New Braunfels (1936)

Founded on March 21, 1845 by Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner-General of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. Named after Prince Solms' estate, Braunfels, on the Lahn River in Germany. Its permanence was assured by John O. Meusebach, the second Commissioner-General. The first colonial officials were Jean J. Von Coll, bookkeeper; Nicholaus Zink, surveyor; Theodore Koester, physician. L.C. Evenberg served as pastor and Hermann F. Seele as teacher. Comal County was created on March 24, 1846, by an act of the first Legislature of Texas. The New Braunfelser Zeitung, oldest German newspaper in Texas, began publication on November 12, 1852, with Ferdinand Lindheimer as editor. The first Staatssaengerfest was held at New Braunfels on October 16, 1853, and the first special tax for school purposes levied and collected in Texas was voted by New Braunfels on March 17, 1856. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the Federal Government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas independence.

New Braunfels is a historical marker in New Braunfels, Comal County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Comal County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7110, -98.1362 near New Braunfels. The nearest cataloged historic site is Landa Park (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kindermaskenball, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Mission, and Meriwether Milling.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5091003573. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.