New Braunfels Cemetery

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.

New Braunfels Cemetery is a historical marker in New Braunfels, Comal County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 106 historical markers documented in Comal County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 256 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.6845, -98.1385 near New Braunfels. The nearest cataloged historic site is Carl Heinrich Guenther (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include West End Park and Dance Hall, First United Methodist Church, and Ullrich Home.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5091003576. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.