日耳曼敦（，）是费城西北部的一个德国裔移民成立的街区。它是由贵格会和门诺派家庭于1683年建立，是一个独立的行政区，1854年并入费城。该地区位于距市中心西北约6英里的地方，现在包括两个街区：“德国城”和“东部德国城”。街区面积：8.62平方公里、街区人口：75,935人（2010年统计）、街区人口密度约8,800人/平方公里。
日耳曼敦在美国历史上发挥了重要作用。它是美国反奴隶运动的发源地，也是美国独立战争期间活跃的历史舞台，日耳曼敦战役期间，乔治·华盛顿的临时住所曾设在这里。这里聚集着以及许多著名的政治家、学者、艺术家和社会人士，美国第一银行也设在这里。如今该地区仍然保留着殖民时期以来的历史遗迹和建筑物，其中一些向公众开放。
圖片集
File:4650 Germantown Loudon.JPG|Loudoun Mansion, 4650 Germantown Ave.
File:Grumblethorpe Front.JPG|Grumblethorpe, 5267 Germantown Ave.
File:6620 Germantown b.JPG|Winston Commons, 6620-6624 Germantown Ave
File:4705 Germantown.JPG|Original Wakefield Presbyterian Church, 4705 Germantown Ave
File:Germantown Civil War Monument & church.jpg|Market Square Presbyterian Church and Civil War Monument
File:5218 Germantown Ave.JPG |Howell House, at 5218 Germantown Ave
File:6026 Gtown Wyck.JPG|Wyck House, 6026 Germantown Ave.
File:Germantown Mennonite Meeting.JPG|Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse, 6119 Germantown Ave.
參考
外部連結
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060426012045/http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/schwarz/26-66.jpg Art by Joseph Ropes (1812–1885), Scene in Germantown, Pa., 1874]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060426022313/http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/PMA/Britton.jpg Art by William Britton, Market Square, Germantown, c. 1820]
- [http://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/GMH1871%2EGermantown%2E002%2ETitlePage Atlas of the Late Borough of Germantown, 22nd Ward, City of Philadelphia, 1871]
- [http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/wards/wards1.htm Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683–1854]
- [http://www.ushistory.org/germantown/index.htm Clickable map of Historic Germantown (Independence Hall Association)]
- [http://www.germantownhistory.org/ Germantown Historical Society]
- [http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/g/GermantownCourtAm371.html Germantown general court records, 1691–1701] ; includes land disputes, apprenticeships, sales of goods, personal matters, etc.
- [https://archive.org/details/historyoldgerma00mccagoog History of Old Germantown (1907), online version]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070101192729/http://ushistory.org/philadelphia/incorporated.html Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854 By Rudolph J. Walther]
- [http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/northwest-philadelphia/ Northwest Philadelphia, The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia]
- [http://www.phillyhistory.org/ Phillyhistory.org] , Historic Photographs of Philadelphia, City Archives
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