German Settlement of Chile

statue in Puerto Montt
commemorating 100 years of settlement

many of the settlers came from Eastern Germany

Vincente Perez Rosales
agent for the German settlement

statue in Puerto Varas

they lived as farmers

building substantial dwellings
 covered with the weather resistant redwood shingles, from the Alerce tree

and a mill

built Lutheran churches

and Catholic churches

chapels

some no longer used

with grave yards of German descendants often with Spanish names

beside pastures for sheep

or for llama