Frankenmuth
| City of Frankenmuth, Michigan | ||
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The Bavarian Inn in downtown Frankenmuth
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| Nickname(s): Little Bavaria, Muth, The Muth | ||
 Location of Frankenmuth, Michigan. |
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| Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 83°44′31″W / 43.33222°N 83.74194°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Michigan | |
| County | Saginaw | |
| Settled | 1845 | |
| Incorporated (village) | January 14, 1904 | |
| Incorporated (city) | October 1, 1959 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-manager | |
| • Mayor | Gary C. Rupprecht | |
| • City Manager | Bridget Smith | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.04 sq mi (7.87 km2) | |
| • Land | 2.99 sq mi (7.74 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) | |
| Elevation | 633 ft (193 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 4,944 | |
| • Estimate (2016) | 5,131 | |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (630/km2) | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Zip Code | 48734 | |
| Area codes | 989 | |
| FIPS code | 26-30200 | |
| GNIS ID | 0626405 | |
| Website | www |
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Frankenmuth is a city in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,944 at the 2010 census. The city is located within Frankenmuth Township survey area. Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, which bills itself as "the World's Largest Christmas Store", is located in Frankenmuth.
The city's name is a combination of two words. "Franken" represents the Province of Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria, home of the Franks, where the original settlers were from. The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians." The most popular nickname is "Little Bavaria", but the city is also nicknamed "Muth".
The area was settled and named in 1845 by conservative Lutheran immigrants from Roßtal area of Franconia in Germany. The group of settlers left Germany aboard the CAROLINE on April 20, 1845, and arrived at Castle Garden seven weeks later. They traveled via canals and the Great Lakes from New York to Detroit and arrived in August 1845. Sailing then on the Nelson Smith, the settlers made their way to Saginaw and traveled over land to the present location the city of Frankenmuth.
The settlers selected a slightly hilly area which reminded them of their native Mittelfranken and began building rough shelters there. Frankenmuth was to be an exclusively German Lutheran community; the colonists pledged to remain loyal to Germany, specifically the Kingdom of Bavaria (German: Königreich Bayern), and to be faithful to the German language.
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