What is the history of Frankenmuth, Michigan?
The area was settled and named by conservative Lutheran immigrants from Franconia, (now part of Bavaria) in 1845. The German word “Franken” represents the Province of Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria, and the German word “Mut” means courage, thus the city name Frankenmuth means “courage of the Franconians”. The nearby villages of Frankenlust, Frankentrost, and Frankenhilf illustrate that the area remained a magnet for other Germans from the same region even after it lost its original purpose as a mission post for the spread of Christianity to the Chippewa tribe. Source: http://en.wikipedia.
