Fredericksburg, Texas Fredericksburg, Texas Official seal of Fredericksburg, Texas Location of Fredericksburg, Texas Location of Fredericksburg, Texas State Texas Fredericksburg (German: Friedrichsburg) is the seat of Gillespie County, in the U.S.
Old-time German inhabitants often referred to Fredericksburg as Fritztown, a nickname that is still used in some businesses. The town is also notable as the home of Texas German, a dialect spoken by the first generations of German pioneer who initially refused to learn English.
Fredericksburg shares many cultural characteristics with New Braunfels, which had been established by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels the previous year.
Fredericksburg is the place of birth of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.
It is the sister town/city of Montabaur, Germany. On October 14, 1970, the Fredericksburg Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas. For more details on this topic, see Fredericksburg Historic District (Texas).
15 Fredericksburg in prominent culture Fredericksburg is positioned east of the center of Gillespie County at 30 16 27 N 98 52 19 W (30.274058, 98.871822). It is 70 miles (110 km) north of San Antonio and 78 miles (126 km) west of Austin.
Enchanted Rock is a geographical landmark 17 miles (27 km) north of Fredericksburg in Llano County.
In 1994, the State of Texas opened it as Enchanted Rock State Natural Area after adding facilities.
It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1976. Main article: History of Fredericksburg, Texas For more details on this topic, see Architecture of Fredericksburg, Texas.
For more details on this topic, see Architecture of Fredericksburg, Texas.
On January 3, 1913, the San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway was chartered to connect Fredericksburg with the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway near Waring. A 920-foot (280 m) long barns trestle was built, and still exists as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Old Tunnel bat surrounding at 10619 Old San Antonio Rd, with provided picnic and restroom facilities for visitors. The cost of the tunnel sent the barns into receivership on October 28, 1914. It was sold under foreclosure on December 31, 1917 to Martin Carle who deeded the property to the Fredericksburg and Northern Railway which had been chartered on December 26 of that year.
He was Gillespie County Surveyor and a math and science teacher at Fredericksburg High School when he planted five peach trees and began selling the fruit in 1921.
Herb farms, grape culture, lavender manufacturing and wildflower seeds have turn into burgeoning businesses in Fredericksburg.
Combinations of agribusiness with day spas, wedding facilities, or bed-and-breakfast accommodations are not unusual. Even a Texas Hill Country Lavender Trail has been designated. Lady Bird Johnson's passion for Texas wildflowers not only lives on in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, but she also sparked a high demand for seed. The 200-acre (81 ha) Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg was established by John R.
In 1994, the Seventy-third Texas Legislature passed H.B.
1425, allowing brewpub operations inside the state of Texas. Fredericksburg Brewing Company began operations shortly after that. A number of vineyards and related trade have also arisen in the post-LBJ era of Fredericksburg. The designated American Viticultural Areas of Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country AVA and the much larger Texas Hill Country AVA both include Fredericksburg inside their boundaries. Fredericksburg is a common starting point or destination for tourists visiting wineries in the Texas Hill Country. The town/city of Fredericksburg is served by the Fredericksburg Independent School District.
The first institute of higher learning in Fredericksburg was Fredericksburg College in 1876.
The German Methodist Church of Fredericksburg established the institution and offered courses in the arts, sciences, and foreign languages.
The property was sold to Fredericksburg Independent School District. For higher education, Fredericksburg is home to Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg has a municipally directed library adjoining to the Gillespie County Courthouse.
Headquartered in Fredericksburg, the Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools is a group of former students and members of the community, interested in preserving the traditions of the old nation schools, the improve clubs, and the history of Gillespie County for future generations. Texas State Highway 16 Gillespie County Airport (FAA locator T82) is positioned on State Highway 16 South, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from downtown Fredericksburg, and features a 5,002 ft (1,525 m) long runway and a hotel and diner.
Fredericksburg experiences a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and a generally mild winters.
Climate data for Fredericksburg, Texas Fredericksburg town/city limits sign English is spoken by 72.73% of the population, Spanish by 14.77%, and Texas German by 12.48%. The town/city of Fredericksburg is run under the council-manager form of government.
The Fredericksburg Standard was originally titled Gillespie County News and established in 1888.
The paper was purchased by the Fredericksburg Publishing Company in 1915, which also presented the German language journal Fredericksburg Wochenblatt.
Baghdad Texas (2009) filmed in Fredericksburg and Kerrville, Texas Seven Days in Utopia (2011) filmed at the Boot Ranch golf club just north of Fredericksburg, as well as in Utopia, Texas, and featuring Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall and Lucas Black.
"Stoned" (1995) a song by Old 97's advises 'Take a Greyhound to Fredericksburg' Grammy-winning blues artist Johnny Nicholas runs the Hill Top Cafe on US87 near Fredericksburg in a 1930s former gas station Texas Christian University Press.
During the Civil War, young Louisa is the youngest daughter in a German homehold in Fredericksburg.
Lawyer Beck Hardin returns to his hometown of Fredericksburg after the death of his wife, helping to solve an old crime.
Walter de Paduwa on his Dr Boogie radio show of 11/11/2016 described (in French) his 1990s visit to Fredericksburg eating sauerkraut at 35 degrees, and seeing the Nimitz statue but summing up with the somewhat sweeping advice N'allez jamais a Fredericksburg.
Il n'y a RIEN a voir a Frederiksburg (Never go to Fredericksburg.
Matthew Gaines (1840 1900) -slave, Baptist minister became a senator in the Texas State Legislature after emancipation Betty Holekamp (1826 1902) - German colonist and pioneer woman, called the Betsy Ross of Texas 1st Lieutenant Louis John Jordan (1890 1918) - the first Texan officer killed in World War I, Battalion C, 149th Field Artillery, 42nd Division, posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1924, All-American football player with Texas Longhorns (1911 1914), the Louis Jordan Post of the American Legion in Fredericksburg titled in his honor Jacob Kuechler (1823 1893) - surveyor, conscientious objector amid the Civil War, and commissioner of the Texas General Land Office Hermann Lungkwitz (1813 1891) - Romantic landscape artist and photographer, noted for first pictorial records of the Texas Hill Country Henry Miller (January 5, 1853 July 10, 1896) was the first Grand President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Miller was born on a ranch near Fredericksburg, Texas.
Charles Henry Nimitz (1826 1911) - assembled the Nimitz Hotel in 1852, grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, propel to the Texas Legislature in 1890 Petsch (1887 1981) - lawyer, legislator, civic leader, and philanthropist, served in the Texas House of Representatives 1925 1941, veteran of both World War I and World War II Vollmar (1947 1967) - United States Marine Corps died June 1, 1967, becoming the first soldier from Gillespie County killed in the Vietnam War Susan Weddington (born 1951) - state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1997 to 2003, retired in Fredericksburg 1854 (oldest Lutheran Church in the Texas Hill Country) Bronze statue "Lasting Friendship" in Fredericksburg park commemorating the peace treaty between small-town pioneer and the Comanche.
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