​Near River Crossing Used by
New Braunfels' First Settlers

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Marker Text: ​At the crossing of the San Antonio-Nacogdches Road on the Guadalupe River (used earlier by some of Texas' most famous trail-blazers) about 200 German colonists ended a journey that had begun six months before, in Europe. Here, on Good Firday, 1845, they founded the town of New Braunfels. Named for the estate of Prince Solms-Braunfels, the commissioner-general of the German Emigration Society.
​  Part of a wave of German colonists,1844-1847, this small group and others like it have left a distinctive mark on the heritage and culture of Texas. (1969)

Marker No: 3561

Aluminum 18x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.697666,-98.105835

Location: at corner of Porter and McKinna Streets  in front of Mission Valley Mills, New Braunfels