WOW.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: lancaster pa dutch country

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Pennsylvania Dutch Country - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch_Country

    The Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie Deitschland), or Pennsylvania Dutchland, [4][5] is a region of German Pennsylvania spanning the Delaware Valley and South Central and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania. By the American Revolution in the 18th century, the region had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch ...

  3. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania

    Lancaster County (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ɪ s t ər /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 552,984, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most populous county. [2]

  4. Pennsylvania Dutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch

    The Pennsylvania Dutch live primarily in the Delaware Valley and in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, a large area that includes South Central Pennsylvania, in the area stretching in an arc from Bethlehem and Allentown in the Lehigh Valley westward through Reading, Lebanon, and Lancaster to York and Chambersburg.

  5. Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania

    It was the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. The city's primary industries include healthcare, tourism, public administration, manufacturing, and both professional and semi-professional services. Lancaster is a hub of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, located 59 miles (95 km) southwest of Allentown and 61 miles (98 km) west of Philadelphia.

  6. List of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_covered_bridges_in...

    Three of the bridges, Buck Hill Covered Bridge, Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge, and Shearer's Covered Bridge, have horizontal side boards. The rest of the bridges have vertical side boards. The traditional colors of a Lancaster County covered bridge: red sides and white portals. An example of the Burr arch truss design used in most of Lancaster ...

  7. Lancaster Amish affiliation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_Amish_affiliation

    The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760 near Churchtown [1] is the oldest Amish settlement that is still in existence.

  8. Amish - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish

    The Amish (/ ˈɑːmɪʃ /; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins. [2] As they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith in common, the Amish have been described by ...

  9. Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_the...

    Bacon gravy. Chicken and waffles. Chicken corn soup—made with egg noodles and sometimes saffron, which has been cultivated in Pennsylvania Dutch country since the early 19th century; egg noodles, corn, hard boiled eggs, and chicken. [1] Sometimes an addition is rivels, small dumplings. Chow-chow.

  1. Ads

    related to: lancaster pa dutch country