[2] Shortly thereafter, Walter Geissler, then President of D.A.N.K., chaired a committee of five members that laid the foundation for the Fest.

[5] As of 1993, 52% of Milwaukee's population claimed German descent, which is the largest European percentage in a major U.S. metropolitan area.

[1] German Fest celebrates the culture, food, travel and history of Germany,[6] as well as Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, and German-speaking communities around the world.

They range from Bavarians (Bayern), and Hessians (Hessen), to other German speaking nations such as the Austrians (Österreich), and groups displaced by World War II whose homelands are now located in Poland (Polen), Hungary (Ungarn), and the former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia (Tschechoslowakei & Jugoslawien).

[2] German restaurants and food services in the area are present at the fest, including Mader's, and the Schwabenhof, as well as the biggest sausage maker in Milwaukee, Usinger's.