São Vendelino

São Vendelino is a city in southern Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Covering an area of ​​38.75 km ² live around 1,900 inhabitants. The city is located around 90 km from the capital Porto Alegre in the region of Caí Valley.

Since 2003, São Vendelino is twinned with the town of St. Wendel, Saarland.

History

After the beginning of German immigration in southern Brazil in 1824, the country was first awarded by the imperial government to the " colonists ". To speed up the settlement of the country, the government sold then later land to private colonization companies, which in turn resold it to immigrants.

In 1855 the company Mont Ravel, Silveira & Comp., Which had been founded by the French Compte de Mont Ravel bought, at the headwaters of the River Forromeco a large area of ​​land to set up a private colony. Mont Ravel recruited colonists from Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and France. The first settlers were published in 1924 a publication According to João Felipe Scheid, Antônio Kossmann, Antônio Ludwig, Nicolau Lermann (probably Lermen ) and Nicolau Neis, who came from the Saarland community Theley in the district of St. Wendel. The official name of the colony was Santa Maria de Soledade, the immigrants from the County of St. Wendel called their settlement area " St.Wendel " or in the Portuguese version São Vendelino.

After Mont Ravel society 1873 was in financial difficulties, it was taken over by the Brazilian Empire and in 1883 the 30 km distant city Montenegro slammed. In 1953, the inhabitants decided in a referendum that they wanted to belong to the closer city Sao Sebastiao do Caí. From there, turn split in 1982, the district Bom Principio off as an independent municipality. On 29 April 1988, decided the inhabitants of São Vendelino that they want to be independent, since São Vendelino is an independent municipality.

Geographical Location and Transport

São Vendelino is located on Forromeco river in a mountain landscape. While the center 90 m above sea level, the mountains rise to the west and east of the Forromeco to over 600 m. São Vendelino is conveniently located on the RS 122 is expanded almost continuously to four lanes from Porto Alegre to.

Economy

Originally São Vendelino was characterized purely agricultural, over the past 20 years, many industries have emerged. The most important industry is the shoe industry, and there are, inter alia, metal and wood processing plants and a concrete block factory. Agriculture was heavily industrialized in recent years, in the mountains you will find chicken and turkey barns, with more than 30,000 animals are reared in individual stalls. Next to it but still find farmers who work with the team of oxen their fields.

An increasing importance is the tourism in São Vendelino. So many paragliders come to the city to jump off from the Teufelsberg ( Morro do Diabo ) with their paragliders. And the city is - similar to the German partner city of St. Wendel - a mountain biking mecca. Every year here in late April, the Brazilian championships in downhill category instead.

Photos of São Vendelino

Mountain biker in front of the church

Team of oxen in the mountains

View from the "Antenna Mount " on the local situation of São Vendelino