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Article: Georgia's Little Bavaria has lots of oompah and a gimmick that works. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 13, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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HELEN, Ga. _ My wife and I weren't wearing lederhosen and boots when we drove into this mountain town, but maybe we should have been.
After all, Helen looks more like it belongs in Germany's alpine region than in Northeast Georgia.
Just about every building here resembles an alpine chalet, with steep red terra cotta roofs, walls decorated with painted alpine scenes, and flowered window boxes. The shops have names like House of Tyrol and sell such things as cuckoo clocks and beer steins. Restaurants offer sauerbraten, schinken (ham) and strudel.
And since Thursday, Helen has been the site of one of America's largest Oktoberfest celebrations, a festival of oompah ...
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