Frankenmuth
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city in Saginaw County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Saginaw
- Incorporated
- 1904 (village), 1959 (city)
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Tom Meyer
- City manager
- Bridget Smith
- Total
- 3.17 sq mi (8.20 km )
- Land
- 3.11 sq mi (8.05 km )
- Water
- 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
- Elevation
- 637 ft (194 m)
- Density
- 1,604/sq mi (619.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 26-30200
- Website
- www .frankenmuth .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Frankenmuth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Saginaw County
- Population
- 4987
- Area
- 7.88578
- Elevation
- 193
- Image
- Bavarian Inn Lodge.jpg
- Households
- 2496
- Dialing code
- 989
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- Commons category
- Frankenmuth, Michigan
- twinned administrative body
- Gunzenhausen
- postal code
- 48787
- inception
- 1845-00-00
- P8168
- Eidolon
- water as percent of area
- 1.6812
- per capita income
- 44861
- P12749
- Komi Republic
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Encyclopedic overview
Frankenmuth (/ˈfræŋ.kən.muːθ/ FRANK-ən-mooth) is a city in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,987 at the 2020 census. The city is surrounded by Frankenmuth Township.
The city's name is a combination of two German words: Franken for the region of Franconia in Bavaria from which the original settlers came, and Mut (formerly spelled as Muth) which means "courage". Thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians". The most popular nickname is "Little Bavaria", in reference to the city's German heritage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frankenmuth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.