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2 de abr. de 2021 · In New Braunfels Ist Das Leben Schön! Today we celebrate Founders Day! On Good Friday (March 21, 1845), Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Germany, along with a group of emigrant wagons forded the Guadalupe river marking the founding of New Braunfels. Just as in 1845, today, we celebrate Founders Day as a local holiday.
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Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (27 July 1812-13 November 1875) was a German prince and an officer in the Austrian and Hessian militaries during the 18th century; he was also the founder of New Braunfels, Texas. Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander von Solms-Braunfels was born in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1812, the younger son of a younger son of a minor German ...
10 de jun. de 2015 · The royal infant was christened Carl Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander, Prince of Solms, Lord of Braunfels, Grafenstein, Muenzenberg, Wildenfels and Sonnenwalde. Unlike some of the German nobility, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (for short) seemed to be genuinely concerned for the inhabitants of his crowded, impoverished ...
On March 14, 1845, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Germany, purchased 1,265 acres for $1,112. Thus, the “City of a Prince” was born. Seven days later, on Good Friday, Prince Carl led the first settlers into New Braunfels, named after his ancestral German home. This city’s story takes flight on the dreams of German emigrants.
This photograph is part of the collection entitled: The Ernst Wilhelm Raba Photograph Collection and was provided by the San Antonio Conservation Society to The Portal to Texas History , a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries . It has been viewed 436 times, with 33 in the last month.
William Christian Carl, 3rd Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1759–1837), married Wild- und Rheingräfin Auguste of Salm-Grumbach and Elisabetha Becker, had issue from both marriages; Princess Karoline Marie Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels (6 Oct 1760 - 30 Oct 1760) Prince Ludwig Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels (12 Sep 1762 - 29 Oct 1762)
15. January 2016. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, was a key figure in the establishment of German culture in Texas. Despite being in Texas for only one year, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels was able to leave a lasting legacy of German culture and traditions through the town of New Braunfels. Born on July 27, 1812 to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of ...
