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{{short description|City in
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Mt. Angel, Oregon
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|map_caption = Location in [[Oregon]]
|subdivision_type = [[Counties of the United States|County]]
|subdivision_name = [[
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = Andrew Otte{{cn|date=November 2023}}
|leader_title1 = [[City Administrator]]
|leader_name1 = Eileen Stein{{cn|date=November 2023}}
|established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date = 1893
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|timezone_DST = Pacific
|utc_offset_DST = -7
|coordinates = {{coord|45|
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|elevation_ft = 177
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 97362
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|website = [http://www.ci.mt-angel.or.us/ www.ci.mt-angel.or.us]
|footnotes =
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 41-50150
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 2411176<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411176}}</ref>
|unit_pref = Imperial
}}
'''Mt. Angel''' or '''Mount Angel'''<ref name=gnis/> is a city in [[
==History==
[[File:OR Mt Angel StMary Church.jpg|left|upright|thumb|St. Mary's Catholic Church]]▼
Mt. Angel was originally settled in 1850 by Benjamin Cleaver, who later planned a townsite which he named Roy. In 1881, a railroad station was established and named Fillmore after a railroad official. The following year, a post office with the name of Roy was established, but neither name was to last.{{cn|date=November 2023}}▼
▲[[File:OR Mt Angel StMary Church.jpg|left|thumb|St. Mary's Catholic Church]]
▲Mt. Angel was originally settled in 1850 by Benjamin Cleaver, who later planned a townsite which he named Roy. In 1881, a railroad station was established and named Fillmore after a railroad official. The following year, a post office with the name of Roy was established, but neither name was to last.
Rev. Fr. Adelhelm Odermatt, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]], came to Oregon in 1881 with a contingent of Benedictine monks from [[Engelberg]], [[Switzerland]], in order to establish a new American daughter house. After visiting several locations, he found Lone Butte to be the ideal location for a new abbey, and shortly afterwards ministered to several local [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] parishes, about the same time large numbers of immigrants from [[Bavaria]] settled in the area. Due to his efforts, the city, post office and the nearby elevation Lone Butte came to be known as Mount Angel (an English translation of Engelberg) in 1883. He also established [[Mount Angel Abbey]], a [[Benedictine]] [[monastery]] and school, which was moved permanently to Mt. Angel in 1884.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
The city of Mt. Angel was incorporated April 3, 1893. The post office of [[Saint Benedict, Oregon]], was established at the Abbey.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
Mount Angel Abbey is still located on Mount Angel. The original [[Kalapuya people|Kalapuya]]n name of the butte is Tapalamaho, which translates to "Mount of Communion." At the request of the Archbishop of Oregon City, the abbey opened [[Mount Angel Seminary]] in 1889 for the training of priests. The original wooden buildings at the foot of the butte were destroyed by a fire in the 1890s, and another disastrous fire in 1926 consumed the second monastery, an imposing five-story edifice of black basalt at the top of the butte. The current monastery building was completed in 1928, and subsequent structures followed, including a library built by Finnish architect [[Alvar Aalto]] in 1970. A bell tower was added to the abbey church in 2007 which contains eight bells, one of which is the largest swinging bell in the Pacific Northwest.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
The Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel (the Queen of Angels Monastery) were founded in 1882 and have been serving the Willamette Valley ever since. They teach in schools and parishes; work as counselors, chaplains, and pastoral associates; they are artisans, cooks, and gardeners. As a community, the Benedictine Sisters sponsor two ministries, the Shalom Prayer Center and the St. Joseph Shelter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.benedictine-srs.org/our-history |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=benedictine-srs |language=en}}</ref>
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>
Mt. Angel is in the [[Pudding River]] watershed. The town sits on the [[Gales Creek, Oregon|Gales Creek]]/Mount Angel lineament, and sits on the Mount Angel Fault, a northwest-trending geophysical structural zone.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=GC |last2=Crosson |first2=RS |last3=Carver |first3=DL |last4=Yelin |first4=TS |title=The 25 March 1993 Scotts Mills, Oregon Earthquake and Aftershock Sequence: Spatial Distribution, Focal Mechanisms, and the Mount Angel Fault |journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |date=August 1996 |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=925–935 |doi=10.1785/BSSA0860040925 |bibcode=1996BuSSA..86..925T |s2cid=128775177 |url=https://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/g473/seismic_hazards/thomas_etal_1996_scotts_mills.pdf |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref> Activity along the fault caused the [[1993 Scotts Mills earthquake]], which significantly damaged various structures in the town, in particular [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Mount Angel, Oregon)|the parish church]].
