Hohenau (Paraguay)
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 Hohenau
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| Coordinates: 27°04′43″S 55°38′43″W / 27.07861°S 55.64528°WCoordinates: 27°04′43″S 55°38′43″W / 27.07861°S 55.64528°W | ||
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 Paraguay
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| Department | Itapúa | |
| Founded | March 14, 1900 | |
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Carlos Reverchon, Guillermo Closs, Ambrosio Scholler and Esteban Scholler, helped by German colonists |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 220 km2 (80 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008) | ||
| • Total | 11,044 | |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6290 | |
| Area code(s) | (595) (75) | |
Carlos Reverchon, Guillermo Closs, Ambrosio Scholler
Hohenau is a city of the Itapúa Department, Paraguay, located 8 kilometers away from Trinidad and 365 kilometers away from Asunción. It has extensive cultivation fields and streams nearby like the Capi'ivary, Poromocó, Mansisovy, Santa María and others.
The name comes from its elevate position with a little downhill to the Paraná river, from German hoch 'high' and Au(e) 'floodplain'.
The city was founded on March 14, 1900 by Carlos Reverchon, Guillermo Closs, Ambrosio Scholler and Esteban Scholler, helped by German colonists. Founder Wilhelm (Guillermo) Closs, who was of German descent, was born on 31 October 1841 in Baumschneis, Brazil (today's Dois Irmãos). Closs established a place called "Serra Pelada" in the state of Río Grande do Sul. Later, he decided to move to Paraguay, where he met Hohenau's future co-founder Carlos Reverchon. Together, they drafted plans for a massive wave of German immigrants to settle in the region.
Aided by the Austrian consul to Paraguay, they successfully persuaded the government to allow for the construction of a colony. So, by a decree dated September 12, 1898, the Paraguayan government gave Guillermo Closs and Carlos Reverchon a share of 16 square leagues in the then Alto Paraná, Encarnación Department.
On March 14, 1900, the first settlers arrived from Encarnación In August 1900, the arrival of 8 more families (a total of 55 people ), set the stage for mass migration to the colony. Some of these first families were the Dresslers, Kuschels, Fritzes, Jachows, as well as others.
These families faced many problems, such as disease, scarcity and lack of communication, which were gradually overcome. The town's status was elevated to an official district in 1944.
In the 1930s and '40s, the colony began to attract many non-Germans, such as Poles, Ukrainians and Russians, and to a lesser degree Belgians and French. Later, in 1958, a large wave of Japanese arrived. These settlers then went on to found the district of La Paz.
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