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After the Civil War, reports indicate Black Texas German communities in every county of the German belt, also known as the Texas German Country, running from Houston to the Hills Region. [11] [12] For Black Texans, speaking Texas German was a means of social mimicry and protection. [10] Doris Williams, an African American in Bastrop County ...
Gruene General Store attracts tourists to the historical community. Gruene Mansion Inn and Bed and Breakfast. Gruene (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n / GREEN) [2] is a German-Texan town in Comal County in the U.S. state of Texas. Once a significant cotton-producing community along the Guadalupe River, the town has now shifted its economy to one supported ...
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places.
New Berlin (/ ˈ b ɜːr l ɪ n / BUR-lin) is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 511 at the 2010 census. [4] New Berlin is a German-Texan town settled by German emigrants in the 1800s as a farming community. New Berlin is named after Berlin, Germany and boasts many residents being descendants of the original ...
Bushdale, a former small German community, is now a ghost town in Milam County, Texas, United States, three miles north of Rockdale. [1] The town never grew much during its "primetime", as Bushdale only contained a one-teacher school and a few businesses. [2] The school was consolidated with Rockdale in 1949. [3] Today, only the cemetery remains.
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 ...
Weimar (/ ˈ w aɪ m ər / or, by many non-locals, / ˈ w iː m ər /) is a city in Colorado County, Texas, United States. [4] [5] The population was 2,076 at the 2020 census. [6]It is part of the Texas-German belt region and was founded and named by German emigrants after the city of Weimar, Germany.
The German–American Ladies College was operated in the house 1874–1879, under the management of Natalie von Schenck and Alice Nohl. [3] In 1880, Klein leased the premises to Jacob Bickler, founder of the Texas German and English Academy. Bicker was the nephew of educator Philip Bickler who ran the Bickler German–English Academy in Austin.