High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The German Coast (French: C te des Allemands) was a region of early Louisiana settlement located above New Orleans on the Mississippi River - specifically, from east to west, in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James parishes of present-day Acadiana. The four settlements along the coast were Karlstein, Hoffen, Meriental, and Augsburg. Originally, the Germans settled at the Arkansas Post, however...