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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.
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, nicknamed "Texas-Carl" (born July 27 1812 in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz; died November 13 1875 near Bad Kreuznach) was an Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant General and founder of the town New Braunfels, Comal County in Texas.
18 de mar. de 2018 · Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels was selected to go ahead to secure the needed lands and provisions. The Adelsverein was able to recruit many countrymen who desired a new life in Texas. The first three ships sailed in October 1844, with one trunk per family (and you thought our airline bag fees were tough!).
30 de abr. de 2016 · Sophienburg Museum and Archives. The Sophienburg Museum and Archives is located in New Braunfels on the historic site where Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels established the headquarters of the Adelsverein in 1845. The verein, otherwise known as the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas, was established to form a German colony ...
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels sailed to America with three ships and 150 families to settle in Texas; the following year, New Braunfels, Texas, was established. 1847 The Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church was founded by German immigrants to combat what they saw as the liberalization of Lutheranism in America.
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 ...
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of “The Society for the Protection of German Immigrants of Texas”, came to the area in March 1845 and signed a deed for two leagues of land which included Comal Springs and Founders' Oak. Thus was born New Braunfels.
