How GERMAN is CHICAGO? Discovering America's German Roots

How GERMAN is CHICAGO? Discovering America's German Roots | Feli from Germany

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How German is the US? 🇩🇪🇺🇸 The new website germanrootsusa.org is a great resource to find out more about the different German-American associations, German businesses, restaurants, and other landmarks all over the country. In collaboration with the German-American Heritage Foundation and the German Embassy, I spent a weekend in Chicago to explore the German Roots that are still visible in the city today. I got to talk to the Consul General, walked through the formally German neighborhood of Lincoln Square, visited the Chicago Christkindlmarket 🎄, and went to the German-American Cultural Center DANK Haus. I had an amazing weekend in Chicago and learned a whole lot about the city's connections to German immigrants and the German culture. 😊 Which part did you find the most interesting? Let me know in the comments below! 👇
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3:00 German Consulate
11:55 Chicago Christkindlmarket
21:00 DANK Haus
30:32 Lincoln Square (Gene's Sausage Shop, Merz Apotheke, Lombard Lamp, Berlin Wall)
33:21 Funkenhausen
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@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

So happy I finally get to share this video with you guys! :) What was the most interesting part for you? What would you like to add? Let me know in the comments ☺👇

@oliveraparicio8464 2 жыл бұрын

Please visit the Amish in Montana.

@CamaroMann 2 жыл бұрын

Ich hab's gerade schon erwähnt, meine Lieblingsstelle ist ganz klar @27:23 _"is that real?" - "Yes" - "Ew."_ Deine Videos waren ja schon immer gut, aber ich habe das Gefühl, daß das eine bessere Tonqualität hat (nicht, daß die bisherige schlecht gewesen sei…) - neues Equipment?

@matthewmueller2506 2 жыл бұрын

So close to Milwaukee...

@wpl8275 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the DankHaus was really cool. Especially them saving the bar from the neighborhood.

@jjboyd01 2 жыл бұрын

@@oliveraparicio8464 why? Amish are everywhere.

@topcat1255 2 жыл бұрын

As a Chicagoan I'd like to thank you so much for portraying my city in a positive light. Every large city has it's faults and ours are too often put on full view without regard to our other facets. Your video is truly appreciated.

@jeffburdick869 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9t6ZZWG1rKoZY0.html SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!

@StormyDay 2 жыл бұрын

Chicago is beautiful! I am a NYer and I noticed how clean Chicago is!

@jeffburdick869 2 жыл бұрын

@@StormyDay I think the biggest reason for that is that Chicago has alleys so our trash cans are in the alley. Much of NYC has their trash in front of their building because they don't have alleys.

@JasperJokerII 2 жыл бұрын

Like the murder capital of the world

@jeffburdick869 2 жыл бұрын

@@JasperJokerII not even close.

@vegasallen1212 2 жыл бұрын

Feli: When I saw your first few videos, I suspected that you had media training. Eventually I found out that was true and it's obvious here. With this video, you've really raised the bar. Very professional. Great job.

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@vulcher7927 2 жыл бұрын

@@FelifromGermany heyyyy big fan lol I have a idea for a new video idk BUT I would like to know your views on Prussia and Otto von Bismarck or Fredrick the Great

@b.h.7423 2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100000000%

@AethelwulfBretwalda 2 жыл бұрын

Feli has never sounded more American than when she says "ChicAgo" What a Midwesterner!

@RuleofFive 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed that pronunciation too!

@ayesha36 2 жыл бұрын

I had to replay that too, it sounded very authentic lol.

@therealdarklizzy Жыл бұрын

Mfw when I realize the 'Midwestern accent' is just German...

@invadertifxiii 6 ай бұрын

I'm confused, I say it the same way

@raereigns2577 Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather came here and kept his entire German culture a secret, surname, language, history and all. Thank you for sharing spots in Chicago to visit!

@peka003 6 ай бұрын

you look just german :)

@invadertifxiii 6 ай бұрын

Mine too, they changed their name to the English variation

@josephwise7060 2 жыл бұрын

Meine Oma ist aus deutschland ausgewandert und mein Vati wurde in USA 1931 geboren. Sie hatte so grosse angst vor Diskriminerung, dass sie nie mit meinen Vati Deutsh gesprochen. Ich wöllte meinen Herkunft zu lernen und hatte deutsch studiert. Ich bin immer froh darüber.

@antonk8043 2 жыл бұрын

Vati, süß:) schon lange nicht mehr gehört

@hannovonbahrenfeld5986 2 жыл бұрын

@@antonk8043 Das dachte ich auch grad. Bei dem Wort war muss ich irgendwie immer an alte Märchenfilme denken

@antonk8043 2 жыл бұрын

Ist ja häufig so... dass "Ausländer im Ausland " mehr deutsche sind als in Deutschland

@antonk8043 2 жыл бұрын

@mam nadzieję Ah super danke, dachte das war eher im Alpenland so und solange es nicht Daddy heißt... ist eh alles super

@lumina9995 2 жыл бұрын

@@antonk8043 Nee sie machen nur nicht die Veränderung der Sprache mit und finden dann oft, dass wir "komisch" reden (Zitat meine Schwägerin in Chicago).

@elizabethkoehl6457 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Feli, You visited my childhood neighborhood in "Lincoln Square". I'm first generation German American & until the age of 4 I didn't speak English. When I was a child that neighborhood was just like living in Germany. I've been to DANK Haus for many Schlachtfest. And it was nice to see The Phenix Band members, years ago they played at my wedding. Johnny is a friend of my brother. Though most of us old timers have moved away, we still come back to celebrate during special times of the year! Hope you enjoyed our small German town tucked away in the big city 😊

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing!

