The name comes from the original German settlers who came to this land in the 19th century.
The town's founders, who wanted to please the German settlers, agreed to the name.
Around 1760, German settlers came and by the middle of the last century they were in majority.
From the 12th century, the influence of German settlers increased.
It was named after early German settlers in the area.
The name comes from a German settler who built a church.
The town was established around the start of the 20th century, with German settlers.
The building behind the lighthouse was used as school for 30 children of German settlers until 1913.
The German settlers built the meeting hall which still stands.
The first German settlers probably reached the area in the 11th or 12th centuries.