STATE DATA

Abbreviation: CA

Nickname: The Golden State

Capital: Sacramento

Official Language: English

State Motto: Eureka

Admitted to Union: September 9^th 1850 as the 31^st state

Population: about 39.250.000

German-Americans: more 6.518.000 - about 10%

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REGIONAL-PARTNER

Regional German-American institutions

- Alemannia Music Foundation, Chatsworth

- Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenhilfsverein, San Francisco

- Almenrausch Schuhplattler of San Francisco, Oakland

- Alpentanzer Schuhplattler, Orangevale

- Arbeiterbildungsverein, San Francisco

- Concordia Sport Club, San Francisco

- Damenchor Frohsinn, Northridge

- Deutscher Club Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa
- Deutsch-Amerikanischer Verband, Torrance
- Die deutschsprachige Familiengruppe, Whittier
- Die Gemütlichen Schuhplattler, Anaheim
- Donauschwäbische Tanzgruppe von Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- Donauschwaebische Vereinigung, Santa Ana
- Edelweiss Alpine Dancers, Sanderson
- Freundschaft Liederkranz, San Francisco
- German American Club of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
- German American Club of Santa Monica, Santa Monica
- German American Cultural Center of the Greater Bay Area, Oakland
- German-American Mardi Gras Association, La Mesa
- German-American Society of Marin, Novato
- German American Societies of San Diego, El Cajon
- German Club of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
- German Ladies General Benevolent Society, San Francisco
- German South Bay Club, Torrance
- Germania(!!!) Verein, San Jose
- Gold Country German-American Club, Grass Valley
- Golden Gate Bavarian Club, San Francisco
- G.T.E.V. D'Oberlandler, Huntington Beach
- Harmonie Gemischter Chor, San Mateo
- K.G. Rote Funken of California, Anaheim
- Los Angeles Schwaben Verein, Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Sport Club, Huntington Beach
- Los Angeles Stamm, Torrance
- Los Angeles Turners, Los Angeles
- Oakland Turnverein, Oakland
- Order of Hermann Sons 1840, San Francisco, Sacramento, Berkeley Petaluma, Bakersfield, Fresno, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Nicolaus
- Pacific Sängerbund, Oakland
- Phoenix Club, Anaheim
- Phoenix Club Schuhplattler, Anaheim
- Richmond Chor, Martinez
- Sacramento German Genealogy Society, Sacramento
- Sacramento Turn Verein, Sacramento
- San Francisco Damen Verein und Maennerchor, San Francisco
- San Francisco Schwaben Verein, San Francisco
- Schlaraffia Josefina California, San Jose
- Stammtisch El Dorado, Placerville
- Tiroler und Bayern Zither Club, Hollywood
- United German American Club of Beaumont, Beaumont
- United German American Societies of the East Bay, Oakland
- United German-American Societies of San Francisco and Vicinity, San Francisco
- Wilhelm Furtwaengler Society of America, Woodside

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German fests/events

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German Restaurants

- Austria Hof, Mammoth Lakes

- Chalet Edelweiss Restaurant & Bar, Westchester

- Jaegerhaus, Anaheim

- Kaiserhof Restaurant & Biergarten, San Diego

- Old Vienna Restaurant, Ventura

- Old World German Restaurant, Huntington Beach

- Red Lion tavern, Los Angeles

- Speisekammer, Alameda

- Walzwerk, San Francisco

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Stores specialized on German goods

- Alpine Village, Torrance

- Gourmet Haus Staudt, Redwood City

- Esther’s German Bakery, Mountain View, Los Altos

- The German Deli, Sacramento

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Towns with German Background

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Additional information

- In California there is a Hecker Pass, named for a nephew of Friedrich Hecker. It’s located between Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County.

- The Hecker Pass Road is the western part of California State Route 152.

- There is also a Hecker Strawberry, named for the Hecker Pass area.

- The Golden Gate Bridge was created by the German-American engineer Joseph Strauss

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Literature about Germans here

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Additional state Symbols

State bird: California quail

State flower: California poppy

State vegetable: Artichoke

State tree: Coast redwood and Sequoia

State reptile: Desert tortoise

State freshwaterfish: Golden trout

State marine mammal: Gray whale

State marine fish: Garibaldi

State marine reptile: Leatherback sea turtle

State animal: California grizzly bear

State amphibian: California red-legged frog

State mineral: Gold

State fabric: Denim

State nut: Almond

State fruit: Avocado

State grass: Purple needle grass

State insect: California dogface butterfly

State dance: West coast swing

State folk dance: Square dance