Santa Maria do Herval
Santa Maria do Herval on the map of Brazil
Santa Maria do Herval is a municipality in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It has around 6,400 inhabitants, of which 70% are rural population and is located about 75 kilometers north of Porto Alegre and 25 kilometers south of Gramado in the Serra Gaúcha. Before independence as Munizip was the site of Santa Maria do Herval part of Homeboys, in front of São Leopoldo.
Santa Maria do Herval is bordered ( clockwise starting in the north ) to Nova Petrópolis, Gramado, Três Coroas, Igrejinha, Nova Hartz, Sapiranga Morro Reuter and Picada Café. The mountainous partially overgrown with jungle municipal area rises to over 600 meters in height.
History
The original indigenous inhabitants of the region, the Kaingang were also Bugres ( roughly means unbelievers ) called. As of 1835, the first German immigrants from the Hunsrück settled in the district of Morro dos Bugres, from 1844 in Linha Herval, today's center, ie with the locals Teewald. Even today, most of the inhabitants still speak the Riograndenser Hunsrückisch.
In a plebiscite in April 1988, the majority of the population has decided to form their own Munizip. It consists of the districts Morro dos Bugres, Boa Vista do Herval, Linha Marcondes, Vila Amizade, Vila art, Vila Ferraria, Vila Seger, Nova Rhineland and Padre Eterno.
1991, 5185 and 2000 were 5,891 residents counted.
Economy and Tourism
Santa Maria do Herval is rural embossed with potato farming, poultry farming and four shoe factories.
The main event is the annual in May held Potato Festival. During other seasons, visitors come for the 125 meter high waterfall Cascata do Herval ( the trail runs behind the cascading waters along ), of the many swimming holes in the river, the almost pristine Mata Atlântica and because of the half-timbered houses and other signs of German colonization.
Traffic
The holiday road Rota Romantica performs the municipality of Santa Maria do Herval, otherwise the place is far away from thoroughfares. You can reach the site via the local roads RS -373 from Morro Reuter and RS -873 Gramado.