- Freistadt, Wisconsin
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Freistadt, Wisconsin
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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map_caption = Location of Freistadt, Wisconsin
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Wisconsin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Ozaukeegovernment_footnotes =
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established_title = Class Code U4
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utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 256
elevation_ft = 840
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postal_code = 53097
area_code = 262
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footnotes =Freistadt is a neighborhood of the city of Mequon in Ozaukee County,
Wisconsin ,United States . The community's name means "free city" in German. Though originally in the Town of Mequon, the area was added to the City of Mequon as that municipality gradually displaced the former town.History
"In early October 1839, approximately 20 families settled near this site to found the colony of Freistadt. Prompted by religious persecution in the homeland, the group sought and found a religious haven in Wisconsin. The first log cabin was located southwest of the present church. The congregation immediately purchased 40 acres of land and in the spring of 1840 built the first Lutheran church in the state. The log building, 30 by 20 feet, was also used for school purposes. The first pastor of the congregation was L.F.E. Krause (1841-1847). The Lutheran Buffalo Synod was organized here in June 1845. Since 1848 the congregation has been a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod."
References
External links
* [http://www.galenfrysinger.com/freistadt_wisconsin.htm Photographs of the area]
* [http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/history/Trinity.htm Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church] from the Ozaukee County website
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=5544 Entry] in "Dictionary of Wisconsin History"
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