Germanna
Germanna Site | |
Sign at the Germanna Visitor Center | |
| Nearest city | Culpeper, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°22′41″N 77°46′59″W / 38.378117°N 77.783185°W |
| Area | 120 acres (49 ha) |
| Built | 1714 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003036 |
| VLR No. | 068-0043 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | June 21, 1977 |
Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony.