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Between 1823 and 1914, more than 1.5 million immigrants arrived in Baltimore, approximately 80% from Bremerhaven, making Baltimore the second largest "port of entry" in America after New York. For more information see the following links.

Related Links

• German Immigration to Maryland
  Lecture by Dr. Nicholas Fessenden on German Immigration to Maryland with pictures.
  
• German Emigration Center Bremerhaven
  The German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven is located on the site where the ships departed from the European mainland. It is Europe's largest theme museum specializing on the topic of emigration. It gives visitors the opportunity to trace their roots.
• The Baltimore Immigration Memorial Foundation
  The Baltimore Immigration Memorial aims to build a memorial and immigration heritage center in Locust Point, near the original landing sites of close to 2 million immigrants.
• German Marylanders
  This website is dedicated to those of German ancestry. Some have been recent arrivals, but for the most part, these pages contain information about our ancestors that arrived in America many years ago and settled in Maryland.

Related resources

• The German Society of Maryland
• Der Deutschamerikanische Bürgerverein von Maryland
• The Zion Church in Baltimore
• The German American Heritage Foundation of the USA