Colonia Tovar

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Colonia Tovar is a city of about 21,000 people, which is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the west of Caracas, in Venezuela. The city is special, because most inhabitants are descendants of German immigrants from the Kaiserstuhl mountains in Baden-Württemberg, in Germany. These immigrants originally spoke Alemannic German dialects. Alemán Coloniero developed when the language mixed with Spanish.

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The Grand Duchy of Baden, in the west of present-day Germany, was an independent state until 1871, when it joined the German Empire. In the southwest corner is Kaiserstuhl and Endingen, from where the immigrant founders of Colonia Tovar came.
View of a house in Colonia Tovar.
Ferdinand Bellermann. Colonia Tovar (1844)
The Church San Martin de Tours was based in the church of Endingen in Germany.
Mural representative of Colonia Tovar.
View of a sale of fruits and vegetables in Colonia Tovar.
Agostino Codazzi monument in Colonia Tovar

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