"I am a bridge between the old German congregation that was and the new American congregation that will be," he said.

Under Frey, the German congregation began to erect the present substantial church.

By 1800, the German congregation had dwindled to a mere 113 people, and in 1878 a fire destroyed the tower.

On June 14, 1857, however, a German congregation bought the church to serve its growing numbers.

It continued in this location until 1575, when the property became used as a place of worship by a German congregation.

Staupitz resigned his office of vicar-general of the German congregations in 1520.

The church itself that is above the catacombs was built in the 1850s for a German Baptist congregation, an example of ethnic succession.

In the spring of 1842, the German congregation purchased a lot at the southwest corner of 6th and Washington streets.

Lurich's family believed members of the German congregation had better possibilities to educate their children in town schools.

The synagogue was home to the first German Jewish congregation in the United States.