Editing Hermann, Missouri (section)

==History==
[[File:Boat landing. Hermann, Missouri - NARA - 285926.tif|thumb|left|250px|Boat landing, showing boat unloading at elevator and freight house, ''circa'' 1920]]
[[File:120 Year Old Norton Cynthiana Grapevine.JPG|thumb|upright|A bottle of Norton wine sits next to what is believed to be a 170-year-old Norton/Cynthiana grapevine cultivated by American wine legend [[George Husmann]]. The vines, which still produce grapes, are now part of OakGlenn Winery's vineyard.]]
The city was founded by the Deutsche Ansiedlungs-Gesellschaft zu [[Philadelphia]] (German Settlement Society of Philadelphia) in 1837.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n66 169]}}</ref>  It was promoted by [[Gottfried Duden]], who wrote about the area in his ''Bericht über eine Reise nach den westlichen Staaten Nord Amerikas'' (''Report of a Journey to the Western States of Northern America''). In November 1837, an early group of settlers was led by [[George Bayer (pioneer)|George Bayer]], who bought the land on the behalf of the society.  George was waylaid in Pittsburgh, though, due to illness and arrived in Hermann in the spring of 1838 leading another group of families. The town was platted after the society sold shares in the {{convert|11300|acre}} of [[Gasconade River]] valley land it had purchased.
[[File:Hermannhof Winery.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Hermannhof Winery]]

The society had almost [[utopia]]n goals of a "heart of [[German America]]" where it could perpetuate [[German Confederation|traditional German]] culture and establish a self-supporting colony built around farming, commerce, and industry. The town is named after [[Arminius|Hermann der Cherusker]], a Germanic leader who defeated the Romans in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] in 9 AD.  In 2009, Hermann celebrated the 2000th anniversary of the battle, in which the Germanic warrior Hermann defeated three [[Roman legion]]s.<references group="MacGregor, Neil, 2014, Germany. BBC. P. 128." /><ref>{{Cite book|title = Germany.|last = MacGregor|first = Neil|publisher = BBC|year = 2014|pages = 128}}</ref>

A bronze statue of the city's namesake was dedicated in the Hermann Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlz-fz.de/Lokales/Waldeck/Arolser-Zeitung/Partnerstadt-Hermann-gruesst-Bad-Arolsen-mit-Arminius-aus-Bronze|title=Partnerstadt Hermann grüßt Bad Arolsen mit Arminius aus Bronze|publisher=Waldeckische Landeszeitung Frankenberger Zeitung|date=December 22, 2009|access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>

Hermann was the nearest town to the [[Gasconade Bridge train disaster]], November 1, 1855.  The Leimer Hotel in Hermann<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mohumanities.org/first-train-first-disaster/ | title=First Train – First Disaster }}</ref> was used as a temporary hospital to treat the wounded.<ref>"Little Germany on the Missouri," by Anna Kemper Hesse, University of Missouri Press, 1998, p. 43</ref>
 
In the 1960s, people began to rebuild the wine industry in the Hermann area. Today, the vineyards and wineries contribute to the agricultural and heritage tourism economies, with winery tours and wine tastings. [[Stone Hill Winery]], the largest winemaking business in the state, and Hermannhof Winery are in the town; {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of town off Missouri Highway 100 West is Adam Puchta Winery, the oldest continuously family-owned winery in the nation, under direct family ownership since 1855.<ref>[http://www.adampuchtawine.com Adam Puchta Winery], accessed 20 Jun 2008</ref>  Bias Vineyards is less than {{convert|8|mi|km}} east near [[Berger, Missouri|Berger]] on Missouri Highway 100.  Also included in the Hermann AVA are Oakglenn Vineyards and Winery, {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} east of Hermann; Bommarito Estate Almond Tree Winery; and Röbbler Vineyards and Winery near [[New Haven, Missouri|New Haven]].

The [[Katy Trail State Park|Katy Trail]], a {{convert|225|mi|km|adj=on}}-long bike path, passes through [[McKittrick, Missouri|McKittrick]], a town on the northern side of the Missouri River across from Hermann.

The [[Hermann Historic District]], [[Kotthoff-Weeks Farm Complex]], [[Old Stone Hill Historic District]], [[William Poeschel House]], [[The Rotunda (Hermann, Missouri)|The Rotunda]], and [[Vallet-Danuser House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>