As "Hammelstall" first mentioned in documents, the residents were teased by the surrounding villages and called the place without further ado the longing places of the former emigrants to the USA :-)

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JR56

March 9, 2019

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Philadelphia is mentioned in 1713 as "Hammelstall" for the first time in a document. In 1792 it is called Philadelphia. The street village is probably a Friederizian colonist settlement in …

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Andreas Bikefan

July 29, 2021

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This place was founded by Frederick the Great in 1772. In the swampy and sandy area around Storkow, he settled Saxons, Palatinate and Württemberg residents who actually wanted to emigrate to America, but were not allowed to. Why they were not allowed to emigrate and who prevented them from doing so is not recorded in the village chronicle. 166 families found a new home there in the Mark Brandenburg and founded nine colonies. One of them was Philadelphia, which was located at Gut Stutgarten.

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