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New Braunfels (/ ˈ b r ɔː n f ə l z / ⓘ BRAWN-fəlz) is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas.It is the seat of Comal County. The city covers 44.9 square miles (116 km 2) and had a population of 90,403 as of the 2020 Census. [7]
The University of Texas at Tyler also operates a campus in the city. A new, $9.6 million, 50-acre (200,000 m 2) campus opened in 2010, fall semester. [42] The UT-Tyler Palestine Campus currently offers courses in nursing. [43]
Sophienburg was left abandoned until 1926, when New Braunfels' residents purchased the site of the original fortress; in 1933, they established a museum chartered by the state of Texas and a library. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] After the construction of multiple other public libraries in the city, the library was converted into the city's archive.
2024 is Central Texas' year to shine. New Braunfels was named Destination of the Year by the Texas Travel Awards, and several other cities, including Austin, Georgetown, Bastrop and San Antonio ...
Gruene Hall, built in 1878 by Henry (Heinrich) D. Gruene and located in the historical town of Gruene, Texas (now a part of New Braunfels), bills itself as "the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas". By design, not much has physically changed since the hall was first built.
Gruene, a German surname, (pronounced "Green") is now a district within the city limits of New Braunfels, and much of it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 21, 1975. The city is known for its German-Texan heritage and architecture and many residents of Gruene and New Braunfels are descendants of the first German ...
The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in the U.S. state of Texas.The museum was created by Marion Koogler McNay's original bequest of most of her fortune, her important art collection and her 24-room Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion that sits on 23 acres (9.3 ha) that are landscaped with fountains, broad lawns and a Japanese-inspired garden ...
The Lindheimer House is located in the city of New Braunfels, county of Comal, in the U.S. state of Texas.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Comal County, Texas in 1970, and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1936. [2]