Settled by German immigrants, these Hill Country cities have kept that heritage alive...
along the north side of Cibolo Creek. These settlers initially named their community Tuseculum — the name of the Roman estate of orator Marcus Tullus Cicero. But several years later, the community’s founders changed the name to honor the German author and publicist, Karl Ludwig Börne. Börne died in 1837, never having stepped foot on American soil.
Charlotte and Maribel Patton, along with their dogs CoCo and BooBoo walk past the yellow ribbons displayed prominently on Main St. in Boerne to memorialize the 13 soldiers who were killed during last year's U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan.This unincorporated community about 20 minutes northwest of Boerne was settled by German Freethinkers from New Braunfels and Fredericksburg in 1852.
Traditional holiday decorations on the historic buildings downtown Fredericksburg help give the Christmas celebration a German flavor.Founded in 1846 by German immigrants, the city is named after Prince Frederick of Prussia.Named for Heinrich Gruene, who kept a general store, established a school and managed a dance hall . A banking, ginning and shipping center in the 1900s,began to decline by the 1920s after boll weevil beetles infested local crops.
Members of the Greater Randolph Area Trail Ride group make a stop in front of Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas while they make their way down to San Antonio for the 2015 Stock Show and Rodeo on Tuesday on Feb. 10, 2015.This Hill Country city was initially named Brownsborough, a shingle maker and the area’s first settler. Brown requested that the name be changed to Kerrsville. The “s” was later dropped.
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