@volldillo 2 жыл бұрын

@Elizabeth Koehl : As soon as there are 1 million subscribers, this youtube channel will be turned into a tv channel, I guess. ;-)

@djnone8137 2 жыл бұрын

@Millennial Paleocon this is correct. The Germans were heavily prosecuted here in the United states during the war when people were fleeing. Assimilation came from not wanting it to be widely known you were German. My grandmother had stories as well as my great grandmother on my mothers side of being beat by cops, and door checks to ensure we were not speaking German at home. They would use batons to slap and scare us. It was traumatizing to my family. Unfortunately I don't know much about my father's side aside from the last name and origins. Hopefully she visits and shares Wisconsin as there is a very large influence there as well. It goes without saying, this was where all the jobs were and this is why we call it the armpit of America. Wisconsin has a terrain that is indistinguishable from the Mittelgebirge belt that runs across central Germany. The last place I can think of would be Pennsylvania in terms of heavily populated areas of German ancestry and I suppose Michigan and Minnesota as well. Both sides of my family trace back exclusively from WI and Germany and nowhere else so that is where I spent all my time in research.

@DJ_BROBOT 2 жыл бұрын

people forget how German the city of Cleveland (Ohio) is, where I am from. Its the same way as Chicago...we still have restaurants like Hofbräuhaus and others all around town. Cleveland is only three hours, by car, from Cincinnati and five from Chicago.

@honkytonk4465 2 жыл бұрын

@@djnone8137 where your grandmother and great grandmother citizens of the US at that time when they were beaten by cops?

@dm-gq5uj 2 жыл бұрын

I am of Czech and Polish heritage. I am glad to see this tribune to German heritage. My Czech grandparents spoke German. I can think of many ways they could have hated the Germans -but for God's sakes, let us try to appreciate the positive things of our history instead of hatefulness! If we don't the human race is condemned to constant vengefulness!

@invadertifxiii 6 ай бұрын

❤

@chuck1728 2 жыл бұрын

I was born after WW2. My dad specifically did not teach me the German language. He thought it would hurt my chances of getting ahead. I always thought it was a bad decision because maybe that knowledge could have given me advantages. But decisions are made, and we move forward. It was of course a different time.

@mikelastname1220 2 жыл бұрын

The same thing happened to me. i was born right after the war and my grandfather immigrated here from Italy BEFORE the war. He didn't want his kids to continue speaking Italian, so . . . my father DID learn it, but he never passed it on to us kids. Odd thing is, I lived in Germany for a few years and can speak German!

@MattyC62185 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah back then it was really uncool speak German back in those days people were really not nice to you if you did

@MobilMobil-kv5ke 2 жыл бұрын

Similar story here. My grandparents processed through Ellis Island from Bremen Germany. My mother only spoke German until she went to 1st grade. As she learned English, she taught my grandparents English. They never spoke German in the house after that. There was a huge desire to assimilate into American culture.

@ryangrimm9305 2 жыл бұрын

Similar here. My father tried a BIT to teach us German, but my mother objected, mostly because she could not understand my dad and his parents speaking it (mom was paranoid, and turned out to be a bit crazy...really). I DID get exposure to the foods, my grandparents would literally compete at our monthly visits and bake a ton of stuff. And Christmas brought out the even more special foods etc.

@user-xl1yb2hp4j 2 жыл бұрын

I could fully understand your father's decision.

@luxtenebris7246 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. The funniest part of this for me was Feli’s very midwestern pronunciation of “Chicago”. You can tell where she’s learned her English 😂

@adrianjoachim5819 2 жыл бұрын

"Cash Only" sign at the Christkindlmarkt. They really nailed the germanness ;)

@buyerclub2 2 жыл бұрын

So professionally produced. The Consulate sure got their money's worth

@leonardowilhelmdicaprio999 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing and I honestly can’t imagine the amount of effort you’ve put into it. Your content is absolutely amazing and I’m so glad I’ve subscribed!!

@rakischmidt7032 2 жыл бұрын

In Dec 2013 during our 4th year in Florida I caught a bad case of homesickness. And the cure was a weekend trip to the Christmas market in Chicago. Could smell the market from block away and almost started crying. Soooooo good to be there

@Materva-hv6sz 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Florida for many years, but returned to Illinois.

@chadradies2311 2 жыл бұрын

The pickle thing actually started in Chicago IL at Woolworths around the 1890s. Woolworths had bought many glass ornament vegetables and fruits most were selling well but the pickle ones were not so in order to increase sales of the pickles the purchaser of the items came up with the pickle tree story to get more sales.

@duftstabkerze4236 2 жыл бұрын

Agree. The "legend of the pickle" shown at 17:39 is just wrong and nothing but a made up advertisement tale. The vast majority of Germans has never heard of such a tradition, and if they have, then due to US influence (movies or videos like this here).

@gvicze 2 жыл бұрын

My ancestors migrated eastwards to Banat (Österreich-Ungarn) from Silezia/Elsas and my grandmother usually put a real pickle on the Christmas tree. Who found it (it was hidden), could open an extra gift or take some candy from the tree. If it is related to the American tradition, idk, but it was fun as a child. 🙂

@janeschira8285 10 ай бұрын

I have often heard that the pickle ornament tradition isn't really German, but wondered where it came from. No surprise that a Chicago store would create a "tradition" for an ad campaign. Thanks for the information!

@davecordes6121 7 ай бұрын

Interesting note: Back in the 1950s , there was an article in The Chicago Tribune (newspaper) that in Polish population, Warsaw was first, Chicago was second!! Author, ein superb restaurant: Zum Deutschen Eck. Near north, not in any predominately German neighborhood.

@johnmalott9542 2 жыл бұрын

Feli, what a great video! I'm of German heritage and was born and raised in the Chicago area -- but I didn't know anything about Germany's connection to Chicago. On a personal note, I was in the United States Foreign Service for over 30 years, and I was very impressed by your interview of the Consul General and your understanding of what Consulates General do, and the difference with an Embassy. Great job !

@Ohsosweettango 2 жыл бұрын

I love and respect the way you say "Chicago". Spoken like a local

@henriettaskolnick4445 2 жыл бұрын

Native Chicagoan here and I've been living in the Lincoln Square/North Center area for over 20 years. Aldi, Merz, and Gene's are only a few blocks away from my apartment and I shop at each often, especially Aldi. I'm glad you visited Chicago and my neighborhood and hope you get a chance to come back again.

