BAHIA.
In this state is located the first German colony founded in Brazil. It
is =Leopoldina=, started as a private undertaking by Busch, Reycke and
Freireiss in 1818.[8]
=Frankenthal=, another private colony, was founded in 1822 by Peter
Weyll and Saueracker.[9]
Of all the states mentioned, Bahia is the least important so far as
German colonization is concerned. This is largely due to the fact that
its climate is too tropical to favor such colonization oft an extended
scale.
MINAS GERAES.
The private colony =Theophilo Ottoni=,[10] in the north-eastern part of
the state was founded by a German stock-company in 1851.
Recent state colonies where Germans form a considerable part of the
population are =Nova Baden, Francisco Salles, Itajuba, Joao Pinheiro,
Constanca, Vargem Grande,= and =Rodrigo Sylva=.[11]
Germans form a considerable part of the population of the capital of the
state (Bello Horizonte) and of the important city of Juiz da Fora.
ESPIRITO SANTO.
The state colony =Santa Izabel= was founded in 1847. The first settlers
were composed chiefly of Rhenish Prussians.
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