Pennsylvania Germans

The Pennsylvania Germans also know as the Pennsylvania Dutch are a diverse groups of ethnic Germans who've immigrated and settled in early America.

The PA Germans are religiously diverse practicing the following religions: Lutheran, Reformed, Evangelical, Moravian, Church of the Brethren, Mennonite, Amish, Schwenkfelder, United Church of Christ, River Brethren, Yorker Brethren, Roman Catholic, Urglaaw, Old German Baptist, etc.

Many came here when religious persecution was leading many of them to conform to state and religious leaders. This persuaded many to leave to America where William Penn offered them religious freedom. After coming to America and settling, German immigration from the South of Germany continued until the mid-1800s.

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[Eraekzion]

I'm a German, living in Germany (No kidding! :D) and I'm very touched by all these comments of proud European/German people in America who didn't forget their ancestry. :)

[BenTibone]

Hi, i´m German and proud that so many of my people are living in the US. By the way, what is the title of the music in the background? I sounds so wonderful. Thanks!

[verzannt]

Thank you for including the Urglaawe altar. :)

[DollaBiIIz]

@Armornone I'm an Indiana German and I agree.

[Armornone]

I am German decent and I would like to know if other German's in the US would be interested in rounding up the Jews and kicking them out of America. They are a plague on the American people and cause nothing but harm and misery.

[mij194]

They aren't religiously diverse. All the religions in the description are one religion: Christianity.

[Yeshuamyhope]

Pennsylvania Deutch (German) you know Deutchland(Germany), the English settlers mistook Deutch for Dutch, they were actually German speaking people from Germany and Switzerland.

[Sublime570]

@EnglishEthnicPride2 They are Germans. They were settlers with the English in the early 1700s and the English called them Dutch. So that's just what stuck.

[EnglishEthnicPride2]

So, are these people German or Dutch (or both)?

[lge8710094]

My dads fathers side was Pennsylvania hardcore German dutch a few generations backs... the simple life is better for ones soul... this must be where i get my love of the simple life and farms.