BAHIA.
In this state is located the first German colony founded in Brazil. It is Leopoldina, started as a private undertaking by Busch, Reycke and Freireiss in 1818.[8]
Frankenthal, another private colony, was founded in 1822 by Peter Weyll and Saueracker.[9]
Of all the states mentioned, Bahia is the least important so far as German colonization is concerned. This is largely due to the fact that its climate is too tropical to favor such colonization oft an extended scale.
MINAS GERAES.
The private colony Theophilo Ottoni,[10] in the north-eastern part of the state was founded by a German stock-company in 1851.
Recent state colonies where Germans form a considerable part of the population are Nova Baden, Francisco Salles, Itajubá, João Pinheiro, Constança, Vargem Grande, and Rodrigo Sylva.[11]
Germans form a considerable part of the population of the capital of the state (Bello Horizonte) and of the important city of Juiz da Fora.