@johnhblaubachea5156 2 жыл бұрын

There are two pieces of the Berlin Wall in California. One at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, and the other at the Reagan Ranch Center in downtown Santa Barbara. In Southern California, Anaheim was founded by German immigrants in the late 1880's. If and when you get to Milwaukee, I remember going to Mäders when I was there meeting distant cousins and exploring my roots. I remember my grandmother telling me when the US entered WW I, her family took down their picture of the Kaiser in their house. She would have been 23. Her parents were the first generation born here and spoke German in the home, but their children answered in English. Part of what preserved the culture and language into the third generation is that many were farmers, particularly diary farmers meaning they could not venture to far from the farm. People did not travel is freely. My grandmother grew up in Cedarburg, about 20 north of Milwaukee, but never went there until she was 20!

@ericv7720 2 жыл бұрын

Is it me, or is Feli starting to develop a Midwestern twang?

@heidevanness2788 2 жыл бұрын

Feli, thank you for this wonderful video. You did such a great job. I'm a German American girl who was born in Hanau and grew up in the US. My mother was from Bremen. I've always been very proud to be German. My mama died last year and it's been very hard to be without her. I feel like I've lost my "Germanness". But watching you and this video in particular makes me feel that I shouldn't let that happen. You inspire me.

@MW_Asura 6 ай бұрын

You're more American than German by now

@ChrisKrzentzPresents Жыл бұрын

Great video. Greetings from a Chicago KZfaqr. I am originally from Cyprus, and I have been living in Chicago for forty years. The German roots are everywhere in downtown Chicago, where I live. For example, there is a street name after Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a German Architect who lived and worked in Chicago. One of the buildings he designed was the IBM Plaza. There is also the oldest restaurant in downtown Chicago. The Berghoff German Restaurant.

@Albania_is_W Жыл бұрын

I dont know but i love Germany so much the most beautiful country and i want to study there LIEBE DISCH DEUTSCHLAND FROMME ALBANIEN 🇦🇱❤️🤝🇩🇪 Lang Lieben Deutschland and also thank you for sharing those beautiful video!!!!

@peaceonearth8693 2 жыл бұрын

You'll find more German stuff to talk about if you look into Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One I bet you don't know about is Quincy IL for German origins.

@chrischolewa9104 2 жыл бұрын

and dont forget about Saint Louis,Missouri !

@christineperez7562 2 жыл бұрын

@Robert Banaszak lol sure. You obviously never been to chicago. Chicago is a huge cuty and it is wonderful. Tennessee, the Carolina's, Oklahoma, Alabama have more crime then Illinos.

@peaceonearth8693 2 жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 So, your saying that if you add the total crime of five states. That number is greater than the total crime in Chicago? Ok, but probably just barely.

@africkinamerican 2 жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 I like Chicago, or used to, but don't be ridiculous.

@TheSwedishRider 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was a professional report! My German grandfather immigrated to the US in the 1950s and had a German restaurant/bar for a while. We visited our German family there when I was a teenager. The first three days were kind of annoying for me back then because I wanted to see America but was only shown German things (including the Brauhaus) and only spoke German seeing German family members. In retrospect, I appreciate having experienced this. I think the Christmas market is cool because it's not 100% authentic. I mean, it has authentic Christmas market booths and items but some additions you won't find on German Christmas markets, but elsewhere in Germany. Being outside of Germany, I think it makes it even better than a 100% German Christmas market would be for Germans abroad or everyone else who wants to experience a bit of Germany. Also, having booths with items or food from other countries is actually authentic for Christmas markets as well! Regarding the sausage shop run by Poles, the Polish sausage tradition is pretty similar to German one, so I assume you can get some good quality sausages that are authentic German as well!

@Don_1776 Сағат бұрын

Weird sorry seeing this late I live in Chicago for this reason. My grandmother's family escaped communist Berlin to Chicago. Have a good weekend

@michaelsmith7902 2 жыл бұрын

Next time in Chicago - btw we say chic AW go... - check out old St Michael's in Old Town or St Alphonsus on Lincoln. St Michael's is one of the few buildings that survived the Great Fire. Both churches were beacons for Catholic Rhinelanders and Bavarians. There are former German Lutheran churches scattered throughout the city with texts in Fraktur on their facades. Thinking specifically of one on Paulina and another in Bridgeport. There were German neighborhoods all over the city back in the day... And don't get me started on German bakeries and delicatessens. Lutz Konditorei on Montrose is Swiss German but... Thanks though for a walk down memory lane.. Come back and keep walking! There's a lot more to see...

@andyvalles6402 2 жыл бұрын

This is just excellent content. What a terrific interview with the consulate. Well done Feli. I very much enjoyed this and you should be so proud of the work!

@deepfranz Жыл бұрын

I really like the strong German accent of the consul, especially the German "r".

@bhg123ful 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing Feli!! I am from the Chicago suburbs originally (and currently visiting family for the holidays) and over the years when I was still living here I got a chance to experience much of the German heritage in Chicago. I still go and visit the Kristkindlmarket every time I visit during the Christmas season, glad you got to finally visit. Back in 2009-2011 I was part of a German language meetup group as I wanted to brush up, review, and practice my 3 years of German I took in high school back in the 90s. We met several times at the Dankhaus, and love Lincoln Square. Though I've been to the Dankhaus I had no idea of how extensive its programs and activities were. When I heard a few years back that the Chicago Brahaus closed, I thought sadly, "That's it, the neighborhood is going to end up just being a bunch of national corporate chains" but when I saw that the Dankhaus salvaged and reconstructed the bar, that put a smile on my face! Many of the suburbs surrounding Chicago were originally farming villages, where there the first European settlers were German farmers, where they still have historical societies preserving an old farmhouse, hence places like "Schaumburg." If you get a chance, you should check out Milwaukee one of these days, as well as some other neat small towns like New Glarus, WI which were settled by Swiss immigrants. Well done!

