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Germania is the largest village in Abbott Township, Pennsylvania in the northeastern United States. The village is seven miles south of Galeton, Pennsylvania on Pennsylvania Route 144.

The village was established by the Pennsylvania Land and Farm Association of New York City, which owned 90,000 acres of land in North Central Pennsylvania in 1855. The Association promoted the land to German settlers in the USA and Germany for farming and settlement, emphasizing that Germania is 300 miles west of New York City.

Geography
Germania is located at 41.6477°N, -77.6607°W (41.6477, -77.6607).

History
William Radde, who designed the village of Germania, was a businessman at 300 Broadway (source of address: Germania map not yet scanned) in New York City. He was a publisher and land developer. He was president and treasurer of the incorporated joint stock company, the Pennsylvania Land and Farm Association, which later became incorporated in the Potter County Forest Improvement Company. The Pennsylvania Land and Farm Association purchased land in the Germania area and sold parcels to German and Bavarian settlers. The settlers spoke German.

The pamphlet "HYDRIATIC TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER IN ITS DIFFERENT FORMS. OR HOW TO SAVE, THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF THE WATER-CURE, MANY THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND HEALTHS, WHICH NOW ANNUALLY PERISH." was published by Radde in 1857.

In 1861, Radde was agent for the Leipzig (or Leipsic) Homeopathic Pharmacy at 322 Broadway in New York City Radde sold the business to Boericke & Tafel.

Government
The Abbott Township municipal building is located at 1431 Germania Road in Germania (US postal address 1431 Germania Road, Galeton, Pennsylvania 16922)