Editing New Ulm, Minnesota (section)

==Culture==
===Glockenspiel in Schonlau Park===
[[Image:NewUlmTower.jpg|thumb|upright|The Glockenspiel bell tower]]
New Ulm's [[glockenspiel]] is one of the world's few free-standing [[carillon]] [[clock towers]]. It stands 45 feet high, and its largest [[Bourdon (bell)]] weighs 595 pounds while the total weight of the bells is two tons. The bells chime the time of day in [[Westminster Quarters|Westminster]] style.

===Minnesota Music Hall of Fame===
In 1990, the [[Minnesota Music Hall of Fame]] was established in New Ulm.  The museum displays music memorabilia from around the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honoring Minnesota musicians: Awards shows are gone, but the Hall of Fame lives on|author=Gabler, Jay|date=December 4, 2017|url=https://blog.thecurrent.org/2017/12/honoring-minnesota-musicians-awards-shows-are-gone-but-the-hall-of-fame-lives-on/|access-date=March 19, 2019|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio}}</ref>

===Polka capital of the nation===
Music was always a part of life in New Ulm, especially with the arrival of the musically inclined [[Sudeten Germans]] in the 1870s.

[[Whoopee John Wilfahrt]]'s successful career opened the door to what became known as "Old-Time" music. After him, other local bands such as those led by [[Harold Loeffelmacher]], [[Babe Wagner]], [[Elmer Scheid]] and [[Fezz Fritsche]] kept New Ulm well known around the state and region. They even produced nationally popular recordings.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

With the opening of [[George's Ballroom]] and the New Ulm Ballroom and the start of [[KNUJ (AM)|KNUJ]] radio station in the 1940s, New Ulm billed itself as the "[[Polka]] Capital of the Nation".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newulm.com/about/history.html |title=New Ulm Chamber of Commerce |website=www.newulm.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206132950/http://www.newulm.com/about/history.html |archive-date=6 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> New Ulm's Polka Days were known worldwide by polka lovers.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} The festival was held each year in July. Polka Bands played on Minnesota Street and people danced and drank beer until well past midnight.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
[[Image:New ulm police.jpg|thumb|Parking meter checker stands by his police vehicle which is imprinted with the German word for police (Polizei). It is part of the town's highlighting its German ethnic origins. New Ulm, Minnesota, July 1974.]]

===Festivals===
Local events held annually in New Ulm have celebrated German culture through food, music, and beer. New Ulm's Oktoberfest has been celebrated the first two weekends in October since 1981.<ref>[http://www.newulmoktoberfest.com/ New Ulm Oktoberfest]</ref> Bock Fest, often scheduled concurrently<ref>{{cite web|last=Moniz|first=Josh|title=New Ulm parties at Bock Fest, Fasching|url=http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/523074/New-Ulm-parties-at-Bock-Fest--Fasching.html|work=New Ulm Journal|publisher=www.NUJournal.com|access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref> with the local festivities for Fasching, has been celebrated since 1987 at the [[August Schell Brewing Company]]. [[Bavarian Blast]], a summer festival, was created as reinterpretation of New Ulm's longstanding festival, Heritagefest.

===In popular culture===
New Ulm was the setting and filming location of the 1995 independent film ''[[The Toilers and the Wayfarers]]'', directed by Keith Froelich. The city was a filming location for the 2004 documentary ''[[American Beer (documentary)|American Beer]]''. It is also the setting of the 2009 comedy ''[[New in Town]]'', starring [[Renée Zellweger]] and [[Harry Connick Jr.]], although the movie was actually filmed in [[Selkirk, Manitoba]].