German Tartan Heavyweight 16ozFrom the year 1670, the earliest significant group of German immigrants came to the British colonies and settled mainly within Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. It was the Mississippi Company of France that moved thousands of Germans from Europe to Louisiana and then to Louisiana and to the German Coast, Orleans Territory between 1718 and 1750. The colors of German Tartan were selected to reflect the colors in the German flag, which are soft red,