Sorbs in America

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wends_in_America
gptkbp:culturalAssimilation high
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Wendish_(Sorbian)
gptkbp:culturalOrganizations gptkb:Texas_Wendish_Heritage_Society
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Slavic_peoples
gptkbp:firstMajorSettlement gptkb:Serbin,_Texas
gptkbp:heritageCelebration gptkb:Texas_Wendish_Festival
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sorbs in America
gptkbp:immigrationWave mid-19th century
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkb:Sorbian
English
gptkbp:migratory persecution
economic hardship
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Texas_Wendish_Heritage_Museum
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Wendish_migration_to_Texas_(1854)
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:St._Paul_Lutheran_Church,_Serbin,_Texas
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Pastor_John_Kilian
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Kilian
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Warda,_Texas
gptkb:Giddings,_Texas
gptkb:Serbin,_Texas
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Sorbs
gptkbp:population small, mostly assimilated
gptkbp:populationEstimate several thousand (historically)
gptkbp:preserves Wendish language
Wendish traditions
Wendish Easter eggs
Wendish cuisine
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sorbs_in_Germany
gptkb:German_Americans
gptkb:Wends
Slavic Americans
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:settledIn gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Iowa
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Texas
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkb:Dakotas
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wends_in_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6