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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 ...
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 ...
German Texans have historically played a role in history of the U.S. state of Texas. Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state. By 1850, they numbered 5% of the total population—a conservative count.
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 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 ...
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 German name of the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. [32] Caroline County: Virginia: Named after Caroline of Ansbach. Cassel: Wisconsin: Named after Kassel, Germany. Catherine: Kansas: Named after the Volga German town of Katharinenstadt. [33] Charlotte: North Carolina: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, of the ruling family of a duchy in ...
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]