The 129yearold city of Frankenmuth was conceived in 1845 as an unique experiment. A Bavarian Lutheran missionary society interested in bringing the Gospel to the Chippewa Indians decided that a pastor with a small group of believers would illustrate Christianity better than a single missionary. So on April 20. 1945. a company of 15 German Lutheran emigrants embarked from Bremerhaven. arriving in Frankenmuth 3 months later. It was a large and unpopulated country that received the group of settlers. Their only connections with the outside world were the navigable Cass River and the Indian trails which wound their way through the dense forests.
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