| Marker Number |
3561 |
| Atlas Number |
5091003561 |
| Marker Title |
Near River Crossing Used by New Braunfels' First Settlers |
| Index Entry |
New Braunfels' First Settlers, Near River Crossing Used by |
| Address |
555 Porter St. |
| City |
New Braunfels |
| County |
Comal |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
586496 |
| UTM Northing |
3285512 |
| Subject Codes |
German immigrants/immigration; roads; settlements |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
northwest corner of Porter and McKenna streets, near Faust Street Bridge. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
At the crossing of the San Antonio-Nacogdoches Road on the Guadalupe River (used earlier by some of Texas' most famous trail-blazers) about 200 German colonists ended a journey that had begun six months before, in Europe. Here, on Good Friday,1845, they founded the town of New Braunfels, named for the estate of Prince Solms-Braunfels, the commissioner-general of the German Emigration Society. Part of a wave of German colonists,1844-1847, this small group and others like it have left a distinctive mark on the heritage and culture of Texas. (1969) |
