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Little Germany & the 48ers: A Neighborhood Walking Tour
- Starts
- Location
- Ottendorfer Library
- Price
- Free
Explore the East Village's historic German-speaking Kleindeutschland and the revolutionaries of 1848 on a free walking tour with Mary-Lea and Thomas Enderle.
Plan your visit
- Ends
- Format
- In person
- Location
- Ottendorfer Library, 135 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003, East Village, Manhattan
- Organizer
- NYPL Ottendorfer Library / Germany in New York
- Age guidance
- Adults (NYPL audience)
About this event
Discover the German-speaking community that shaped the East Village after the European uprisings of 1848. Mary-Lea and Thomas Enderle, creators of Germany in New York, lead this neighborhood walk as part of the bicentennial celebration of German-American philanthropist and Ottendorfer Library founder Oswald Ottendorfer.
The easy, approximately one-mile walk begins at Ottendorfer Library, 135 Second Avenue, and ends in Tompkins Square Park. It runs from 11 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 14. Check in at the library's front desk by 10:45 a.m. and wear comfortable walking shoes. NYPL says the event will be rescheduled in case of rain.
Admission is free. Online registration through NYPL is recommended. NYPL lists this program for adults.
For historical background before the tour, see https://germanyinnewyork.substack.com/p/little-germany-48ers-tour-english . The companion film screening, In Search of Oswald Ottendorfer, takes place at the library on November 19 at 5:30 p.m.
ASL interpretation and real-time captioning (CART) may be requested through NYPL at least two weeks in advance.
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Why it belongs on GermanEvents
The program explores New York's historic German-speaking Kleindeutschland community and German-American philanthropist Oswald Ottendorfer, with the 1848 European revolutions as historical context.