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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 ...
Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th ...
The town was subsequently founded in 1889 by German Catholic settlers Carl and Emil Flusche, who invited other German Catholics to join them. [4] The town was originally to be called "Westphalia", but since the name Westphalia, Texas, was already taken, Muenster was selected instead in honor of Münster, the capital of Westphalia, but these ...
The History of Fredericksburg, Texas dates back to its founding in 1846. It was named after Prince Frederick of Prussia . Fredericksburg is also notable as the home of Texas German , a dialect spoken by the first generations of German settlers who initially refused to learn English.
The Gruene water tower stands over the town on a bluff above the Guadalupe River. Gruene Hall, built in 1878, is one of the oldest dance halls in Texas. 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 ...
Boerne (/ ˈ b ɜːr n i / BURN-ee) [3] [4] is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, [5] in the Texas Hill Country.Boerne is known for its German-Texan history, named in honor of German author and satirist Ludwig Börne by the German Founders of the town. [6]
The second map shows a partition of the counties into 12 regions of Texas, as defined by the Texas comptroller. The table, further below, reports currently listings by county, updated frequently. [a] Regions are defined by the Texas State Comptroller, who has partitioned the state into 12 regions for economic performance reporting, as shown here.
Bettina is a vanished community founded in 1847 by German immigrants as part of the Adelsverein colonization of the Fisher–Miller Land Grant in the U.S. state of Texas.It was located on the banks of the Llano River in Llano County, and no trace of the settlement remains today. [1]