@katrinaag11 2 жыл бұрын

@felifromgermany Vielen Dank for sharing this video! I’m so honored you chose Chicago to do your piece on! This past year I’ve had the honor of representing as Steubenkönigin 2021-2022 for the United German American Societies of Greater Chicago. I was honored to have my own parade float this year and represent (and Wolfgang was actually in attendance when I sang the Deutsche Nationalhymne for our 100th Oktoberfest Opening night keg tapping!) I’m also a member of various German clubs throughout Chicago and I’m so proud of my German heritage! I’m a member of the Chicago Donauschwaben and I’m actually in the group picture you featured in your video! My mom is one of the Jugendleiterin! :)

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for sharing :)

@krm1328 2 жыл бұрын

The Pickle. I am 3rd generation American. My Opa had the pickle. He was from Hamburg, but half of the Familey was from OST PRUSSIA and West Prussia and Holstein (Kiel) But familey was also in Danzig, Stettin and Konigburg. Thats where the Pickle came from. But I was stationed in Aschaffenburg for 5 years and had friends in Hanau (The) Brothers Grimm) and the pickle was common there.

@teddtarr 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up only a half-block from the ginormous Germania Club (just off the south end of Lincoln Park) from the late 40's until I moved from the area several decades later. It apparently went "belly-up" in '85 due to financial difficulties. I was only in there on one occasion (a big party of some kind), but remember being quite impressed by it's baronial size & the large Teutonic-themed works of art all over the place. There's a very detailed & interesting history of it online, if you're interested.

@TOXICFALCON 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from PA which is one of the states with the most German heritage I’m an American of German descent also. It’s great to see the amount of German heritage there is in the Midwest aswell! Much love to you Feli! Love your channel ❤️

@patsypopejoyCO 5 ай бұрын

I am German American proud! My family is from Hildesheim and grew up outside Chicago in nE Indiana about 58 miles east off Lake MI. My parents belonged to the DANK Club.

@craigkowald3055 Ай бұрын

My German ancestors settled mostly in Texas and Wisconsin. Central Texas was the largest German settlement in the South. My dad didn't kearn English until he went to school. German wad spoken for almost 100 years.

@SJPace1776 2 жыл бұрын

Among your best work! Felt like German American Rick Steves. 😊

@MartyBecker 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Living in the Chicago area for 17 years, there are many parts of the area with German heritage and influence. Here in the suburb of Schaumburg, it was founded by Germans from Schaumburg Germany. There are many names in the village that are from the original German settlers. There is an exchange program with Schaumburg Germany. My wife is originally from Nürnberg and the Chicago Christkindlmarkt really reminds her of the Nürnberg Christkindlmarkt. Very authentic.

@dogmurphy6753 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, i didn´t know that. But it´s really funny to hear. Greetings from Bad Nenndorf in Schaumburg, Germany.

@MartyBecker 2 жыл бұрын

@@dogmurphy6753 Hallo aus Schaumburg, IL.

@karlmeyer7638 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Stadthagen, the county seat of the district of Schaumburg ( Germany )

@MartyBecker 2 жыл бұрын

@@karlmeyer7638 Hallo!

@karlmeyer7638 2 жыл бұрын

@@MartyBecker here is some information about the county of schaumburg. The county of schaumburg is located in lower saxony and has 158000 inhabitants on an area of 675 km² ( 166769 acre ).

@krisconrad6980 2 жыл бұрын

Feli, if you visit Milwaukee someday, I think you would enjoy visiting the more intact ethnic neighborhoods and the strong German culture still there.

@maxwill6408 2 жыл бұрын

I spent 7 years living in German while in the US Army and made it to Christmas Market in Nuremberg each year. The wife and I just loved it. We still hang ornament on our Christmas tree we purchased there along with many different nutcracker and of course our cuckoo clock. Next to the Oktoberfest this was a must go to place each year.

@clinthowe7629 2 жыл бұрын

Washinton Roebling, the son of John Roebling was a soldier in the Civil War, and was quoted from extensively, in Ken Burns’s epic documentary The Civil War. they had problems with caison disease because they were working in pressured boxes to keep out the water, and the high air pressure caused the bends.

@shubinternet 2 жыл бұрын

You know, Fredericksburg is just about an hour outside of Austin, TX and they have a strong German heritage too. I’d love to see this become a series of visiting various different cities around the US that also have a German heritage. And if you let your Patreon supporters know in advance what your tour schedule looks like, we could arrange for COVID-safe parties and events!

@StormyDay 2 жыл бұрын

Many, many Germans in Texas! I believe that was a place they went specifically because there were some homesteads there.

@shubinternet 2 жыл бұрын

@@StormyDay - my father-in-law told me that historically there were only two or three major points where immigrants could enter the country legally. One was famously Ellis Island. But there was another one here in Texas, somewhere in the Houston area. And I think many of the Germans who came over around the 1850s were directed to the one near Houston. Once they got here, the story goes that they kept going west until they found areas that looked like home, such as Fredericksburg. My father-in-law is a former tour guide for the San Antonio area, and my mother-in-law is a member of the Canary Islanders Descendants Association, because her ancestors came over when the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar was founded in the early 1700s. So he’s got all sorts of great stories about his ancestors (the Germans) and hers.

@rockyracoon3233 2 жыл бұрын

Visited both New Braunfels and Fredericksburg back in early 2000s and loved both towns! I am one major GERMANOPHILE!🇩🇪

@MW_Asura 6 ай бұрын

@@StormyDay "Germans"

@waynepimentel1680 2 жыл бұрын

You’ve done a great job on this. I’m not of German heritage, but I got a great feel of it!

@staceyorourke880 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Feli! My great grandparents were immigrant to the German neighborhood in Chicago known as Wrigglyville. My grandmother didn’t learn English until she went to kindergarten. My great grandma was born in your neighborhood in Oberkirchberg near Ulm. My great grandfather was born in Muerlenbach, Rheinland-Palatinate near Trier. I went into Chicago with my German class to have lunch in Wrigleyville. My mother never learned to speak German. I didn’t honestly understand how German I was until I was a teen ager. My grandmother took me to visit Germany when I was 16. After I graduated from college (minoring in German) she gave me the most honorable compliment. She said she thought I spoke German better than she did. I was the only grandchild to learn to speak German. I loved that connection with her and her mother. Now I wish I still lived near Chicago. Also, I love how you have learned to say Chicago with the true midwestern accent.

