Sign up for Youth Heritage Day on April 25!

Registration is open for the PVCW's 2nd Annual Youth Heritage Day, at Berlin Center in Naugart on Saturday, April 25.

Sign-in begins at 8:45am for the event, which runs from 9am to noon.  The cost is only $2.00 per child or $5.00 for a family group!

Youth Heritage Day is geared to children in grades 1-6, who do not have to have Pommern or German ancestry.

Activities will help participants explore culture and stimulate curiosity about their heritage, regardless of nationality, through hands-on activities, including:

German-language activity... Singing... Quilting... Weaving... Cooking... Folk Dancing... and Family History exploration

To take part in Youth Heritage Day, call or text Rosanne Schleif at 715-  820-  3092 or Sarah Litzer at 715-  351-  0904.

Welcome!

Welcome to the website of the Pommerscher Verein Central Wisconsin Corporation (PVCWC), which translates to the Pomeranian Society of Central Wisconsin Inc. 

Thousands of Americans have ancestors from the German province of Pomerania, or Pommern.  Pomeranians may be Wisconsin’s largest ethnic German group. 

The Verein (society) was chartered in 1994, to learn, study, research, share and enjoy Pomerania’s language, customs, food, history, genealogy & music. Our website highlights current and past Verein activities and accomplishments.

Please also consider joining us!  The Verein has meetings and events throughout the year to which you are always welcome, and many residents who live outside central Wisconsin are Verein members in order to receive our quarterly newsletter, Dat Pommersche Blatt.  Click here to bring up a membership form. 

PVCW’s Crest and Its Symbolism

• Tree: North Central Wisconsin’s virgin forest

• Griffin: The Greif, traditional symbol of Pommern - Half eagle, half lion

• Church: Christian faith in a new land

• Plow: Our ancestors’ agricultural heritage 

• Blue: The Baltic Sea, a central element of the Pommern landscape

• Sunrise: Break of a new day

April—July, 2026

• Sat, Apr 11: PVCW Library/Museum, Berlin Center, Naugart (Link below to directions), 9am-4pm

• Sun, Apr 12: PVCW Quarterly Meeting, Berlin Center, Naugart, Noon-3pm

• Sat, Apr 25: Youth Heritage Day, Berlin Center, Naugart, 9am-Noon

• Tue, Apr 28: Sheepshead/Schafkopf, Trails End, Wausau 9am-11:30am

• Wed, May 6: Platt Tied, Pine Ridge Restaurant, Merrill, 9am-11am

• Sat, May 9: PVCW Library/Museum, Berlin Center, Naugart, 9am-4pm

• Tue, May 26: Sheepshead/Schafkopf, Trails End, Wausau 9am-11:30am

• Mon, Jun 1: Platt Tied, Trails End, Wausau, 3pm-5pm, Lunch for $10

• Sat, Jun 13: PVCW Library/Museum, Berlin Center, Naugart, 9am-4pm

• Tue, Jun 23: Sheepshead/Schafkopf, Trails End, Wausau 9am-11:30am

• Sat, Jul 11: PVCW Library/Museum, Berlin Center, Naugart, 9am-4pm

• Sun, Jul 12: Pommerscher Feiertag aka Piknik im Bush, Berlin Center, Naugart, Noon-3pm

• Tue, Jul 28: Sheepshead/Schafkopf, Trails End, Wausau 9am-11:30am

• Join Us!

Maps

• CLICK HERE for directions to the Berlin Center.

• CLICK HERE to see some great maps for sale.

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