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North America » United States » Michigan » Frankenmuth August 16th 2015

The one about Frankenmuth. Up and out early, 8:30, to head to the town of Frankenmuth. If you think of Michigan's lower peninsula as a left handed mitten, we have been staying at the tip of the thumb. If you draw a line across that thumb, from the bottom of Saginaw Bay on the west, to Lake Huron on the east there is about 80 miles of peninsula up and down, and left to right. At the bottom left corner is the town of Bay City and that was our first stop. Sherry's husband insisted she break into the 21st century and get an iPhone 6 before the plans change and the phone cost her $600. Yup, I know. Sherry has been using a flip phone very happily for a very long time. There is one ... read more
view of one of the entrances to Bronner's
Me, Barb, Sherry in front of The Silent Night chapel

North America » United States » Michigan » Frankenmuth July 8th 2014

The city's name is a combination of two words. "Franken" represents the Province of Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria, home of the Franks, where the original settlers were from. The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians." The area was settled and named in 1845 by conservative Lutheran immigrants from the Roßtal area of Franconia (now part of Bavaria) in Germany. The group of settlers left Germany on April 20, 1845. Frankenmuth is known as Little Bavaria and the evidence of their ancestors can be found everywhere you look. An interesting and little known fact about Frankenmuth is in 1996, Lord Mayor Christian Ude of Germany officially sanctioned the Frankenmuth Octoberfest celebration, making it the only city outside of Munich to receive such an honor. The most ... read more
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