And it is not Iowa, either.
This shot looks extraordinarily similar to the Amana Colonies. It is from a region of Germany where my great-great grandfather was born. My new German friend Lukas is doing the research and he found this website with plenty of pictures of the region. Alter the architecture of the buildings and you'd think these pictures were from Iowa. It's no wonder my ancestors chose to settle in Eastern Iowa - it was home.
It looks a lot like NE Iowa - Wadena & Volga in particular. What region is this?
ReplyDeleteIt's from the part of Germany where my Great-Great Grandfather was born. The Amana Colonies are pretty much a bowl - large flat center with hills around it. This picture seemed so Amana-esque that it made me understand better why a German would settle in the Amanas or twenty miles north in Benton county like my ancestors did.
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