Hermann, Missouri Hermann, Missouri Early morning sun lights up the fall colors down Market Street in Hermann, Missouri Early morning sun lights up the fall colors down Market Street in Hermann, Missouri Flag of Hermann, Missouri Location of Hermann, Missouri Location of Hermann, Missouri State Missouri Hermann is a town/city designated in 1842 as the governmental center of county of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States.
It is near the center of the Missouri Rhineland and south of the Missouri River.
The town/city is the commercial center of the Hermann American Viticultural Area, whose seven wineries produce about one-third of the state's wine.
The town/city was established by the Deutsche Ansiedlungs-Gesellschaft zu Philadelphia (German Settlement Society of Philadelphia) in 1837. It was promoted by Gottfried Duden, who wrote about the region in his Bericht uber eine Reise nach den westlichen Staaten Nord Amerikas (Report of a Journey to the Western States of Northern America).
The town is titled after Hermann der Cherusker, a Germanic prestige who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the year 9.
In 2009, Hermann jubilated the 2000th anniversary of the battle, in which the Germanic warrior Hermann defeated three Roman legions.
A bronze statue of the city's namesake was dedicated in the Hermann Park. In the 1960s, citizens began to rebuild the wine trade in the Hermann area.
Stone Hill Winery, the biggest winemaking company in the state, and Hermannhof Winery are in the town.
2 miles (3.2 km) south of town off Missouri Highway 100 West is Adam Puchta Winery, the earliest continuously family-owned winery in the nation, under direct family ownership since 1855. Bias Vineyards is less than 8 miles (13 km) east near Berger on Missouri Highway 100.
Also encompassed in the Hermann AVA are Oakglenn Vineyards and Winery, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Hermann; Bommarito Estate Almond Tree Winery; and Robbler Vineyards and Winery near New Haven.
The Katy Trail, a 225-mile (362 km)-long bike path, passes through Mc - Kittrick, a town on the northern side of the Missouri River athwart from Hermann.
The Hermann Historic District, Kotthoff-Weeks Farm Complex, Old Stone Hill Historic District, William Poeschel House, The Rotunda, and Vallet-Danuser House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.0% White, 0.6% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 1.4% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,047 homeholds of which 25.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 44.9 years.
21.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.4% were from 45 to 64; and 24.4% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.80% White, 0.22% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.30% from other competitions, and 0.52% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,149 homeholds out of which 27.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 26.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,634, and the median income for a family was $44,621.
About 5.0% of families and 6.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
Brock Olivo, former Missouri Tigers, Detroit Lions football player and Republican candidate for Missouri 9th congressional precinct in 2008.
Hermann City Government City Government Officials - City of Hermann, Missouri How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named.
The State Historical Society of Missouri.
"Partnerstadt Hermann gru t Bad Arolsen mit Arminius aus Bronze".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Journal, Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1875, vol.
1, presented by State Historical Society of Missouri, 1920 Historic maps of Hermann in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Digital Library Municipalities and communities of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States
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German-American history - Cities in Gasconade County, Missouri - Cities in Missouri - Missouri Rhineland - County seats in Missouri - Missouri populated places on the Missouri River - German-American culture in Missouri - Populated places established in 1837 - 1837 establishments in Missouri
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