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As of the U.S. 2000 Census, some 1,035 people report speaking German at home in Fredericksburg, [11] the town with the largest community of Texas German speakers, representing 12.48% of the total population, 840 in New Braunfels, [12] 150 in Schulenburg, [12] 85 in Stonewall, [13] 70 in Boerne, [12] 65 in Harper, [14] 45 in Comfort [15] and 19 in Weimar, [12] all of which except for ...
All of East Texas and usually most of central and north Texas are classified as speaking the Southern dialect, which is the same dialect being spoken in north Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and northern Alabama. Usually it is portions of far West Texas and lower South Texas that are
German-Americans, especially immigrants, were blamed for military acts of the German Empire, and even speaking German was seen as unpatriotic. Many German-American families anglicized their names (e.g. from Schmidt to Smith, Schneider to Taylor, Müller to Miller), and German nearly disappeared in public in many cities. In the countryside, the ...
Texas has 16 remaining Jaycee chapters, three in German-Texas cities (the others in New Braunfels and Fredericksburg). “People don’t really volunteer like they used to,” Klement said. But ...
Nevertheless, the number of people speaking any sort of German (Standard German, Hunsrückisch or East Pomeranian) is on the decrease, with 3 million speaking German as a first language today. The main variety of German in Brazil is Riograndenser Hunsrückisch which is found in the southern states.
Tejano culture, particularly Tejano music, has been deeply influenced by German immigrants to Texas and Mexico. [129] In German-speaking parts of Texas during the 19th and 20th centuries, many African-Americans spoke German. Many Black people who were enslaved by white German-Americans, as well as their descendants, learned to speak German. [130]
New documentary, "The Stones Are Speaking," which plays the Austin Film Festival, records discoveries at the Gault Site. 'Nothing else like it, period': Movie on Texas site helps rewrite ...
The German-Texan Heritage Society is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Austin, Texas dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of German Texans and promoting German culture throughout the state. [1] [2] [3]