Guten Tag, Oktoberfest

Guten Tag, Okiobertest More than five million people attend Munich, Bavaria, Germany's annual Oktoberfest, a 16-day festival that runs from late September to the first weekend in October. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LIEBLING 2012 is the 202nd Alnniversary of Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. D, BEER was 1st served in glass mugs in 1892. (400 years after Columbus sailed the ocean blue) JUST DER FAKTS FROM 2011 6.9 million 2 milljon qallons up 8%. people attended - (or 40,000 bath tubs) of beer was consumed. bier tents 34 served partygoers. 60 mobile apps helped people navigate the Oktoberfest 505,901 pieces of chicken and 119,302 pairs of pork sausages were eaten. festivities. Smoking Verboten 2012 IS THE YEAR OF THE SMOKING BAN NO BEER will be sold to people caught smoking in the beer tents this year. NO WONDER Oktoberfest IS SO POPULAR IN THE U.S. WHAT'S YOUR LINEAGE? The German-American population grew by 6 million during the last decade to 49.8 million, second only to Hispanics at 50.5 million. Irish 35.8 million German 49.8 million Cincinnati, OH Mexican 31.8 million English Italian 17.6 million is home to the largest 27.4 million U.S.-based Oktoberfest. THE U.S. GERMAN BELT A majority of counties in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas are predominantly German, and they make up a plurality of Ohio and Indiana counties. SOURCES DISCLAIMER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest The "Guten Tag. Oktoberfesti" infographic was designed by http://goodbeerfest.com/2011/10/oktoberfest-2011-statistics/ 123Print, a leader in printing personalized business and social http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/life-after-the- communications products, including affordable business smoking-ban-bacteria-to-fight-beer-stench-at-oktoberfest-a-716781.html printing, custom business.cards. letterhead and holiday http://www.oktoberfest-tv.de/Pkid=187&LCID=1833 greeting cards. Visit 123print.com to learn more. 123PRINT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-06/u-s-ethnic-mix- boasts-german-accent-amid-surge-of-hispanics.html