern Benedictine College. This college closed in 1979, and now operates as Saint Bernard Preparatory School.
The former site of Sacred Heart College is Sacred Heart Monastery, which serves as a retreat center operated by the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery.
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