Milwaukee

Milwaukee County Waukesha County Washington County

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Milwaukee [ ˌ ki ː mɪlwɑ ] is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Milwaukee has 594 833 inhabitants ( 2010). The Milwaukee metropolitan area has 1,751,316 inhabitants ( census 2010).

The name " Milwaukee " comes perhaps from the Algonquian language of the Potawatomi ( minwaking ) or Ojibwe ( ominowakiing ), meaning " meeting place ( on the water) ."

• 4.1 Mayor
• 4.2 Town twinning

• 5.1 Music
• 5.2 Sports
• 5.3 Regular events

• 6.1 Education

Geography

Geographical Location

Milwaukee is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan at the confluence of three rivers: the Menomonee River, Kinnickinnic River and the Milwaukee River.

Climate

History

First settlers in Milwaukee was the French Canadians Alexis Laframboise, who set up a trading post in 1785. From 1818 to 1834 founded in the area Byron Kilbourn, Solomon Juneau and George H. Walker their own settlements, some of which fought violent clashes, as in 1845 the Milwaukee Bridge War. To finish Against the background these hostilities was founded by the union of the three villages Walker 's Point, Juneautown and Kilbourntown on January 31, 1846 Milwaukee. For the first mayor of Juneau was elected.

The town's development was characterized by the strong influx of German immigrants in the 19th century. Especially after the failed revolution of 1848, it attracted many disappointed and persecuted German in this part of the USA, who had only recently been released for settlement. Between 1840 and 1880 the population of Milwaukee increased every decade by 70 to 80 percent. According to Samuel Freeman's The Emigrant Handbook 1851 there were six German -language newspapers in the city. Also, the German revolutionary and politician Carl Schurz lived for a short time in Milwaukee. In 1890, the share of ethnic German population was 69%.

A legacy of this generation of immigrants was in the strong sense of community of the citizens of Milwaukee. The city was in social issues as very progressive and has even been ruled socialist in the 20th century over long distances. The German hillside after Biergartengemütlichkeit is the establishment of a Park Commission in 1880 attributed, which ensured that many green areas were spared of the population. Also the lakeshore was landscaped and get accessible for everyone. The city also was regarded as exemplary for its public transport system.

The United Breweries Pabst, Schlitz, Miller wore straw and Milwaukee the reputation of the American beer capital. Larger restaurants have their own breweries and so there is in Milwaukee for almost every taste a beer. However, there are also important industrial companies in the city, such as Harley -Davidson and Briggs & Stratton.

One of the jobs created in the 20th century landmark of the city is one of the Tripoli Shrine Temple, a created after the model of the Taj Mahal orientalising building of the Masonic Shriners organization. With the expansion of the Kunstmuseum, which was completed in 2001 by Santiago Calatrava, Milwaukee boasts a new architectural attraction.

1993 there was an epidemic of cryptosporidiosis in the affected approximately 300,000 inhabitants.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor

Mayor of Milwaukee is on April 15, 2004, Democrat Tom Barrett, previously a deputy in the House of Representatives of the United States. Barrett ran for the midterm elections in November 2010 for the post of governor of Wisconsin, but lost the Republican candidate, Scott Walker.

Milwaukee was the first major city in the United States with a socialist mayor Emil Seidel ruled the city from 1910 to 1912 with Daniel Hoan ( 1916-1940 ), and Frank P. Zeidler ( 1948-1960 ) presented the Socialist party two deputy mayors. .

Twinning

Milwaukee has been twinned with the following eight cities:

• Galway, Ireland since December 21, 2001
• Mulhouse, France since June 22, 1988
• Nuevitas, Cuba since October 10, 2000
• Omsk, Russia since July 28, 1992
• Parma, Italy since May 13, 1997
• Queenstown, South Africa since March 21, 1997
• Schwerin, Germany since June 3, 1997
• Ticuantepe, Nicaragua since September 15, 1987

Culture and sights

Music

Famous musicians from Milwaukee are seven-time Grammy winner Al Jarreau, of cooperating with the band Genesis guitarist Daryl Stuermer, Greg Koch and the former high school band Violent Femmes.

Sports

• Milwaukee Brewers ( Baseball, MLB)
• Milwaukee Bucks (Basketball, NBA )
• Milwaukee Admirals ( hockey, AHL )

Regular events

Once a year, on the last Thursday in June to the first Sunday after the 4th of July, takes place in Milwaukee with the eleven-day Summerfest, the world's largest music festival. In the summer time you can also visit free concerts in Milwaukee everywhere. One of the nicest annual free concert is ' Jazz in the Park ' at Cathedral Square Park. The Cathedral Square Park becomes a picnic with jazz. In addition, there are a number of other festivals and celebrations with which the cultural heritage of the respective immigrants and natives is celebrated. The festival season begins in early June with the River Splash and continues with the Pride Festival (Festival of the LGBT community), Polish Fest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, African World Festival, Arab World Fest, Irish Fest, Mexican Fiesta, and Indian Summer. Asian Moon also belonged to the festival season, but did not take place since 2005, and it is unclear whether it will ever happen again.

Economy and infrastructure

Education

There are several universities, including the MSOE and UWM ( University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee ), and Marquette University.

Personalities

→ Main article: List of personalities of the city of Milwaukee