Germanna

Germanna Site
Sign at the Germanna Visitor Center
Germanna is located in Virginia
Germanna
Germanna is located in the United States
Germanna
Nearest cityCulpeper, Virginia
Coordinates38°22′41″N 77°46′59″W / 38.378117°N 77.783185°W / 38.378117; -77.783185
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1724 (1724)
NRHP reference No.78003036[1]
VLR No.068-0043
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1978
Designated VLRJune 21, 1977[2]

Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.