German Village is a historic neighborhood just south of downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was settled by a large number of German immigrants in the mid 1800s, who at one time composed as much as a third of the population of the entire city. Columbus is the capital of the U.S. state of Ohio. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ...

The area was in serious decline throughout most of the 20th century, due first to anti-German sentiment during World War I, and later to the closing of the local breweries during Prohibition. Concerned citizens managed to save its historic architecture from demolition in the 1960s, by successfully lobbying for a local commission to have power over external changes made to buildings, and by getting the area listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The German Village Society presently has over 1,000 preservationists dedicated to maintaining the historic quality of the buildings and neighborhood, and German Village is currently considered one of the most desirable areas to live in the city. The area is also home to a sizeable gay population. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Shakespeare at Schiller Park

German Village has a commercial strip mainly centered along Third Street, with mostly locally owned restaurants and the 32-room Book Loft bookstore, as well as the tall-steepled St. Mary's Catholic Church, constructed in 1868. However, German Village is mostly a residential neighborhood of sturdy, red-brick, working-class cottages with wrought iron fences, along tree-lined, brick-paved streets. ImageMetadata File history File links AUT_0333. ... ImageMetadata File history File links AUT_0333. ...

At the southern end of German Village is Schiller Park, which was once a community meeting ground for the German settlement. It is now the site of recreational facilities, gardens and an amphitheater, which hosts free performances of Shakespearean plays during the summer months. William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ...

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• The German Village Society