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• Celebrating the New Year of 2010 German Style  and the 10 things you didn't know.
• New Years in Germany  always holds promise of a better life with it's ritual of luck.
• Discover Amerika by Road Tripping the USA coast to coast
  for German-American towns   and destinations. 
• A bottle of Lowenbrau beer that survived  the tragedy of the 1937 Hindenburg Zeppelin airship crash auctioned.
• German immigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg in 1853 founded Steinway and Sons making pianos.
• Celebrate Fasching in Munich in February and participate in a colourful parade  known as Faschingsumzug.
• Audi of America announces it will advertise during Super Bowl XLIV for the third consecutive season on February 7, 2010
• Germany Adventures: Battlefied Sylvester - Blogger Emily is very much impressed with New Years Eve in Germany.
• February is a big month for traditional and religious customs celebrated by German-Americans and Germans alike.
• Sandra Bullock's sister Gesine is inspired to carry on with their mothers German baking and recipes tradition.
• Shiner Fröst, a classic Dortmunder lager joins the lineup at Spoetzl Brewery as a seasonal beer made in Shiner, Texas.
• German singer/songwriter and blues guitarist Maurice Huffman known as Big Mo  has big dreams as a bluesman.
• Experience Carnival in Germany : Also known widely as Fastnacht, Fasching, or Karneval. Live like a German.
• Find out more about German  Fasching or Karneval. What's in a name explains it all!   

 MAR 2010

• Old Town Tomball Texas German Heritage Festival kicks off in late March.
• Oberammergau, Bavaria stages the world famous Passion Play every ten years.
• Zee Germans Took Velcro to a Steel Level.
• With a belly flop, German skater ends with gold medal in Vancouver Olympics. 
• Munich ’s answer to Lent: stronger beer – Ask the Bavarian monks.
• Nicolas Cage’s fascination with castles, inspired from his mothers German roots had bought a German Castle but eventually had to give it up along with other properties.
• It was none other than Benjamin Franklin who published the first German-language newspaper in North America in 1732 named the Philadelphische Zeitung.
• It’s a Big Year for Bavaria as it’s the 200^th anniversary of a famous wedding that started it all at Oktoberfest.  
• A proud German-American from Iowa blogs about different eras, different homelands, but sharing hard works and dreams that make up today’s immigration viewpoints.  
• German and English are cousin languages; they both are Germanic. Many similarities exist among these two languages although certain words which are untranslatable.
• Street word has it that Audi will present the Audi A1 e-tron concept at the Geneva Motor Show as the earlier mentioned "surprise".
• There are plenty of American Food products found in Germany. They put US flags on them, color the packaging in red and blue with American stars.
• Tips for finding your German immigrant ancestor’s hometown in Germany.
• The upcoming Oberammergau in May has roots derived as a result of the Bubonic Plague that swept through Europe and is one reason why German steins have lids to keep out the flies.
• How do German-Americans celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Mt. Angel, Oregon? With green beer of course.

 APR 2010

• Now that’s a big Easter wabbit - Herman, the Giant German Rabbit possibly the largest rabbit in the world.
• Our German Soul: Rich German Heritage remain. A closer look at Cincinnati’s Oktoberfest period from an “Over the Rhine” perspective.
• German-American Heritage Museum promotes culture, doesn't tell whole story.
• Bavaria's wood-carvers struggle to keep tradition alive over in Oberammergau.
• Oktoberfest Lives On In Downtown Denver towards late September 2010.
• Yuengling of Pottsville, Pennsylvania : America's Oldest Brewery.
• Germany 's largest air travel hub, Frankfurt Airport, was closed early Friday due to a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland. 
• The Passion Play - Bavarian-style, is a magnet for tourists
• A new German-American Heritage Museum opening in Penn Quarter.
• The Kreische Brewery of La Grange, Texas recognized as Texas’ First Brewery.
• The German-American Heritage Museum serves both as a local community center and as a home for German-American Associations and individuals across the country.
• The relationship between Germany and the United States is improving again. According to a survey conducted by the German embassy in Washington DC.
• German-American Air Gun Club springs into action for injured member.
• Chicago has traditionally been a place with a large German community. Today, America's biggest weekly German newspaper "Amerika Woche" is published here.
• In the Great Plains the Midwest, The German-American symposium, sponsored by the Max Kade Center for German-American Studiesbrings international scholars to KU.

