Amerika, Saxony
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Amerika is a village in the German Free State of Saxony.
As a small village of 120 citizens, it is known merely for its name, the German word for America, which was given to it in the 19th century. In 1836, a spinning factory was built at a pond. The workers were not allowed to use the official road to get there, hence they had to cross the pond using boats. As "going over the pond" at those times was chiefly understood as emigrating to America, the factory was named "Amerika" by the workers. The name became official when in 1876 (incidentally, the centennial of the United States of America) the village's railway station was named "Amerika".
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