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German Village Meeting Haus
588 South Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
tel: 614/221-8888
fax: 614/222-4747 |
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday: 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Saturday: 10:00AM to 2:00PM |
| Purchase German Village Christmas Cards online |
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Cost: $15/set plus $3.95 shipping & handling |
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It is never ever too early to think about holiday greetings. Stop by the meeting haus and check out the 2006 edition of holiday greeting cards.
The inside sentiment reads:
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Your branches green delight us.
Season's Greetings
from Historic German Village
The back of the card reads:
O Tannenbaum
The custom of the Christmas tree can be traced to sixteenth century Germany with reports of small fir trees decorated with apples, nuts, dates, pretzels, and paper flowers. That custom lives on far and wide and is especially cherished in historic
German Village, where, on the first Friday in December, neighbors gather to carol and welcome in the season.
The annual tree lighting in Frank Fetch Park - one of our most beloved German Village traditions - captured by Village artist Carol Schar, 2006.
The set includes ten cards with envelopes and is available for puchase for only $15.00. You can stop by the Meeting Haus to purchase, or order online. Enjoy the joy of the holidays by sharing images and sentiments by and from and of the Village.
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| Purchase German Columbus online |
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To purchase German Columbus online, choose the number of books you wish to purchase below, then click the "PayPal Buy Now" button below.
Cost: $22 per book plus $3.95 shipping & handling |
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Author(s): Jeffrey T. Darbee, Nancy A. Recchie
# of Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Date: 05/11/2005
Book Description: German Columbus celebrates the lives and work of the German immigrants who made their homes and their livelihoods in a tight-knit, cohesive neighborhood in the Old South End of Columbus, Ohio. Natives of Germany arrived in the capital city as early as its founding in 1812, but it was only after 1830, when new transportation routes from the east facilitated travel, that a major wave of German immigration began. By the 1850s, the area just south of downtown Columbus had a distinct flavor, with school lessons and church services conducted entirely in German and with several newspapers printed in the German language to serve the community. Merchants, business owners, and brewers, the hard-working Germans were the largest immigrant group in the city, totaling a third of the population through the end of the 19th century. Later, a shift in public opinion against immigrants and anti-German sentiment arising from World War I resulted in a rapid assimilation of Germans into the general population. Today, some of the Old South End survives in historic areas such as the Brewery District and German Village.
Author Bio: Jeffrey T. Darbee and Nancy A. Recchie make their home in German Village and work throughout Ohio as historic preservation consultants. With over 30 years of experience in the field, they tapped numerous public and private sources for historic images and vintage photographs
to bring to life the story of German Columbus.
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