 MAY 2010

• The Passion Play - Bavarian-style, is a magnet for tourists.
• A visiting Berliner goes on a mission to find and sample German culture in Milwaukee, WI that back in the 1860’s was once considered the biggest German settlement in the USA.
• Latest report says that Beer consumption in Germany fell for the third year in a row.
• It’s the German engineered BMW that overtakes Toyota as most valuable car brand.
• The Passion Play in Oberammergau 2010 - A promise. Living history. An experience.
• A German scholar rankles Swiss with questions over literature classic “Heidi's” origins.
• German native and F1 formula driver Michael Schumacher returns to race at the season opener and witnessed TV audiences in Germany soar by 50% in most regions.  
• Here is a great short article and video from Zum Schneider Beer Garden in New York.
• A traditional Maibaum festival in Putzbrunn (Southern Bavaria) near Munich, Germany will be celebrating great Bavarian culture and tradition for Maifest.
• Old World German Restaurant Charm – Dachshunds, Dining, Drinking, Dancing.
• German-American Club of Hermann, MO. plans Aug. 9-12 Bus Trip To New Ulm, MN
• A very traditional event in Bavaria is the famous Maibaumaufstellung (raising the Maypole) that puts you in a great spring spirit real quick.
• The Best of German Dry White Wines and Winemakers of Dry White Wines – directly from the Falstaff 2010 Ranking results.
• An old German Maifest celebration comes to life in Cullman, Alabama serving as nature’s bright reawakening after a winter's cold darkness period.
• All About German Beer and its Historical past from a flavor perspective.

• Harry Wolf, a local Waterloo tuba player and German music legend wins a major award from the government of Germany with the Federal Cross of Merit.
• Germany’s Most Attractive Car is the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG according to nearly 100,000 readers of Auto Bild magazine.
• In the late 19th century, San Antonio got their water from the local river but because of the germ-killing alcohol, beer might in some ways have been superior to untreated water as epidemics of water-borne illnesses such as cholera were regular occurrences.
• Get ready to yodel at Fort Wayne’s Germanfest in Indiana. Cheer on the weiner dog race, show off your lederhosen or just quaff a few beers at city's annual celebration.
• There is passion and faith in Oberammergau, Germany as devotion rings true at the world famous Bavarian village's Passion of the Christ event, a once-a-decade tradition.
• The German National Soccer team has departed for South Africa as the country gears up for a tilt at claiming the World Cup for a fourth time.
• German car exports increased by nearly half in May compared to a year earlier but sales continued to slide at home in Germany.
• Add the Wurstfest of New Braunfels, Texas to your fall travelschedule for a great time and everything else that is “Gemütlichkeit”.  
• Woman records German recipes with her book, “Taste of Old Germany: Recipes from My Colorado Restaurant and My Childhood from the popular Dolores restaurant.
• German-American history… and beauty combine as Stephanie Russell-Kraft is crowned "Miss German-America" of the annual New York Steuben Parade on Sept 25th, 2010.
• It is now official… Old World German Restaurant of Huntington Beach, California has a new “Old World’ Blogging Station ready for action.
• A German-American historical blog perspective on Kurt Vonnegut's Indianapolis, Indiana.
• The Frankenmuth Brewery won a Silver and two Bronze Medals in the World Expo of Beer held recently in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
• Constellation Wines USA announces the launch of blüfeld German wine, a medium dry Riesling from the Mosel Valley within Germany's most prestigious wine region.

