Christian Mathias Schröder (27 January 1778 – 25 January 1860) was a German senator from the city of

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. Schröder made history as the main member and stock holder of the " Society for the Protection of the Immigrant in Southern Brazil" (in Portuguese: " Sociedade de Proteção ao Imigrantes no sul do Brasil") which was established in 1842. Because of such activities, his name has become permanently linked to the history of the state of Santa Catarina,

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. Among other financial colonization activities, Schröder sent his son Eduard Schröder to become the first manager of the Dona Francisca colony (today city of

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). After a period of time as the administrator of the colony his son returned to his native land permanently. Schröder was a

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and a speaker of

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, a

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which also became part of southern Brazil's regional linguistic tradition. Low German, like many other Brazilian minority languages (such as

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(

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) and

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), is still spoken by some in the old colonial zones. However, like most minority languages throughout the country, it too is facing a fast decline and imminent extinction. The municipality of

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, a town located near Joinville, got its name from Schröder.

References

External links

The History of Joinville - Colônia Dona Francisca
(in

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). Accessed on October 24, 2005.
History of the Municipality of Schroeder
Accessed on October 24, 2005.
Map depicting the regions of northern Europe where Low Saxon was traditionally and still is spoken today
(in German). Accessed on October 24, 2005. 1778 births 1860 deaths German Lutherans Senators of Hamburg (before 1919) Santa Catarina (state) Grand burghers of Hamburg {{Germany-politician-stub