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The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996. [1] [2] Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza. [2] That year the market attracted more than 750,000 visitors. [2]
Dutch Chicago Business Exchange of the Netherland-America Foundation - dcbex.com. French American Chamber of Commerce Chicago Chapter - facc-chicago.com. German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest - gaccom.org. Greater O'Hare Association - greater-ohare.com. Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - ihccbusiness.net.
German American Chambers of Commerce is a bilateral trade organization promoting German and German-American businesses within the United States and worldwide in 90 countries and 130 locations. The AHKs throughout the world are under the 'DEinternational Archived 2016-05-04 at the Wayback Machine' brand name. [6]
Chicago was a major industrial center, and tens of thousands of German and Bohemia immigrants were employed at about $1.50 a day. American workers worked, on average, slightly over 60 hours during a six-day work week. [13] The city became a center for many attempts to organize labor's demands for better working conditions. [14]
Founded in Chicago in 1959, it seeks to preserve and promote German and German American culture. [2] The center contains the DANK museum, Scharpenberg art gallery, a library (Koegel Bibliothek), facilities for social gatherings, and offers German language classes. [3] It is a member organization of the Chicago Cultural Alliance.
The Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago is an exhibit on display at the Western Brown Line CTA station. Located in the Lincoln Square, Chicago neighborhood, an historically German-American enclave, the monument contains a large segment of the Berlin Wall and a plaque describing its dedication to the city. The Berlin Wall represented one of the ...
The German Chambers of Commerce Abroad ("Außenhandelskammer" in German, also known by the abbreviation " AHK ") support German companies with establishing and extending business relations in 90 countries and 130 locations [1] (e.g. the AHK USA). The AHKs also promote trade and joint business between Germany and a foreign country.
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center. Historically, Chicago has had an ethnic German population. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 15.8% of people in the Chicago area had German ancestry, and those of German ancestry were the largest ethnic group in 80% of Chicago's suburbs. As of the year 1930, those of German ancestry were the largest European ...