Amana Colonies

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historic communal settlement historic district tourist attraction

Amana Colonies is a group of historic communal German Pietist settlements in Iowa known for their preserved 19th-century architecture, crafts, and cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Amana Colonies canonical 11
Amana Colonies communal settlement 2
Amana Colonies cultural region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic communal settlement ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century German vernacular architecture ⓘ
communalSystemEnded 1932 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage German-American culture ⓘ
economicBasis cooperative enterprises ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
foundedBy Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Inspirationists ⓘ
governingBody Amana Society, Inc. ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Maifest celebrations ⓘ
Oktoberfest celebrations ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Amana Heritage Museum ⓘ
hasIndustry Amana refrigeration and appliance manufacturing (historical association) ⓘ
hasPart Amana ⓘ
East Amana ⓘ
High Amana ⓘ
Homestead ⓘ
Middle Amana ⓘ
South Amana ⓘ
West Amana ⓘ
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark District ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
heritageDesignationStart 1965 ⓘ
historicalLanguage German ⓘ
inception 1855 ⓘ
knownFor German cuisine ⓘ
communal living ⓘ
furniture making ⓘ
handcrafted goods ⓘ
preserved 19th-century architecture ⓘ
traditional crafts ⓘ
woolen mills ⓘ
locatedIn Iowa ⓘ
Iowa County ⓘ
near Cedar Rapids ⓘ
nearestCity Cedar Rapids, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Cedar Rapids

Iowa City, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Iowa City
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
postCommunalStructure division between Amana Church Society and Amana Society, Inc. ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
religiousTradition Pietism ⓘ
transportAccess near Interstate 80 ⓘ

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Iowa County, Iowa → contains → Amana Colonies ⓘ
Iowa County, Iowa → knownFor → Amana Colonies ⓘ
High Amana, Iowa → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
High Amana, Iowa → historicalContext → Amana Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amana Colonies communal settlement
Amana Colonies historic district → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
subject surface form: Amana Colonies Historic District
Middle Amana, Iowa → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
South Amana, Iowa → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
South Amana, Iowa → followsPlanningPattern → Amana Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amana Colonies village layout
South Amana, Iowa → culturalRegion → Amana Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amana Colonies cultural region
West Amana, Iowa → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
East Amana, Iowa → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
East Amana, Iowa → historicalContext → Amana Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amana Colonies communal settlement
Homestead, Iowa → partOf → Amana Colonies ⓘ
Homestead, Iowa → category → Amana Colonies ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Iowa → includesExample → Amana Colonies ⓘ