Special Offer during our 5-year Anniversay Celebration in July Marc and I have poured our hearts into Die Heimat Country Inn for the past five years and now it’s time to celebrate our five-year anniversary of owning this place. We have planned five days of special things for you; something unique each day. On Wed. […]
Festivals, festivals, festivals . . . celebrations in the Amana Colonies One way for the Amana locals to share their German history and culture is through their many annual festivals. You will love the experience of visiting the Colonies for one of their special festivals. The Biggies: Winterfest is a one day festival at the […]
There are SEVEN villages of the Amana Colonies There is a lot more to see in the seven villages of the Amana Colonies than you might think. It’s easy to make a quick stop in Amana and completely miss out on the treasures of the other six smaller villages. Let me introduce you to the […]
Other Special Events in the Amana Colonies not sponsored by the Amana Colonies Visitors Center or Amana Festivals: 1. Renaissance Fair The Middle Amana Community Park hosts this annual celebration of Arts & Culture of European History over Memorial Day weekend in late May, as well as the first weekend in June. The Renaissance Fair […]
Every year the Amana Colonies prepares a wonderful weekend for foodies during the month of April when everyone is ready to get out and do some spring sampling. This year I participated in many of the events and had a great time with friends and came away with recipes to try and ideas for making […]
Are you an artist or would you like to learn a new craft? There are many opportunities in Amana to learn some folk art skills. The Arts Guild, located in High Amana offers art workshops throughout the year. Some examples of the unique classes offered are “Creating Mixed Media Collages”, “Book Binding: The Long and […]
The Old Creamery Theatre Company The Old Creamery Theatre is a gem hidden in the midst of the cornfields and grassy expanses of the Amana Colonies. The company is a not-for-profit professional theatre founded in 1971 in Garrison, Iowa. Ten theatre colleagues formed the company in a vacant building that had once served the community […]
Life in communal Amana was as well-regulated as the clock on the wall in the Amana railroad depot, but love, never routine, and always disruptive, happened and young people met and married in the villages of old Amana just as they did elsewhere, but in Amana between 1855-1932 there were rules that made weddings and […]
Amana’s Oktoberfest is one of the midwest’s oldest and best loved German festivals. Here are 10 reasons why we love Oktoberfest. 1. Ein Prosit Baby! This will be our 52nd Oktoberfest, so raise a glass in the Festhalle with us. In addition to several out of state, big-name German show bands, we’re proud to have […]
In the 2016 edition of “1000 Places to See Before You Die – In the US and Canada”, you will find the “Amana Colonies” on page 514 and more specifically Die Heimat Country Inn on page 515. “The biggest and oldest of the plentiful B&Bs here is Die Heimat, an 1854 inn that was originally […]
