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The word das Wienerschnitzel is German, and like Jägerschnitzel and Zigeunerschnitzel, was spelled as one word before the spelling reform of 1996. [8] The restaurant's name is a portmanteau of Wiener and Schnitzel, meaning "Viennese" and "cutlet" respectively.
German settlers Ferdinand and Louise Backs moved to Anaheim in the 1870s, some of the earliest residents of the region. In 1902, the Backs began construction on a new home where their previous house stood. Architect Edward Niehaus designed it in the Colonial Revival style at 3,713 square feet (344.9 m 2). [1]
Frohling was born in 1827 in Prussia. [1] [2]He was a professional flutist who was in a San Francisco band "that later became famous as the Germania Society." [3]In Anaheim's first wedding, November, 1859, Frohling was married to Amelie Hammes, the daughter of Philips Hammes, "in her parents' not-quite-finished new home."
When Anaheim was a rural community surrounded by orange groves, the geographic center of town was at the intersection of Center Street and Los Angeles Street (now Center Street and Anaheim Blvd.) and the central business district was built around the center of town anchored by the likes of the SQR Department Store, Chung King Restaurant, and Pickwick Hotel.
Old World Village is a German enclave in Huntington Beach, California. It features shops, restaurants, a chapel, and a hotel. [1] [2] Many of the proprietors of its businesses live above their establishments. This live-work arrangement is unusual for Orange County. [3] [4] About 40 families live in the village. [5]
Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th ...
Founder of Anaheim: George Hansen. George Hansen, known as the "Father of Anaheim", was a surveyor and a civil engineer.Hansen was born in Fiume, Austria in 1824. He departed Austria in 1850 and came to California by sailing to Peru around Cape Horn.
1967 – Anaheim Convention Center and the public library's Anaheim History Room open. [7] 1968 – Fox Cinemaland theatre in business. [11] 1970 – Population: 166,701. [12] 1972 – Anaheim Hills Golf Course opens. [13] 1974 – Living Stream Ministry relocated to Anaheim (approximate date). [14] 1976 – Anaheim Historical Society founded. [15]