GermannaGeschaft

The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort Germanna and its German-speaking colonists (arriving in 1714 and 1717 from what is now Germany) and their descendants. We tell America’s story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants using archaeological, historical, and genealogical research and interpretation. The Foundation owns and maintains several historic sites and properties, such as Salubria Manor, that were part of or closely connected to the Germanna colonies, the town of Germanna, and the other early colonial Virginia settlements and towns in the Piedmont area of Virginia. Visit us at the Fort Germanna Visitor Center in Locust Grove, Virginia, located between Fredericksburg and Culpeper, VA. For more information, go to Germanna.org. OUR STEWARDSHIP: • Fort Germanna Visitor Center, Museum & Genealogy Library • Hitt Archaeology Center • Germanna Memorial Garden • 170-acre Siegen Forest Hiking and Nature Trails • 1714/1717 Fort Germanna archaeology site • Lt Gov Alexander Spotswood's Mansion 'Enchanted Castle' archaeology site • Historic 1757 Salubria -- Georgian-style manor house • Revolutionary War-era Peter Hitt Farm