Amana Colonies
The Amana Colonies are a collection of seven villages in Eastern Iowa, founded by German settlers in 1855. The people in these villages actively maintain many of the cultural traditions of their ancestors.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: intentional community
- Description: intentional community in Iowa, USA
- Also known as: “Amana Colonies, IA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middle Amana and Amana.
Middle Amana
Hamlet
Middle Amana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It is the largest of the seven villages of the Amana Colonies, all designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Amana
Hamlet
Amana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It is one of the Amana Colonies, seven villages built by German Pietists in the 19th century.
High Amana
Hamlet
High Amana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Iowa County, Iowa, United States, and is part of the "seven villages" of the Amana Colonies. As of the 2020 Census, the population of High Amana was 113.
Amana Colonies
- Category: group of settlements
- Location: Eastern Iowa, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.791° or 41° 47′ 28″ northLongitude
-91.915° or 91° 54′ 54″ westOpen location code
86HCQ3RM+9XWikidata ID
Q453554
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Amana Colonies” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Amana Colonies”
- French: “colonies Amana”
- French: “Colonies Amana”
- German: “Amana Colonies”
- Gilaki: “آمانا (آیؤوا)”
- Hebrew: “התיישבות אמנה”
- Ladin: “Amana”
- Persian: “امانا”
- Serbian: “Амана”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Amana”
- Spanish: “Amana (Iowa)”
- Spanish: “Colonias de Amana”
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