Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil
About thirty kilometers north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the 'Most German' town of POMERODE, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the Baltic Sea's southern shore, split between Germany and Poland.
Every cottage and building is built in the traditional German style characterized by exposed brick within a frame of exposed wood, that recalls a rural German setting from the 1900s.
The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety percent of the town’s 25,000 inhabitants speak German with a distinct 19th century Pommersch accent.
Germans left home in waves beginning in 1824 and accelerating after the failed revolutions of 1848. Immigration continued well into the 20th century, with another major influx immediately after WWI.
Even though the immigration of Germans to Brazil was small compared to the numbers who went to the United States, it had a notable impact on the ethnic composition of the country, particularly in the south.
Festa Pomerana 2016 - Pomerode We Love You
Constituting the fourth largest immigrant community in the country, after the Portuguese, Italians and Spaniards, over time the government has become more tolerant of Brazilian Germans, acknowledging their existence and embracing the culture of the population. FULL STORY