I run into folks all the time that if they are not at all of German ancestry themselves will say tome something like, "You know my husband's grandmother was German." Many will mention that one of their neighbors or close friends have a German surname. Others will reference their affection of good German food from a local German Restaurant, or an old family recipe. There is certainly talk always of what is their favorite German import beer.

Of course the discussion of what is the best German import automobile soon follows.

It's always fun for me to listen about their trips to Germany too for either business related trips, or simply vacationing for pleasure. I get this alot from ex-military personnel.

I think the best discussions however stem from the experiences of people at any Oktoberfest celebration either in Munich itself,
or at some other Oktoberfest celebration event within the USA.

The amazing thing is all these impromptu discussions eventually leads you to ponder, "Just what exactly defines a true definition of a German-American?" Is it a German native coming to America eventually gaining citizenship... or an American (no matter what the percentage) with true German ancestry bloodlines?"

Definition: 

You will also occasionally encounter individuals that claim to be of German ancestry stating, "I am actually part German, part English, part French and a little Cherokee Indian."

Guess what… you’re still regarded as a German-American by most counts and you’re at the right place to discover what the German side of your heritage has to offer... or a significant portion of it! 

While exploring GermanNationUSA it's important to note:

• It doesn’t matter if you can speak any German or not.
• It doesn’t matter if you have been to Germany or not. 
• It doesn’t matter whether you have any German
  blood flowing through your own body or not.
• Like bratwurst? Okay you're QUALIFIED & CONFIRMED
  to have fun within this website!

 Personal Bio

I Brian Hingst was born in the great plains region of the USA in Sioux City, Iowa being one of eleven (ten surviving) children.

Soon after my first birthday, my family relocated to Wichita, Kansas where most of us Hingsters were raised. Of course my older siblings would say that I was born in a basement and never brought up! True. true.

After my formidable college years in Kansas, I spent a few years living in beautiful sun drenched Sarasota, Florida before moving and eventually settling in the great state of Tennessee residing
in Murfreesboro located just outside Nashville Music City USA!

I am married to a lovely woman for just over twenty years now who is the most supportive, compassionate person I've ever known. She is simply amazing and makes each day we spend together feel like the first.

My wife and I are also proud parents of a beautiful and very
bright daughter who has blessed us in so many ways... too
many to count!

My great grandparents on my father's side, and their children (including my grandfather as a young boy) emigrated to America in the spring of 1882 hailing from Seelent-Holstein, Germany.

The town of Seelent (now spelled Selent) is located in the most northern region of Germany near the Baltic Sea and is the home
of the Blomenburg Castle (hunting lodge/resort) in which I have discovered was partially still under construction in its final phase when my great grandparents emigrated to America.

On my mothers side I am part English, Irish and I understand that I have some Scott in me as well. I guess that's why I celebrate St Patrick's Day listening to bagpipe music, wearing a plaided kilt and drinking green beer with English tea chasers past midnite.

Of course I do this all the while going under the assumed name of O'Brian McHingster!

Anyhow back to the German side... We German-Americans are a very proud and passionate bunch that love to really embrace our common German ancestry and experience all the cultural customs and traditions it has to offer.

Including myself, many of us German-Americans are considered by German natives as "a work in progress" while trying to figure this whole German heritage thing out.

Again this is why GermanNationUSA was created... to help guide anyone else going down the same path along the way!

"Whatever you can do or dream you can,
begin it. Boldness has genius, power
and magic in it." -

"Was immer du tun kannst oder
wovon du träumst -fange es an.
In der Kühnheit liegt Genie,
Macht und Magie."

Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

birthday 8/28/1749

My Powerful Intention of GermanNationUSA

Allow me to start off a little bit slow right here and then pick-up some steam as I progress through my explanation of my ultimate powerful intention regarding the creation of GermanNationUSA.

Alright forget that - If you want something bad enough, I say
lay out all your cards on the table and let your intentions to be known by all. Let the proverbial chips fall where they may!

Here's my proclamation:

GermanNationUSA was started from scratch to serve as an online organic platform to initiate the start of establishing a networking presence and database with other German-Americans, German theme related businesses, clubs, societies, organizations, financial contributors, advertisers, title sponsors and investment groups.

