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Breinigsville is a census-designated place located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The town is part of Upper Macungie Township, approximately southwest of Center City Allentown and east of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. ==History== Breinigsville was named for George Ludwig Breinig (January 31, 1733 – May 12, 1812), a German immigrant who came to America on board the ship ''Lydia'', arriving in Philadelphia on October 13, 1749. He originally settled in Weisenberg township (tax records show he was assessed 9 pounds in 1762). On May 10, 1771 Breinig purchased around of land and a stone dwelling for 700 pounds from Peter and Catherine Trexler (of "Trexlertown") along "the great road leading to Philadelphia". He resided on that land until his death. Breinig was one of the judges of the election at Allentown, on July 8, 1776, when delegates to the first constitutional convention of the state were elected. During the Revolutionary War, Breinig became the colonel of the Second Battalion of Northampton county militia.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/revolutionary_war_militia_overview/4125/northampton_co__revolutionary_war_militia/435890 )〕 In 1786, he was commissioned a justice of the district of Macungie and Weisenberg townships. Breinig is buried at Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis. Among his seven children was Peter Breinig, the youngest son, and the founder of Breinigsville who owned a farm. He built a tavern in the village and operated it for some years. As in most early towns, the tavern served as the center of the community. Today, the tavern is in the location of the Breinigsville Hotel.〔 In the early 1800s the village was a center for the mining of iron ore furnishing employment to many men. Around 1855, the Allentown Railroad was graded through Breinigsville, but the tracks were never laid. In the 1860s, the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad used the grade to build from Trexlertown, on its main line, into Breinigsville, as part of a branch to serve local limonite (iron ore) mines.〔 The largest deposit of pyrite ore in the region was located 2 miles northwest of Breinigsville.〔 Later the village was served by the Allentown-Reading Traction Company. These mines had shut down by the end of World War I, and the rails through Breinigsville were consequently abandoned.〔 They were finally removed in the 1940s. On the western edge of Breinigsville a United Brethren Church was built in 1880 whose membership at one time peaked at around 40. Regular services discontinued in 1912.〔 At one time, the village had a lumber, grain, and coal depot, a carriage works and a general store which are no longer in existence.〔 In the mid-1800s a two-room school house was built in the town, with the upper grades taught by Miss Edith Walbert and the lower graeds taught by Mr. John Shoemaker.〔〔 While the school has long ceased operations, the building still stands.〔 In around 1860 an independent school district was formed in the township by an act of the legislature. The single school replaced the dozens of smaller schools, including the one in Breinigsville.〔 The school district served until the early 1900s when the Parkland School District was formed.〔 In 1987, AT&T acquired around 137 acres in Breinigsville which became to be known as ''TEK Park Campus''. The facility became Bell Labs' world headquarters for Optoelectronics research. In the late 90s, the center was spun off as Lucent Technologies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tekpark.net/About.aspx )〕 In 2002, it was spun off again as Agere Systems. In 2003, the park was sold to TriQuint Semiconductor. In 2012, TEK Park was sold to MRA Group for $50M. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Breinigsville, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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