Cemetery

Bretschneider

Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089007005

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About this site

Bretschneider is a cemetery in Colorado County, Texas. It is one of 59 cemeteries documented in Colorado County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 171 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8195, -96.3908. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gaedecke (cemetery), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Himley, Hinks, and Reichardt.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089007005. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Bretschneider Cemetery, also documented under the name Kellner, is one of a cluster of small German family burial grounds north of Frelsburg in Colorado County. Frelsburg was among the county's oldest German settlements, and these private plots hold the graves of its 19th-century farming families.

Sources: coloradocountyhistory.org coloradocountyhistory.org

📍 29.8195, -96.3908 · Colorado County

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