Near River Crossing Used by New Braunfels' First Settlers
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)
29.6976° N, 98.1057° W
Where to Find It
northwest corner of Porter and McKenna streets, near Faust Street Bridge.
Nearby Markers
- 0.1 mi W Faust Street Bridge New Braunfels
- 0.7 mi W Texas Germans in the Civil War New Braunfels
- 0.7 mi NW Junction of Two Important Rivers, the Guadalupe and the Comal New Braunfels
- 0.7 mi NE Comal County New Braunfels
- 0.7 mi W Old Scholl House New Braunfels
- 0.8 mi W Home of Ferdinand Lindheimer New Braunfels