Details for New Braunfels Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5091003576
Data
Marker Number | 3576 |
Atlas Number | 5091003576 |
Marker Title | New Braunfels Cemetery |
Index Entry | New Braunfels Cemetery |
Address | 2000 US 81 West |
City | New Braunfels |
County | Comal |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 583311 |
UTM Northing | 3284194 |
Subject Codes | cemetery; German immigrants/immigration |
Marker Year | 1976 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | near center of cemetery, 2000 US 81 west (business route) New Braunfels |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | Dedicated at the burial of Mrs. Elise Peter, on June 23,1845, a few months after New Braunfels was founded. This cemetery gave rest to many colonists in early years of hardship that besieged the German Emigration Company. Gerlach Peter, husband of the first tenant, was buried in July as one other of the 20 fatalites of 1845. There were 348 bruials in 1846. A ferry operator, Johann Justus Kellner (1821-51), has the oldest stone. There are 753 marked and hundreds of unmarked graves. The last vacant lot was sold in 1945. No burials are allowed except in lots purchased before 1946. |