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And so it is! I'm actually about to head to the Hill Country for the holiday season. Other than the mountain towns in Colorado, I really haven't been to an area of the country were the small towns are (IMO) as aesthetically pleasing as the towns of German ancestry in the Texas Hill Country like Kerville or Fredericksburg.
San Antonio has major German influence, It also has several suburban suburbs that were founded by Germans. New Braunfels, Boerne, Seguin, Castroville and outlying cities Kerrville and fredericksburg.
Columbus is heavily German influenced, but it is more prominent in the way that their "German Village" has been renovated, rehabed into a great neighborhood. It is one of the largest private historic districts in the U.S. Also, the cities Brewery District has been renovated into offices and into a residential neighborhood.
All of this is on the south side and then the German population had a large influence in the settling of many streetcar suburbs and modern suburbs. Yet, the German influece doesn't seem as widespread as Cincinnati, but maybe more tourist friendly.
STL and the area west of it along the Mississippi, known as the Little Rhine region.
Also the area south of STL along the Mississippi, the town I grew up in, Sainte Genevieve, in particular.
You can still hear the older folks speaking German there, its also overwhelmingly Catholic.
The phone book reads like a roll call of German names, with some of the original French settlers names thrown in for good measure.
San Antonio has major German influence, It also has several suburban suburbs that were founded by Germans. New Braunfels, Boerne, Seguin, Castroville and outlying cities Kerrville and fredericksburg.
I've been twice to San Antonio and saw New Braunfels and Fredericksburg. SA's King William(Kaiser Wilhelm originally)district was settled by Germans.
You're right, especially the near by town of New Braunfels, it has a heavy German influence, hence the German named world famous waterpark "Schlitterbahn."
You're right, especially the near by town of New Braunfels, it has a heavy German influence, hence the German named world famous waterpark "Schlitterbahn."
If I ever visit NB again I'll be sure to check out Schlitterbahn.:-)
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