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Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a native of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria. Pastor Wilhelm Löhe sent Grossmann to establish a pastor training school for German immigrants. The college moved many times between Illinois and Iowa before settling in Waverly in 1935.
Old Main is a historic building located on the campus of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, United States. When Wartburg was established in Waverly in 1879 it was a normal school that educated men to teach in Lutheran parochial schools. This building was constructed the following year, which makes it the "first structure associated with German ...
This category is for articles related to Wartburg College, a selective four-year liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Waverly, Iowa. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The 2024 Wartburg Knights football team represents Wartburg College as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC) during the 2024 NCAA Division III football season.Led by fourth-year head coach Chris Winter, the Knights play home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.
The first school was started by Charles Ensign in a log cabin in 1854. A stone school house was erected by 1855 and additional schools were built in 1861 and 1868. The first graduating class of the Waverly High School was the class of 1875 with two students. Wartburg College moved to Waverly from Clinton, Iowa, in 1856.
The Wartburg Knights are the athletic teams that represent Wartburg College, located in Waverly, Iowa. The Knights have varsity teams in 27 sports, 13 for men and 14 for women. The teams participate in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the American Rivers Conference .
The following year (1879) both he and the school moved to Waverly, Iowa. In 1885, this school was combined with Wartburg Seminary, which had been operated in Mendota, Illinois. Grossmann remained in Waverly as president of the seminary until his retirement due to health in 1894. He died in Waverly in 1897 and is buried there in Harlington Cemetery.
The Wartburg Knights women's basketball team represents the Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, United States.The team is a member of the American Rivers Conference as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association.