Hermann & the Missouri Rhineland
Explore Deutschheim, the Historic Hermann Museum, Dutzow, Augusta, and Washington through the atlas’s Missouri Rhineland filter.
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German Heritage Corridor of Missouri
Explore the places, family histories, and living traditions that connect Missouri’s German communities. Use this section alongside the heritage map to choose places to explore.
A corridor recognized by Missouri
Missouri’s designation recognizes communities shaped by early German settlement. The current law names 17 counties and the City of St. Louis, including Perry County. The corridor is a regional designation, rather than a single prescribed driving route.
The designated region
17 counties, plus St. Louis City
Boone, Chariton, Saline, Lafayette, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau, Cole, Callaway, Osage, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren, Franklin, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Perry counties; and the City of St. Louis.
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Places to explore along the corridor
These starting points draw from the existing atlas. They are a selection of places to explore, not a complete list of corridor communities.
Jefferson City & Westphalia
Find Old Munichburg and the Westphalia museum and church in the Central Missouri entries.
Explore Central Missouri on the mapSt. Louis
Browse brewery landmarks, churches, museums, and cultural gathering places in the atlas’s St. Louis entries.
Explore St. Louis on the mapPerry County
Find the Lutheran Heritage Center in Altenburg, the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, and the Hill of Peace memorial in the East Perry County entries.
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Family names and community stories
Explore German surnames in Missouri, or visit the State Historical Society’s German Heritage Corridor Oral History Project collection.
Check each destination’s own website for visitor access and current hours before traveling.
Brunswick & the corridor
Explore Brunswick’s Missouri German Heritage Corridor resource