@marcpaloma2262 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, Feli! As a life-long Chicagoan, I can say that you represented the city very well. Excellent content, once again! Thank you for shining a spotlight on German Chicago! ❤️

@rnrtruestories 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel! My wife lived in Germany and speaks German fluently. It was great to visit the country a few times and can't wait to go back and explore places like Munich and Berlin.

@joshua_wherley 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect to see you here! I've watched a few of your videos. Always interesting stuff!

@seguaro5923 2 жыл бұрын

This brought back a lot of memories. My parents immigrated from German in 1950 and settled in Northwest Indiana just across the state line from southern Chicago. I remember as a child growing up, my parents belonged to the local DANK chapter in Hammond, Indiana. Several times a year, the local chapter would host German dances at a rented hall with a live German orchestra and featured an evening of food, dancing and of course German beer and drinks. We would also make the trip to the German neighborhood of Lincoln Square several times a year for a day of shopping and eating in German businesses. We would buy groceries from both Meyer's Delicatessen and well as Kuhn's Delicatessen. Frische Brötchen, butter, metwurst, leberwurst, other imported foods as well. My mother purchased her herbal medicines at Merz Brüder Apotheke, which by the way, was then in a different location just across the street from Meyer's Deli. She would get her Amol, 4711, Kosterfrau Melissengeist, Baldrian Tropfen, etc. Much of our home furniture was purchased from a German furniture store, Northern Home Furnishings on Lincoln Ave. Sweets and coffee for the adults at Cafe Lutz, Dinner at Zum Deutschen Eck restaurant, then the hour long drive back home to Indiana. Great memories, but sadly most of the businesses are closed or no longer run by German-Americans. I miss those times, and am saddened that my son is not able to experience the neighborhood as I did growing up. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

@crowbarrr6 2 жыл бұрын

My daughter participates in Kindertanz here in St. Louis and she has really gravitated toward the culture! My grandfather is from Germany, so we bring him along to some of the festivals and activities put on by our cultural society, like Maifest, kirchweifest, oktoberfest etc. and we've really met some fantastic people. Her and I dabble in Duolingo as a hobby. Great video! Id like to check some of Chicago's events out! I know some Chicago members have come to St Louis in the past for a few things.

@dirkmiller6293 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chelsey, I am a German living in Berlin and moving to St Louis for work soon. What is it like?

@Rufio_Cristiforus_Tucarus 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, we have German influences here? I've only looked around and seen mostly French.

@trouble5085 2 жыл бұрын

St. Louis IS Germany! I was born there and my father was the mayor of a small town in the county. We're ALL German, both sides. My cousins IN Germany joke that we are more German than they are. Chicago isn't German, they're Polish and Russian.

@Rufio_Cristiforus_Tucarus 2 жыл бұрын

@@trouble5085 oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the part where we were ein Deutsches Bundesland instead of stuck right in the middle of the continental United States.

@julesmum9781 Жыл бұрын

@@Rufio_Cristiforus_Tucarus August Busch? Anheiser Busch?

@martinbraun1211 2 жыл бұрын

🎄FROHE WEIHNACHTEN🎄 und bleibe gesund! 🥰

@piper888 2 жыл бұрын

Nachten means night,, right? So how can this mean merry christmas?? Does it mean Christmas Eve?

@NormanF62 2 жыл бұрын

This is hopefully the first of a series. I’ve been to Chicago and to Frankenmuth in MI. Lots of places in America have German roots though it might be more accurate to say they have a connection to Feli’s native Bavaria since many nineteenth century immigrants came from there.

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Many 19th century immigrants also came from Prussia, and other parts of Germany as well :)

@dukedematteo1995 2 жыл бұрын

Lot of German ethnics in the Midwest....Minnesota, Nebraska, KC, etc

@NormanF62 2 жыл бұрын

@@dukedematteo1995 There’s so much to explore. Feli could have stayed another week in Chicago as she mentioned and she still wouldn’t still have seen everything! Still, it did show how German immigrants began their lives in the American Midwest and their influence can be felt down to the present day.

@markwarnken4711 2 жыл бұрын

My ancestors came from the Silesia area of Prussia in the 1850s to settle in the Schulenburg/Freyburg community in Texas. Thanks for the wonderful video, Feli!

@Its_me_garbaggio 2 жыл бұрын

1. All that food! I don’t care if it’s 9 am here I want it all. 2. The “ white Christmas” song put me in a good mood. 3. Not sure if I missed it but where was the General consulate from? 4. The dank Haus looks really fun and interesting. 5. Wouldn’t ever think to find a piece of the Berlin Wall in the US. Great video!

@user-hz1vo3mt9f 2 жыл бұрын

14:23 Alberta, Canada, that's where I live. I'm of German descent. I wish we had an organization like this in Canada.

@kev3inp 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Feli, for a little taste of home. My aunt was from Stuttgart and had a beauty shop on Lincoln until she retired. Most of the beauticians and customers were German. We used to go to a restaurant called Zum Deutchen Eck, that I really loved. I don’t think it’s there anymore. Thanks again.

@jlpack62 2 жыл бұрын

As a Polish American with deep American roots in Chicago, this video makes me want to go there to see if I can find a similar experience. Thanks for sharing this wonderful visit.

@ayesha36 2 жыл бұрын

The Polish and Czech roots of Chicago are also super interesting! I wonder if there are equivalent cultural organizations -- probably...

@geedavia1785 2 жыл бұрын

@@ayesha36 Polish Museum of America in Chgo, could be a start...

@piper888 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest Chicago festival is polish ...but it was canceled last couple years (taste of polonia)

@bosconti1979 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I was born in Illinois (Springfield) in 1948, my father was born in Germany in 1919, my grandfather served in the Germany Army during the 1st world war, my father served America in the 2nd world war. I left Illinois in 1968 to serve in the U.S. Navy. I am now retired in Florida. I wish that I had learned about the Chicago Germans long ago. I have been to Chicago many a time but never heard about the German influence until your video. Thank you again. FYI, I just showed your video to my granddaughter, she is 11 and trying to learn to speak German on her own. She may join your channel, hard to say as she is involved with many other things.

