The Ripke Family has origin in the region of Düsseldorf, Germany, and soon disembarked in Brazil after the First World War, in the person of Mr. Bernard Clement Ripke, that if established initially in the region of São Francisco de Paula, in the State of the Rio Grande Do Sul. In the decade of 60 Mr. Bernard Clement Ripke, together with its family, changed itself of the State of the Rio Grande do Sul, route to the city of Pinhalzinho