New Braunfels, Texas New Braunfels, Texas City of New Braunfels Guadalupe River under Interstate 35 in New Braunfels Guadalupe River under Interstate 35 in New Braunfels New Braunfels City Location of New Braunfels in Texas Location of New Braunfels in Texas New Braunfels (Listeni/ nju br nf lz/ new brawn-felz) is a town/city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S.
State of Texas.
It is the seat of Comal County and is a principal town/city of the San Antonio New Braunfels urbane statistical area.
German immigrants on the way to New Braunfels (1844) New Braunfels was established in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Adelsverein, also known as the Noblemen's Society (in German: Mainzer Adelsverein).
Most then traveled by ship to Indianola in December 1844, and began the overland journey to the Fisher-Miller territory grant purchased by Prince Solms. At the urging of John Coffee Hays, who realized the pioneer would not have time to build homes and plant crops further inland before winter, and as the German pioneer were traveling inland along the Guadalupe River, they stopped near the Comal Springs.
The territory was positioned northeast of San Antonio on El Camino Real de los Tejas and had the strong contaminating Comal Springs, known as Las Fontanas, when the Germans arrived. It was about halfway between Indianola and the lower portions of the Fisher-Miller territory grant.
Meusebach identified that Prince Solms' choice of the inadequate Carlshafen (Indianola) as a port of entry, as well as the isolated route to New Braunfels, was deliberately chosen to keep the Germans from interacting with any Americans.
According to Nicolaus Zink, Prince Solms had prepared to establish a German feudal state by secretly bringing in immigrants and placing them in military fortresses.
Meusebach converted the military unit to a more needed work detail. A finance and company structure for the colony was put in place by Meusebach. He also provided for adequate food and shelter for the colonists. On August 11, 1845, Hermann Friedrich Seele became the first teacher for the German-English school in New Braunfels. Meusebach established friendly relations with a small-town tribe of Waco Indians.
In May 1846, Meusebach received a letter from Count Castell informing him 4,304 emigrants were on their way to Texas.
With no funds and no new settlements, the mass of emigrants were stalled at Carlshafen.
Klaener to publish the plight in the German news media.
Embarrassed by the publicity, the Verein established a $60,000 letter of credit. The amount was not adequate for sustaining the total number of German emigrants in Texas, but Castell also sent Philip Cappes as Special Commissioner to observe the situation.
Cappes invited Henry Francis Fisher to New Braunfels, in spite of Fisher not being entirely trustworthy to the Verein.
The same evening, a different group of individuals assembled and pledged to stand by Meusebach, the next day passing resolutions condemning the actions of the mob. Meusebach himself had considered leaving Texas as early as November 1845, when he wrote to Count Castell and announced his intention to resign and return to Germany.
After the mob visit in New Braunfels, he again submitted his resignation to accompany a financial report to Castell on January 23, 1847. The biggest of these secondary settlements was Fredericksburg, 80 miles (130 km) to the northwest of New Braunfels.
New Braunfels thrived, and by 1850, it was the fourth-largest town/city in Texas, with 1,723 citizens , following only Galveston, San Antonio, and Houston in population. In 1852, the Zeitung journal was established, edited by German Texan botanist Ferdinand Lindheimer.
New Braunfels is positioned in southeastern Comal County at 29.702, 98.124.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, New Braunfels has a total region of 44.3 square miles (114.7 km2), of which 43.9 square miles (113.6 km2) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), or 0.91%, is veiled by water. The town/city is situated along the Balcones Fault, where the Texas Hill Country meets rolling prairie land.
Along the fault in the city, a string of artesian springs known as Comal Springs give rise to the Comal River, which is known as one of the shortest rivers in the world, as it winds 3 miles (5 km) through the town/city before meeting the Guadalupe River.
New Braunfels High School The town/city is served by the New Braunfels Independent School District and the Comal Independent School District. Five high schools are positioned inside town/city limits, as well as a freshmen center.
The enhance high schools are New Braunfels High School, Canyon High School, and Alamo Colleges-Memorial Early College High School.
New Braunfels Christian Academy, a K-12 institution, is a private school in the city.
NBISD operates multiple schools in New Braunfels.
CISD schools serving New Braunfels: Gruene Historical District is positioned inside the town/city limits of New Braunfels.
New Braunfels experiences a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and generally mild winters.
Climate data for New Braunfels, Texas Companies based in New Braunfels include Rush Enterprises.
According to New Braunfels' 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the region are: 1 Comal Independent School District 2,400 4 New Braunfels Independent School District 1,050 7 City of New Braunfels 538 8 Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-New Braunfels 534 New Braunfels draws a large number of tourists, especially in the summer because of the cold-spring rivers that run through the city.
Many generations of families and college students return every summer to tube for miles down the Guadalupe and Comal rivers.
New Braunfels is the site of the initial water park, the Schlitterbahn Water - Park Resort.
The other journal publisher serving the town/city of New Braunfels is the TX Citizen, formerly the NB citizen.
In radio, two stations broadcast from New Braunfels, KGNB 1420 AM and KNBT 92.1 FM, notable for its Americana music format.
Lance Berkman, six-time MLB All-Star, attended Canyon High School in New Braunfels Donna Campbell, Republican state senator from New Braunfels since 2013 Carter Casteel, former educator, lawyer, and Republican politician from New Braunfels Doug Miller, former New Braunfels mayor and town/city council member, former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2009 Nowotny, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972, born in New Braunfels in 1932 Welcome sign at the New Braunfels Convention Center Comal County Courthouse at New Braunfels, designed by famed architect J.
The Lindheimer House, assembled in 1852, is presently directed by the New Braunfels Conservation Society.
The short Comal River in Landa Park in New Braunfels New Braunfels Railroad Museum is positioned adjoining to the Brauntex Theater.
New Braunfels Civic and Convention Center next to the Chamber of Commerce office Settlers' mural in downtown New Braunfels Downtown New Braunfels on a rainy morning (May 14, 2010) New luxury home on the Comal River in New Braunfels, Texas Faust Street walk bridge on the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels New Braunfels Utility office exterior stonework design Tubing on Comal River's Stinky Falls near Prince Solms Park Wikivoyage has a travel guide for New Braunfels.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): New Braunfels city, Texas".
Enumeration estimate rates New Braunfels second quickest burgeoning city in US, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, May 19, 2016.
King (1967) p.53 "Comal Springs".
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City of New Braunfels CAFR History of New Braunfels and Comal County,Texas 1844 1946.
Voyage to North America, 1844 45: Prince Carl of Solms' Texas Diary of People, Places, and Events.
"From Immigrant Settlement into Town: New Braunfels, Texas, 1845 1870".
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