towns with German Background

- Augsburg, Karlstein, Mariental once existed in the region still known as “German Coast”, west of New Orleans.

- Des Allemands

- Geismar

- Gretna - located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, Gretna was founded in 1836 by German immigrants. Many German families still live in Gretna today.

- Hamburg

- Hahnville refers to Georg Michael Hahn (see German-American history)

- Hebert

- Hessmer

- Hornbeck

- Jena was named for Jena in Illinois, which was named after the German/ Thuringian city of Jena

- Kraemer

- Krotz Springs

- Minden

- Melder

- Oberlin was named after the Alsatian Philanthropist Johann Friedrich Oberlin

- Robert’s Cove (German Cove) in Acadia Parish

- Siegen

- Sieper

- Sondheimer

- Vienna

- Waldheim

- Wisner was named for Edward Wisner from Michigan, who’s family had immigrated from the Alemannic Switzerland

- Zimmerman

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