Wittenberg, Missouri
Wittenberg is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Brazeau Township, Perry County, Missouri, Brazeau Township in eastern Perry County, Missouri, Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is located on the Mississippi River, southeast of Perryville, Missouri, Perryville. Wittenberg is situated in the Brazeau Bottoms on Brazeau Creek opposite Grand Tower, Illinois, and Tower Rock, the latter a landmark island in the Mississippi River. History Wittenberg is one of seven towns and villages in the area founded by Saxon Lutheran Immigration 1838-1839, German Lutheran immigrants in 1839. Wittenberg and the others—Altenburg, Missouri, Altenburg, Dresden, Perry County, Missouri, Dresden, Frohna, Missouri, Frohna, New Wells, Missouri, Johannisberg, Uniontown, Missouri, Paitzdorf, and Seelitz, Perry County, Missouri, Seelitz—were all named by settlers for towns in the Saxony region of their native country. The city's namesake, Wittenberg, Germany, is important in Luthe ...
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