The German Family Society was founded in 1955 at St. Bernard?s Catholic church by Danubeswabian (Folk-German), German and Austrian immigrants. In the 1960?s, we moved to the German American Club in Akron, then in 1973 to our present location (Donau Park) in Brimfield Township. 

We are a non-profit, private and social organization whose charter is to promote our culture and pass down our history, heritage, traditions and culture with all, and to pass down to future generations. 

We are proud of the fact that our entire facility is maintained by members who volunteer their time and energy. We have approximately 12-15 major functions each year, including indoor dances with themes such as: Vienna Night, a Wine and Grape Harvest Festival, Country Western Night, Kentucky Derby Night and more, varying by each year. Our best-known events are the 2-day ?Old European Days & Bierfest? held every year on the last weekend of June, and our 3-day ?Oktoberfest?, called by local TV as the best, most original and traditional Oktoberfest in the State of Ohio. We have also won a top spot for Beacon's best Festival/Fair in 2019 for our Oktoberfest.

Our organization has many ways to become involved, such as our Ladies Auxiliary (aka the "Frauengruppe" that is still regarded as the ?Heart of our Society?), which prepares the delicious homemade meals for all of our events and weddings. We also have several dance and social groups including our Kindergruppe, Jr. Jugendgroup, Jugendgruppe, adult Tanzgruppe. For those more interested in sports we have numerous soccer teams.

Learn more about us and our upcoming events at https://germanfamilysociety.com/