It is the intention for GermanNationUSA to become recognized as the catalyst that started the process to realize our greatest "collective" imagineered accomplishment.

The ultimate objective?

The eventual development of a highly integrated, multi-use, German-American themed Entertainment Showpark Resort (ESR)  located strategically within the USA near a major tourism market.

It's designed to capture and tap into a unique, time-tested and lucrative niche tourism market.

This ambitious ESR project is not a new endeavour either. It's conceptual plans have been on the drawing boards since 1985 and has most recently been met by rave reviews from select imagineering design, architectural development and marketing individuals from across the USA.  

What's the scope and scale of this ESR?

Massive in size but highly integrated and very niche specific. It's unlike any development to date (with the exception of Disney World) and a few other select venues across the USA but none compare to it in its themed scope.

What about it's cost -any idea?

Yes, but it's undisclosed at this point.

I can assure you that it's not your average multi-million dollar theme park resort development.

You need not worry about breaking the bank either because it's design will be completed in a series of development phases with each feeding into the next one.

Does this ESR already have a name?

Yes, but it's disclosure will come at a later strategic date to be determined.

One day we can release all the details of this truly innovative (and massive) ESR development that is quite impressive to say the least... but now is not the time.

Today we begin with the successful ongoing development and evolution of GermanNationUSA - but hang on! There are some other exciting things on our immediate horizon that you will want to hear about that include:

• A German-American Social Network - It's already LIVE and it's called GermanAmericanFaces! Come on in and join us. We want to hear all about you or any of your German related adventures. Many use GermanAmericanFaces as a niche specific marketing platform to advertise on.

• GermanNationUSA is always thinking forward and one day
  in the near future foresees an online streaming television network of hundreds of German related businesses and organizations (i.e. German clubs, societies, restaurants, shops, stores, hotels, entertainment venues, seasonal festival events, etc) and also perhaps thousands of regular German-Americans too that are all linked together online to a special streaming social channel network where all German-Americans can tap and tune into 24/7 to catch the latest of LIVE (or archived) special events, programs, presentations, productions and numerous German related club activities, festivals or fairs from anywhere in the world.

  Not only will you be able to do this... there is also a likely potential that you will be in a niche specific network that has the capability of creating some additional income for you or your business too as you use and tell others about this service!

• A Private Members Only Site (TBA) - That will be a first look interactive online club for the upcoming ESR development. It is here where members can contribute and assist designers as a sounding board for ideas and enhancements.

How do you plan to get from this point here - to there?

The simple answer is incrementally. One step at a time.

This entire journey begins right here and now with this website GermanNationUSA serving as a beacon, a billboard, or even an advertisement in itself to get the word out that with specific niche targeted networking, we intend on creating something fabulous entirely from scratch.

It will become the grassroots story of the century!

Here are a few goals that I plan to accomplish with the success that GermanNationUSA intends to generate.

• Establish a direct online presence for my personal name,
  face, vision and personal brand as well.
• Cultivate public awareness of a strong German heritage within the USA and all German-American communities too. 
• Build credibility with constant networking efforting.
• Attract target niche visitors
• Attract a social following of members
• Attract donations
• Attract advertisers
• Attract sponsors
• Attract investment groups

That's a good start. It all started with me taking the plunge into the initial vast uncertainty of it all - but now it's your turn!

Now it begins with you. Jump in with me because until now, you are just a visitor. To become a unique visitor you will have to take some sort of action as described below.

At this point it's all the matter of taking action.

You know that proper marketing will lead to visitor traffic, which typically leads to unique visitors, or new subscribers & members.

With alot of visitor traffic and subscribers and new members come very interested advertisers and sponsors too. After that level the real discussions about our ESR can begin!

How can I get involved?

There are plenty of opportunities for you as an individual person, group, business, advertiser, or sponsor to get involved at this very moment starting from your interaction on our very own social site, newsletter, facebook pages, myspace, twitter, or blogs.

