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DANK-Haus German American Cultural Center
Established1959
Location4740 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
P:773.561.9181
Website http://dankhaus.com

DANK-Haus German American Cultural Center is a cultural organization located in the Lincoln Square, Chicago community area. [1] Founded in Chicago in 1959, it seeks to preserve and promote German and German American culture. [2] The center contains the DANK museum, Scharpenberg art gallery, a library (Koegel Bibliothek), facilities for social gatherings, and offers German language classes. [3] It is a member organization of the Chicago Cultural Alliance.

The Cultural Center has its origins in the founding of the Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress ( German American National Congress, or DANK), an organization dedicated to German American welfare and culture. In German, Dank, as well as danke, is used in phrases expressing thanks. [4] The headquarters of the Congress is housed in the center. Also founded in 1959, largely through the work of Leonard Enders, editor of the German-language newspaper Abendpost und Sonntagspost, the congress has chapters in different areas of the United States. [5] [6]

The Cultural Center building was designed by architect Paul Gerhardt and built in 1927, as a multipurpose center for a social club. It still contains an Olympic-size swimming pool. It was purchased by DANK in 1967. [2]

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References

  1. ^ Hoekstra, Dave.; et al. (2009). The unofficial guide to Chicago (8th ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. p. 164. ISBN  9780470379998.
  2. ^ a b "About the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center". DANK Haus. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ^ Heinen, Joseph C.; Susan Barton Heinen (2009). Lost German Chicago. Arcadia Press. p. 6. ISBN  9780738577142.
  4. ^ http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-german/thank[ bare URL]
  5. ^ "About DANK". German American National Congress. 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  6. ^ Lohne, Raymond (2001). German Chicago Revisited. Arcadia Press. p. 85. ISBN  0738518646.

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