@BriBeast8566 Жыл бұрын

My Great Grandmother Fritschle was a lifelong Chicago Resident. Our family on that side were mixed Irish/German and her daughter married a man who fled Germany for Chicago in the 1930s he was an amazing man who could play any musical instrument i would hand him ...he had a strong influence on me as child who loved, Math, History, Music and Science growing up. Where ever uncle Bill Seideman was music was always around Chicago is my favorite large city in the US...maybr because my family is from there and i have great memories there.

@pigoff123 5 ай бұрын

Feli, Your sweater is so German. I remember my mom buying me some when I was younger.

@Simon-tc1mc 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great video. As a German American from the Midwest, this content is very appreciated. It makes complete sense how German culture has almost completely disappeared, in the US, due to the world wars, but it still is unfortunate. It really shows too how terrible and dumb the Nazis were, since by trying to "strengthen" Germany that they actually weakened it more than ever. I wish there was more German culture in the US. Americans are so proud and open of their Irish and Italian heritage, as well as the proud Hispanic community among others. So, it's just unfortunate how disconnected from our roots we are as German Americans. I know many German Americans who identify more with the UK as their place of cultural heritage just due to us all speaking English now.

@DanSchallerforPOTUS 2 жыл бұрын

There is still the fact that English is a Germanic language. While I don't claim to be anything other than native American, I have ancestry that is German, Irish, Polish, and Norwegian. - Yes, I'm aware that has nothing to do with your comment. I just figured you'd be interested.

@tecumseh4095 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanSchallerforPOTUS How can you claim to be a native American with Irish, German, Norwegian and polish ancestry??!

@Simon-tc1mc 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanSchallerforPOTUS yeah of course. I realize that I am lucky to still be able to speak such a similar language.

@Simon-tc1mc 2 жыл бұрын

@Tagedieb yeah of course. That doesn't mean we should just totally forget our heritage and where we came from.

@jkeegan154 2 жыл бұрын

After growing up in New York, I agree with you. When you went into an Irish or Italian or Puerto Rican or Greek or Polish neighborhood, you would know because the flags of those nationalities would be hanging on every street of those neighborhoods. And you would definitely know if you were in a Russian or Middle Eastern neighborhood because the streets were full of business signs written in Russian and Arabic. But it pissed me off that I never got to a German neighborhood that would have the German flag hanging up and down the streets and German style restaurants and bars up and down the streets. Granted, the Glendale and Ridgewood sections of Queens were German neighborhoods, but I never got the opportunity to go there and Ridgewood nowadays is mostly Puerto Rican. All I really wanted was go into a German neighborhood just to learn the language and get a taste of authentic German food without leaving New York.

@mhmt1453 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you got to see a lot of the German heritage here in this country. The Christmas market made me wax nostalgic about Germany. I loved that! I remember sending so many gifts home: Hummels, a cuckoo clock, steins, carved wood plaques, ornaments, and all sorts of sweets. I tried sending a case of Christmas doppelbach bier back, but that didn’t work out so well! I love gluhwein! I tried to make it several years ago, but it just wasn’t the same. As always, I invite you to come to Pittsburgh sometime to take in its heritage, though admittedly, a lot of it has either been watered down, or faded from memory. I also recommend checking out the Pennsylvania Dutch (actually Deutsch) places in central and Eastern Pennsylvania. I realize you are young, and maybe not interested in that kinda of thing, but it does speak to how German peoples were among the first to settle in America-not just the English and French.

@ryangrimm9305 2 жыл бұрын

I've been able to get dopplebach here in the Boston area (Karl's Sausage Kitchen), so no problem there. I guess you just have to find it there.

@johnsmetak3751 2 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank! It is a pity that the Brauhaus recently closed. You would have enjoyed the many German restaurants like "Zum Deutschen Eck" that are now only distant memories. I remember going to that pharmacy when I was a small boy. They used to sell leeches for medicinal purposes that were drawn from giant glass pharmacy vessels. I grew up in Chicago, but I lived in Milwaukee for three years. You can still find a lot of Germany in Milwaukee.

@ZockIt 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best sponsoring or cooperation I ever watched! I really appreciate that you got the opportunity to do this!

@pendragon2012 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, no wonder that took you a month! I just looked at that was 35 minutes?! I was riveted the whole time. Amazing trip and very informative! Have a wonderful Christmas weekend with your family, Feli!

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Aweee thank you :) Merry Christmas to you as well and "Guten Rutsch"!

@mikelastname1220 2 жыл бұрын

@@FelifromGermany I'm unfamiliar with that term "Guten Rutsch". Have a good slide? Is this a very modern slang term or is it a real old German one that I somehow missed when I lived there? Thanks, and great job!

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

That's what we say to wish someone a "good slide" into the new year!

@mikelastname1220 2 жыл бұрын

@@FelifromGermany Must be a new term since I lived in Germany in the 1960's. I'm behind the times! :)

@user-sm3xq5ob5d 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikelastname1220 We say "Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr" for what seems to me all my life. I was born in the 50s. So it's definitely not new.

@spacemissing 2 жыл бұрын

Super quality. Looks pretty much like a commercial TV documentary! Well conceived and well made.

@user-un1xv3fm6m 3 ай бұрын

At the Octoberfest I see one of the vendors is from Altenburg Germany. My maiden name is Altenburg. My relatives came from Germany to N. Ill. and farmed there.

@slrdave6308 2 жыл бұрын

Jeez, I missed all that by a couple of days. Thanks for the visit and opening up whole new windows of information. Wow.

@craiglsimons 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing and impressive German heritage in the city! Even the millions of Americans with German heritage is fascinating! Would like to visit one day. Keep up the great work!

@VolkerBmovie 2 жыл бұрын

You haven't done this for the first time, conducting an interview, reporting, have you? This is an entertaining as well as an informative video. So well done. Thank you. And thanks to the unknown cameraperson (I noticed even multiple cameras in the Consulate General).

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

@jimboinnj2622 Жыл бұрын

I was very pleased to see the exterior photo of the "Berghof". I used to go there as often as I could when I lived in Chicago in the 1970's...favorite meal was the sauerbraten ... and the beer. The staff were all men, wearing black tie, no waitesses only waiters...very traditional, but not stuffy. Thank you for bringing back those memories.

@ferdfirtz 7 ай бұрын

My Grandfather came to Chicago because he played with the Neiderkerchen band. My Father grew up on the North side Addison and Western. St Benedict s' Church. My Grandfather made his living making German sausage.

@jma3rd 2 жыл бұрын

As always, you did an amazing video. My great grandmother was one of the people who hid her German heritage because of fear during the World War. I was not even aware of that part of my history for a long time because of her hiding it, among other things. But watching your videos helps me to learn a little about the culture that was lost to me.

@christineperez7562 2 жыл бұрын

It happened to many of us. My grandma taught some but I still have s lot to learn.

@TheCloverQueenDQ 2 жыл бұрын

Great video I live in Southeast Michigan many of the neighboring towns were strong in German roots, and German Park in Ann Arbor MI. Our family Bible is in German, our last name had some letter play so not to sound German. The owner of the horse barn I board at is from Germany but grew up in East Germany. Her childhood stories, memories oh man sounded rough compared to mine. Grocery shopping sounded like a version of the Hunger Games.

@user-gk9lg5sp4y 2 жыл бұрын

Both of my parents are half German and I was lucky enough to live in Germany for a couple years. i loved my time there.

@grantkoeller8911 Жыл бұрын

For being German, you speak really great American English. I have German heritage in my last name.

@TomZ23 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to our city. This was an amazing production. I knew there was German culture in the city, but you brought to light many things I didn't know about and look forward to visiting. Please come back and visit other times of the year. Everyone is welcome in Chicago.

@stephenplatt5048 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful production, Felicia! I'd like to see more of this "On the Road with Feli" format from other locations within the United States. Knowing that it takes $$$$ to pull it off, maybe this is a financial stepping stone to start such a series? Great professional job!

@knunne1 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Feli, (I am 62 years old for time reference) and you visited my childhood neighborhood in Lincoln Square. My Father immigrated from Bramshe in 1927 when he was 3 years old with my Grand Parents. My Father got his U.S. citizenship by serving in the U.S. Army as a Medic and later in an army band playing the flute. He wanted to go into the navy but because he was a German Citizen they would not allow it. He even did some translation work for war crimes trials. My Grand Parents displayed a sign in the window at their home facing the street that said their son was in the US military to ward off discrimination. My Mother came over from Berlin in 1957 at 25 years old and married my Father in Chicago. My father work as a butcher at Lincoln Quality Market at Leland and Lincoln Ave. next to the railroad tracks. He spoke German to 50% of the customers in the store back then. We often went to Meyers, Kuhn's Kleinarts to get our German products, breads (schwarzbrot) and confections and it was not unusual to hear German accented English on the streets. There was even a German Furniture store and a Theater that played german movies once in a while. Chicago offered my family a lot of opportunities, my Opa was an accountant in Germany but started work as a dishwasher at Illinois Masonic Hospital he work up to be the Head Chef at the hospital. My Great Aunt started as a maid at the Columbus Athletic Club downtown and became the Head of House Keeping. These achievements allowed us "the next generation" to get college degrees and more lucrative jobs. Your video brings back great memories thanks for doing it. Karl

@markbackus1449 10 ай бұрын

My father was born in Chicago in 1926. He was raised partially by his grandparents who were children of German immigrants. Although he heard his grandparents speaking German, they refused to teach him German, stating that he was American and needed to speak English. He also told me there were rumors of the Germans having a radio transmitter in their church tower to communicate with Germany circa WWII. I asked him if his male relatives were involved in the Spanish-American War and he told me that his great grandparents came to America about the time of the Franco-Prussian War and did not want to fight in a war. A few of his male relatives fought in WW I in the US Army and were gassed in France. I took French language in high school and German language in college. Also, I lived in Bayern for 2 years with the US Army at Augsburg, Bayern.

@georgiancrossroads 2 жыл бұрын

Danke Feli. It reminds me of some of my visits to Germany. And also the aspects of the older German American culture that I ran into when I was a child. Very professionally done also!

@oxigenarian9763 2 жыл бұрын

They picked the right person to do this for them - nice job!

@alexandernordic8551 2 жыл бұрын

18:56 he's called Knecht Ruprecht everywhere else in Germany

@falcotol9299 2 жыл бұрын

Mit Sprüchen wie "der originalste Weihnachtsmarkt außerhalb Deutschlands" wäre ich vorsichtig. So gibt es Weihnachtsmärkte in Blumenau und Umgebung und sowieso welche in Namibia.

@davidstrohm5003 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Feli! That was interesting, and it's good to know German culture is being preserved here in the US!

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Myrtone 2 жыл бұрын

@@FelifromGermany Unfortunately chapter 5 clearly shows mask wearing, this could have been avoided by filming differently, much better for post pandemic viewing. Otherwise an interesting video. However, since you changed the introduction after re-branding, I still ask you (maybe starting next year) to just greet in English at the beginning and end of videos in English.

@bhami 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best fun things about this video was helping me appreciate what a super near-native American English accent you have, compared to the Consul General! (Did he actually pronounce "Chicago" with a "ch" instead of the required "sh"? Aarrgghh!)

@davido1 2 жыл бұрын

Feli is in town!🥳

@latintraveler1152 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know much about my German roots except my grandmother is from "Ludwigshafen am Rhein" she settled in Brooklyn NY. Her maiden name was Reid. Since she passed at the age of 94, it's wonderful to see your videos to explain a culture lost to me.