===Climate===
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===Annual cultural events===
Mt. Angel is known for its annual [[Oktoberfest]]. The Mt. Angel Oktoberfest is the largest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.<ref name="Mt. Angel Oktoberfest"/> Attendance grew from 39,000 in its first year, 1966, to 375,000 by the late 1980s.<ref name="Mt. Angel Oktoberfest"/> The Oktoberfest features beer and wine gardens, sports tournaments and races, arts and crafts exhibits, a farmers market, community dinners featuring sausage and sauerkraut, and a wide assortment of food, games, and entertainment.<ref name="Mt. Angel Oktoberfest"/>
===Museums and other points of interest===
Mt. Angel is also home to the historic Queen of Angels Monastery, which is still operated by the Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel,<ref>[http://www.benedictine-srs.org/ Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel]</ref> and the 1912 [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Mount Angel, Oregon)|Saint Mary Catholic Church]], both of which are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP). [[Windischar's General Blacksmith Shop]] is another NRHP-listed structure in the city.
In March 2006, the city announced plans to build a {{convert|49|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Carillon|glockenspiel]]. Completed in time for Oktoberfest 2006, the glockenspiel is the largest in the United States.<ref name="Mt. Angel Oktoberfest">{{cite encyclopedia|author=Hillegas, James V.|title=Mt. Angel Oktoberfest|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mt_angel_oktoberfest/#.VSQQ5pOrGzk|encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia|publisher=Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society|access-date=2015-04-07}}</ref> Located on the corner of Charles and Garfield streets, the [[Mt. Angel
==Education==
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==Media==
Mt. Angel is served by the weekly [[Silverton, Oregon|Silverton]] ''[[Appeal Tribune]]'' newspaper, which is published on Wednesdays by the ''[[Statesman Journal]]'',<ref>[http://www.eastvalleynews.com/appeal/about.cfm About the ''Appeal Tribune''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302193655/http://www.eastvalleynews.com/appeal/about.cfm |date=March 2, 2009 }}</ref> the monthly publications ''Our Town'' and ''Our Town Life'',<ref>
==Infrastructure==
[[File:Mt. Angel - DPLA - d9eb9b2522f3ddaeaebaefccc991d2fb.jpg|thumb|Mt. Angel City Hall]]
===Transportation===
====Highway====
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==In popular culture==
* Mt. Angel was the setting (dubbed Mt. Angel, [[Massachusetts]]) for the 1973 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television film]] ''[[Isn't It Shocking?]]''<ref>Deal, David. ''Television Fright Films of the 1970s''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007. P. 89-90.</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070229/locations Internet Movie Database]</ref>
* In [[S.M. Stirling]]'s [[The Emberverse series|Emberverse]] series, Mt. Angel and its Benedictine monastic orders are the nucleus of a [[The Emberverse series#Mount Angel|post-apocalyptic community]] that survives "The Change," which pushes technology back to a medieval level.<ref>Stirling, S.M. ''A Meeting at Corvallis''. Penguin, 2007. P. 379-380</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3TdV9ee5jsC&q=mount+angel&pg=PA575|title = A Meeting at Corvallis|isbn = 9780451461667|last1 = Stirling|first1 = S. M.|year = 2007| publisher=Penguin }}</ref>
==References==
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*[http://www.mtangelchamber.org/ Mt. Angel Chamber of Commerce]
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