Due primarily to the efforts of Vera Kholmeier of Waterloo and Helmut Macke of Porta Westfalica, it came about as a result of genealogical research, which concluded that perhaps two-thirds of Monroe County's German population could trace their ancestry back to this region of northern Germany. View over Porta Westfalica, Germany, Waterloo's Sister CityPorta Westfalica itself came about in 1973 as a conglomeration of 15 villages into a city of over 40, 000.

Public transit came to the town in April 2009 when the Region's Grand River Transit service boosted the existing Route 21 from St. Jacobs to run into Elmira and back ; the opposite end of the route is at Waterloo's Conestoga Mall.

His name has been given to an award, the J. Alan George Award, given by Waterloo's undergraduate Mathematics Society to an undergraduate completing studies in the Faculty of Mathematics who has shown exemplary service to student life during in the duration of his or her studies.

Rutherford settled in the vicinity, while Garretson selected a location a mile northeast of Waterloo's present location.

Waterloo's city centre is located near the intersection of King and Erb streets.

Waterloo's varsity teams, known as the Waterloo Warriors compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

University of Waterloo's Arms and Flag were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on February 15, 2001.

Several of Waterloo's programs have also gained recognition nationally and internationally.

Waterloo's engineering program has consistently been ranked within the top 100 universities.

Waterloo's research in the field of engineering has also received a number of accolades.

In the 2011 URAP rankings, Waterloo's research performance in the field of engineering was ranked 43rd in the world, and second in Canada.

In the 2011 HEEACT rankings, Waterloo's research performance in the field of engineering was ranked 74th in the world, and second in Canada.

After considering the feedback, Waterloo's new visual identity will not entirely incorporate a new logo.

Representing Waterloo's location in the twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, the double-chevron is taken from the coat of arms of Earl Kitchener, and the red lions are taken from the symbol of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, the victor at the Battle of Waterloo.

Waterloo's graduates have found success in a variety of fields, serving at the heads of diverse institutions both in the public and private sector.

Much of Waterloo's traffic is local or suburban.

He is also a member of the University of Waterloo's Deans Advisory Council in the Faculty of Environment, and a member of the Board of Advisors to the President at the Ontario College of Art and Design University.

Waterloo's engineering program is one of the few co-op only engineering programs in Canada.

Waterloo's 5-year co-op program includes 24 months of work experience, the longest undergraduate co-op experience in Canada.

Under the stewardship of Howard Burton, the Institute's first Executive Director, PI initially operated out of Waterloo's historic post office on King Street.

He is currently on faculty at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics and a member of the school's Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research.

Harris dates studies of both to Classical Greece and Classical Rome, specifically, to Herodotus, often called the " father of history " and the Roman historian, Tacitus, who wrote many of our only surviving contemporary accounts of several ancient Celtic and Germanic peoples.

Arab Architecture has a deep diverse history, it dates to the dawn of the history in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Its early history reveals that the maritime importance of the island dates back to pre-Dorian times.

It dates back at least as far as recorded history.

The history of the city dates back to Roman times.

It is in size, and originally dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history.

The history of telegraphy in Canada dates back to the Province of Canada.

The known history of the Central African Republic dates back to the 7th century AD.

In Russian legal history, for instance, comparative method dates back to the sixteenth century.

CUNY's history dates back to the formation of the Free Academy in 1847 by Townsend Harris.

Their usage in engraving tools also dates to early human history.

Ecuador's military history dates far back to its first attempt to secure freedom from Spain in 1811.

The precise dates of various periods in history are more or less arbitrary.

The history of the cooking skills employed in Hunan cuisine dates back many centuries.

The history of Fiji dates back to ancient times.

Although the use of the term infantry in English dates from the 15th century ( from French Infanterie, itself from the Italian Infanteria ), the foot troops of the previous eras in history who fought with a variety of weapons before the introduction of the firearms are also referred to as infantry.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11, 000 years ( 9000 BCE ), almost to the very beginning of the Holocene epoch of the Earth's history.

The history of the koto in Japan dates back to the 16th Century.

Another hypothesis for the origin of the term dates back to 1907, " when John Brandtjen convinced two young machinists from Oslo, Norway named Abel and Eneval Kluge to service and install presses for his fledgling printing equipment firm " ( see external link, history of the Kluge Platen Press ).

The country of Kuwait has a history which dates to ancient times.

According to recent historical findings, Kyrgyz history dates back to 201 BC.

The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back more than 7, 000 years — predating recorded history.

The history of Lithuania dates back to at least 1009, the first recorded written use of the term.

Although recorded Luxembourgian history dates back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963.