Hermann Hill Three Mile Walk
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Take the north sidewalk, past the flower cutting garden and forest of gongs. Follow the gravel path through the woods, which will become pavement in about 100 yards. Continue to W. 4th Street. Turn right (east) and walk downhill to Jefferson Street. Turn left (north) into St. George Cemetery.
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Before entering St. George Cemetery, take a moment to view the
Missouri River bottoms. Imagine a time when the river flowed
from bluff to bluff. Hermann residents had the opportunity to
witness this during the floods of 1993 and 1995. As you walk
through the cemetery, notice the old iron crosses, somewhat
unique for a German community that prided itself on stone and
brick. The first Roman Catholic cemeteries in the area used
wooden and wrought iron crosses. Local blacksmiths made the iron
crosses, a generations-old tradition brought here by the
Germans. In the Protestant cemeteries, the earliest gravestones
were made of cotton rock and sandstone cut by local artisans. A
number of these, dating from the 1850s, can be seen in the
Hermann City Cemetery on East Hill.
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