New Braunfels, Texas City Guide
New Braunfels offers Schlitterbahn Waterpark and the Gruene Historic District, with great shopping and food. New Braunfels is a little bit of Germany in the heart of Texas.
Welcome - New Braunfels History
 Wilkkommen to one of Texas’ most popular tourist destination spots: New Braunfels, Texas, combining old world heritage and German tradition with small town charm and incredible recreational opportunities. Tube down cool, clear rivers or sail across deep, blue lakes in the middle of Texas Hill country. Dine at biergartens, dance to oompah music and fill up on shnitzel and bratwurst at one of the town’s many German food festivals. New Braunfels is like a step into a European village, yet right in the heart of Texas. And with its temperate climate (except for hot and humid summers) there is always something to float your boat and please your palette.
New Braunfels is literally in the heart of Texas in what is known as “Texas Hill Country, halfway between Austin and San Antonio, the Hill Country has been a meeting ground for Native American, Spaniard, Mexican, Anglo, and northern European populations. At one time, the Apaches and their successors, the Comanches, occupied the region before the arrival of the Spaniards whose incursions were mostly warded off by the Native Americans. But by the mid 1800s, New Braunfels, like its neighbor Fredericksburg, became a magnet for German settlers.
At the time, Texas was an earthly paradise for immigrants. Large tracts of land were available for only a surveyor's fee, hunting and fishing required no licenses and by 1870, 79 percent of the county was of German origin. Founded in 1845, New Braunfels was named by Prince Carl of Solm-Braunfels for his hometown Braunfels, Germany. Eventually, the town became a thriving community of merchants and tradesman who today maintain the small town’s old world roots and German tradition while hosting world class tourist attractions. |