@MrColinwith1L 2 жыл бұрын

If it wasnt for the pandemic, come back here to Chicago to Lincoln Square for their Oktoberfest festivities -- hopefully it will return to what it used to be just a few years ago. Also, the Berghof in the Loop is a great German restaurant; a lot of the older authentic German restaurants in the suburbs here are closing these days, unfortunately., but there are a few still going. You should definitely also go to Milwaukee and its suburbs for exploring German-American cultural roots. I think Milwaukee has been less of a melting pot than Chicago, even in the 1850s, so it has kept more of a strong German heritage that really has defined Wisconsin's entire history. My family originally came from Munich area to Milwaukee before my grandparents moved to the Chicago northern suburbs. You can still find classically German style butchers and restaurants, and of course the tailgating culture at Milwaukee Brewers games is where literally everyone enjoys pilsner-style beer and bratwurst in the parking lot. Wisconsin foodie is a great PBS series froma few years ago, with videos on KZfaq. They have covered, Usinger Sausages, Schreiner's restaurant, Miesfield market, Wendts, etc, and of course you cannot miss Maders restaurant if you go there. I sure hope these places are all still open after the last few years. Apologies if this comment appears more than once, I originally posted it with a link to the video and it seems to have been auto-deleted.

@davidponseigo8811 2 жыл бұрын

In my home town of Shreveport, Louisiana we have a fair sized Italian population that came from New Orleans and we have a Italian & Southern fusion restaurant that sounds very similar to the German & Southern fusion restaurant you went to in Chicago. The food is wonderful.

@heinowscharf3816 Жыл бұрын

As a first generation German growing up in Chicago I really enjoyed this episode. I fondly recall great lunches at The Berghoff when I worked downtown. Danke!

@user-tg6im6yh6b 3 ай бұрын

I caught your video on Washington DC not long ago. This is another excellent video of you working as a fine professional journalist, reaching a wider audience, wider than mainly exchange students and tourists, interested in the long, mostly positive history of German-American relationships and joint practices.

@kathyeast5045 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a Feli-ing this will make my day.😃 LD Hayden Alabama

@mermaid1717 2 жыл бұрын

If any proper person has ever watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off then you would obviously know that there is a large German influence and population in Chicago. Recall the German parade that Ferris crashed to sing along Danke Schoen.

@stoneyopinion767 2 жыл бұрын

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this video.

@giogee6662 2 жыл бұрын

Ferris macht blau. One of my most watched movies as I was a Kid. But I forgot the Big Parade! Danke schön 😀 for remember me.

@geedavia1785 2 жыл бұрын

The Parade scene takes place right there by the market...

@edsnyder5376 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Smiling. Great job on exploring outside your community. Hope you explore Wisconsin and North Dakota.

@StepOSX 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you went to the Kindlemarket. My family does this every year. The old "mugs" were boot and we love them.

@jenniferf1518 2 жыл бұрын

This was excellent! I live just 3 hours from Chicago and will definitely check out the German heritage sites you discussed!

@FelifromGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@trentpettit6336 2 жыл бұрын

Milwaukee, Wisconsin (which really is a smaller "sister city" to Chicago) used to be famous for having a HUGE number of beer breweries which had been started by German immigrants! The largest of those breweries was Miller, most famous today for their Miller Lite lager. There's a scene in Back to the Future (which I know is one of your favorite movies!) during the 1955 part of the movie where an old MILLER HIGH LIFE delivery truck can be seen. Funny how Miller still uses the same logo today that they did back in 1955! I wonder if the filmmakers choosing to show a Miller truck had anything to do with the fact that the year 1955 was actually the 100th anniversary of Miller! Yes, Miller started all the way back in 1855, not long before the Civil War happened! I wonder if the logo Miller has used since at least 1955 is the same logo that they used at their beginning in 1855!

@piper888 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the streets in Lincoln Park Lincoln square named after German brewmeisters like diversey is one

@leviturner3265 Жыл бұрын

When you think about it all, or most of the main brewer's in the United States were German immigrants. Budweiser, Busch, Coors, Miller, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Hamm's, Schlitz, etc. Leinenkugel is another beer founded by German immigrants in Wisconsin. It seems for the most part only their seasonal beers are distributed widely though, which is unfortunate.

@trentpettit6336 Жыл бұрын

@@leviturner3265 Have you ever tried their CREAMY DARK beer?

@dirkd.1766 2 жыл бұрын

Vielen vielen Dank für das Video. Es ist so interessant zu sehen, welche germanischen Einflüsse es immer noch in den Staaten gibt. Die Milwaukee Area allgemein ist glaub ich auch sehr deutsch. Toll, dass du auch mit Offiziellen sprechen durftest und dieses Center (Dankhaus) ist ja der Wahnsinn. Wie schön die mittelalterlichen Räume eingerichtet wurden. Würde ich in der Nähe leben, wäre das auch eine Anlaufstelle für mich. Gerne mehr "German Heritage" Videos :)

@damonw2286 2 жыл бұрын

Feli, very cool to see your channel going from where it was years ago to interviewing the German Consul in Chicago! Sehr Gut!

@kristincooper28 2 жыл бұрын

Love Chicago! It’s my favorite big city. Big cities seem typically to hang on to pockets of foreign culture better than the rural areas my family settled. He’s right about the Wars. They killed off a lot of the Bunds and German schools. German was offered as a foreign language at my high school, which puts me in a minority of Americans.

@jimmyneaylon4 2 жыл бұрын

Love it Feli! Nice tour of my city. Hope you come back for a part 2!

@joeviolet4185 2 жыл бұрын

To me Chicago is stereotypically connected to Al Capone. So tahnks a lot for showing another important page from Chikago's history book.

@JM-by9lm Жыл бұрын

I go down to the Christkindlmarket in the Loop every year. (It closed two days early this year due to the weather.) The website of the ornament store has a section on pickle ornaments: "Many families in Germany consider the Pickle ornament a special decoration when the fir tree was decorated on Christmas Eve." As you point out, maybe it started as a regional thing in Germany, but then morphed into something bigger in the US. By the way, next time you're in Chicago, you might want to detour to the Quad Cities on the Mississippi River. There's a very interesting German American Heritage Center & Museum in Davenport, IA.