Texas German History & Geography

German Immigrants in Texas
Population and Immigration From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/png2.html

German immigration to Texas
A brief overview.
http://www.houstonculture.org/tour/texas3b.html

"German Immigrants in Texas"
Written interviews of immigrants
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/riseind/immgnts/german.html

"German Immigration To Texas"
http://hostville.com/hoelscher/gertex.htm

"German Intellectuals on the Texas Frontier", by Ira Kennedy
http://www.texfiles.com/texashistory/castell.htm

"The Verein Project: The Best of Intentions, a Debacle of Management"
From The Germans: Geh Mit Ins Texas by Bob Schulz
http://www.hal-pc.org/~dcrane/txgenweb/vereinproject.htm

German Free School Association in Austin
From the Texas Handbook Online
The building is now the headquarters of the German-Texan Heritage Society.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg7.html

Texas 1850 Census Online
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/census.htm

Population of the Texas Hill Country
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/ryh2.html

Texas Almanac: "The German Settlements in Central Texas"
http://www.texasalmanac.com/texasgerman.html

"German Texan Families", by Ingeborg H. Rüberg McCoy
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/texas/lonestar/german_texas_families.htm

"Anglo-Texan and German- Texan Friction During World War I"
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/Sharedpast/german.html

Frederickburg
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/hff3.html

New Braunfels
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/hen2.html

Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce
Information on the history of New Braunfels.
http://www.nbcham.org/history.htm

Gillespie County
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/hcg4.html

"The Winedale Story - The Germans"
History of German settlement in Winedale
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/WinedaleStory/green5.html

Texas Historical Commision
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/aboutus/abtdefault.html

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Texas German Archives, Museums and Collections

Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels
Includes lists of books for sale and information about the Museum and Archives
http://www.nbtx.com/sophienburg/

Sophienburg Museum and Archives in New Braunfels
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/lbs2.html

Gillespie County Museum
http://www.ktc.net/gchs/museums.htm

Texas German Activities

Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg
Annual festival celebrating Texas's German heritage.
Runs for a long weekend at the beginning of every October.
http://www.oktoberfestinfbg.com/

Wurstfest in New Braunfels
Annual ten-day festival celebrating Texas's German heritage. Starts at the beginning of November.
http://www.wurstfest.com/

Muenster's German Fest
http://www.nortexinfo.net/gfest/

Folk Festivals
From the Texas Handbook Online
Among description of other cultural festivals in this article, there is one paragraph concerning German Folk Festivals
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/lkf5.html

"German Produkts" in Texas
http://www.houstonculture.org/tour/texas6b.html

German Music in Texas
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/xbg1.html

Blasmusik Texas
http://www.blasmusiktexas.com/german.htm

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