• It’s coming… GermanFest – Milwaukee’s Original Haus Party. celebrating their 30^th Anniversary Festival starting July 22^nd
• A German Dairy Farmer in Wisconsin - with its luscious meadows reminds Germans of Bavaria and 150 years ago, many German farmers thought so too and settled down in this part of America.
• Baseball, Beer & Bratwurst: regarded as the Yankees of Germany, the Untouchables  have more German Championships than anyone.
• German cops take a crocodile into custody that had escaped from a small circus.
• While the Merkey farm in Bethel Township will be lost to development, its 1870s Pennsylvania German barn will be preserved for generations to come.
• Pennsylvania is home not only to coal miners and steel workers but also the maker of America's best-known Heinz ketchup was invented by Herr Heinz.
• But what flag should I put up this morning ask the German born doll maker who’s family flies both the American and German flag in front of their house to represent their different nationalities.
• After years of conflict about a smoking ban, Bavarians will finally make up their minds about the issue in a referendum tomorrow, in Berlin.
• World Cup sponsor Adidas has pulled a comeback against rival Nike as the top brand online for consumers who are tuning in to the world's biggest soccer tournament.
• The  Pabst Theater was constructed in 1895 and was one of the first all-electric theaters, the Pabst also included such innovations as air conditioning and fire-proof construction.
• Scheurebe "Scheu's grape" was created as a cross between Riesling and an unknown variety in 1916, is classified among the most "aromatic grapes" in German wine lore.
• Follow the Kraft Family in Germany on their adventurous trek of "Live Like a German" tour on Facebook.
• The KutztownFolkFestival is an annual event that celebrates German and Pennsylvania German Heritage now in it’s 61^st year. The 2010 Kutztown Folk Festival runs from July 3-11 at the Kutztown Fairgrounds.
• Amazon has begun selling food, including fresh products, to consumers in Germany. The US company hopes to succeed where numerous German food retailers have failed.

• The allure of a simple garden plot is huge in Germany with an estimated four million gardeners that enables them to get away from the hustle of their daily lives and work.
• It’s Official. No Smoking starts at this years Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, Germany although Oktoberfest organizers actually do not have to comply until 2011.
• Just in time for Oktoberfest, Barbie – the most American of all dolls will add a Dirndl to her vast collection of outfits.
• Aldi co-founder and billionaire Theo Albrecht has died at age 88 and is fondly remembered for reinventing retail with the German based international supermarket chain giant Aldi.
• It’s a Wine Time to visit Germany with more than a thousand wine festivals taking place every year in Germany’s wine growing regions, from the largest wine event in the world, to local festivals in charming villages along the rivers Rhine, Mosel, Elbe, and Main.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff will attend the memorial service for the victims of the deadly tragedy at the Loveparade in Duisburg.
• Summertime Ale? The wheat in a Hefeweizen, according to German law, must make up at least 50% of the beer’s total grain, with certain strains
  of German ale yeast, creating a host of specific, classic flavors including banana, clove notes, and bubble gum taste.
• You can’t beat Munich in the summer as a beer lover’s dream as the city is transformed into one huge pub where locals and tourists alike bask in the sun chugging down humongous glasses of beer at the open-air beer gardens found everywhere.
• Officials for Oktoberfest in La Crosse, Wisconsin have announced that Bret Michaels, current Poison vocalist, will perform at Oktoberfest on Tue September 28th 2010.
• So what exactly is German food like in Germany? A very interesting perspective from an American blogger that also happens to be a devout vegetarian too!
• The first ice wine was reportedly produced in Germany in 1794. Today, ice wines are highly prized wines that are made not only in Germany, but also in Austria and Canada as well as other countries, including the United States.
• The U.S. Olympic Committee signed a six-year, $24 million deal with BMW, making the German automaker the replacement for General Motors as the federation's automobile sponsor

·         One of the various things the German people are famous for is beer. With more than thirteen-hundred various breweries spread across the country, beer is a crucial piece of their culture and ancestry. 

·         Officials for Oktoberfest in La Crosse, Wisconsin have announced that Bret Michaels, current Poison vocalist, will perform at Oktoberfest on Tue September 28^th. 

·         The German Winemakers, “Korbel Brothers” from Bohemia (old Germany) were the founders of the Korbel Champagne Cellars in California in the late 1800’s. 

·         The Germanwise, “Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest” of Hays Kansas will begin to exude lederhosen and dirndls as much as polka & alpine hats.

The last major Oktoberfest of the Cincinnati Oktoberfest season is the family friendly, “Donauschwaben Oktoberfest.” This festival on the first weekend of October coincides with the end of the big Munich Oktoberfest in Germany.

• German tradition of the Christmas Pickle had its roots in the USA during the Civil War in 1864
  
  German tradition of the Christmas Pickle had its roots in the USA during the Civil War in 1864. An act of kindness in a Confederate POW camp evolved into a little known German tadition.