The ''America House'' (Amerika Haus, plural: Amerika Häuser) is an institution developed following the end of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

to provide an opportunity for German and Austrian citizens to learn more about

American culture The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western, and European origin, yet its influences includes the cultures of Asian American, African American, Latin American, and Native American peoples and their cultures. The U ...

and

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, and engage in discussion and debate on the transatlantic relationship. Run by the American government until 2006, Amerika Häuser were located in

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

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and other cities. During the

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, German student protests in Berlin often took place in front of the America Haus.Eva Dorothée Schmid
"Es war einmal im Amerikahaus"
''Der Tagesspiegel'' (September 29, 2008)

List of Amerika Häuser

306-CS-1D-3 Amerika Haus was opened in Graz, Austria 1952

* Amerika-Haus Frankfurt (closed in 2006) * Amerika Haus Berlin * Amerikazentrum Hamburg * Amerika Haus Hannover * Bayerisches Amerikahaus, München * Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg * Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Heidelberg * Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Saarbrücken * Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Sachsen,

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Tübingen The Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Tübingen is a cultural institution, formerly known as the Amerika-Haus (America House). History The first German-American Institutes or ''Amerikahäuser'' in Germany were founded in 1946, one year after the e ...

* Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum/James F. Byrnes Institute, Stuttgart * German-American Institute, Nuremberg * John F. Kennedy Haus,

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...

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(English version) {{Authority control Transatlantic cultural exchange Germany–United States relations

List of Amerika Häuser

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