German Fest
german fest ethnic festival milwaukee wisconsin u henry maier festival park lake michigan lakefront genesis german fest occurred mayor henry maier challenged local germanamerican community speech may th anniversary german american national congress dank organize german festival shortly thereafter walter geissler president dank chaired committee five member laid foundation fest charter german fest subsequently written january first german fest held august billed largest german celebration north america milwaukee tradition currently occurs last full weekend july milwaukee population claimed german descent largest european percentage major u metropolitan area german fest celebrates culture food travel history germany well switzerland austria liechtenstein south tyrol germanspeaking community around world one attraction cultural tent one see various group including former current province proudly call german range bavarian bayern hessian hessen german speaking nation austrian österreich group displaced world war ii whose homeland located poland polen hungary ungarn former czechoslovakia yugoslavia tschechoslowakei jugoslawien center area ground parade periodically pass showcasing germanamerican heritage organization local german immersion school others celebrating german heritage german cuisine also featured german fest german restaurant food service area present fest including maders schwabenhof well biggest sausage maker milwaukee usingers usingers celebrated th anniversary joint anniversary german fests th anniversary th festival taken place however covid pandemic caused official defer official website year milwaukee’s original haus party