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5 unusual facts about Llanquihue Lake


El Bolsón, Río Negro

El Bolsón area's first non-indigenous inhabitants were German immigrants that arrived to the valley from Chile as an offshoot of the colonisation of Llanquihue.

German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue

Land conflicts appeared as German colonization expanded into new areas like the coastal region of Osorno and Andean lakes and valleys beyond the colonization area in the shores of Llanquihue Lake.

From 1850 to 1875 the Chilean region around Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in Southern Chile received thousands of German immigrants as part of a state-led colonization scheme.

Pérez Rosales succeeded Philippi as government agent in Europe in 1850 and arrived back to Chile in 1852 with many German families to settle the shores of Llanquihue Lake.

The second scheme considered the colonization of both the shores Llanquihue Lake and the mouth of Maullín River.



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