• The Guten Tag Times Newsletter
• GermanAmericanFaces - Social Community
• GermanAmericanBlogs - My Journal of thoughts
• Facebook Page  - GermanNationUSA
• Facebook Group - GermanNationUSA
• MySpace - GermanNationUSA 
• Twitter - Follow Me 
• Others (TBA) 

 

 

Donate here !
 

  

 

Every dollar that is spent contributing to the financial success of GermanNationUSA counts!

Again it's is the intention for GermanNationUSA to be recognized one day as the catalyst that started something quite special with the creation of our greatest imagineered accomplishment.

 ~ Prost!

the Hingster

 The origin of Hingstoberfest

In my own way to embrace a part of my German heritage... in the fall of 1995 I initiated my first inaugural Oktoberfest celebration get together between family, friends and neighbors as more of a goodwill gesture to celebrate community and fellowship within the neighborhood building endearing lifetime friendships.

This was a true and sincere Gemüetlichkeit (goodwill, coziness)German traditional offering to create a good-time get together!

Because I had a fitting German surname of Hingst, I decided to improvise and use it as the headline title of my German themed fall cook-out event celebration. At that point a mere Oktoberfest themed gathering was transformed into:
 
HINGSTOBERFEST

If you choose not to utilize your own surname into the title of your own fest celebration, you could always use other related or common words starting with the original Oktoberfest, octoberfest, or use words like: wurstfest, neighborhoodfest, strudelfest, or krautfest, bratfest, bierfest, festfest,  beerfest. Getting creative you can also improvise and use names like cornholefest, bmwfest, polkafest,  Ompah pah fest or even a (team_name)fest!

I think you get the idea by now!

Here's some suggestions and tips to make your home Oktoberfest celebration event a very fun and worthwhile celebration for all that attend. This list includes:

• A personalized party title by inserting your SURNAME in the blank proceeding _______toberfest.
• Making the _______toberfest mandatory in October only. forget starting in September like the real Oktoberfest otherwise my party would be called  Hingstemberfest!
• Plan on Brats, Beer (German imports) and football. Great for a Saturday afternoon (college football games and ample next day recovery time) or Sundays rooting for your most local or favorite NFL team!
• Have some common German food side dishes like bratwurst, sauerkraut, red cabbage, pretzels, German potato salad, cheese, pickles and rye bread. Varieties of each is good.
• Order some Oktoberfest decorations in advance which are typically affordable and if ordered online can be shipped to you as early as next day delivery.
• You can always theme your combo party/cook-out/festival simply with fall /autumn colors of yellow and orange and browns. Then you can add in a bale or two of straw, a pumpkin, some gourds and a few corn stalks would be considered a nice touch.
• It would be really great to purchase some white and blue (bavarian blue) balloons and also a USA, German and Bavarian flags to create the themed atmosphere.
• You can easily locate and access amazon.com online stores like Shop4GermanGifts to purchase numerous OKTOBERFEST decorations, party favors, costumes, hats, signs, banners and anything else to make your home fest a success!
• Be innovative and create some German-American recipes on your own like appetizers, a punch and desserts.
• A party without some MUSIC is not a party... even with a football game as a focal point, you gotta have some actual authentic Oktoberfest Oompah pah polka music playing from a CD boom box to create the perfect Oktoberfest ambience.
• The Chicken Dance once or twice is a must during your party... also do the Oktoberfest Gratitude Dance set to the classic Clarinet Polka song for lots of smiles and laughs!
• For the top German-American party game to play is of course is the CORN HOLE (bag toss) game that actually has German-American origins out of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• If you do not schedule your own FEST party until the end of October... you can incorporate a holiday side theme of Halloween into the mix with costumes, foods and some candy corn, an original German-American innovation from the 1880's

I personally created some fantastic recipes for my Hingstoberfest that include a new German-American Potato Salad and a unique German theme appetizer called Schwine Stiks (spare ribs) that has a flavorable honey-ginger dipping sauce. Of course I also grill up a few ever popular Bier Hendl Chickens (beer can chicken) with an easy dry rub recipe that always fun to prep and a delight to eat!

You can see all the details of exactly what you need to create and host your own German themed celebration party by clicking this link Party German Style or the same name tab in the left side panel.