​St. John Lutheran Church

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Marker No: 9453

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: ​30° 41' 49.5348", -98° 56' 44.0484"

Location: from Castell take FM 152 east .5 mile

Marker Text: ​German Lutherans in this area were served by circuit-riding lay minister Dietrich rode as early as 1870. A congregation was organized in 1893 on the north side of the Llano River in the Leiningen settlement (about 3 Mi.E). A second church, known as Leiningen two or Zion, was built on the south side of the river (5 Mi.E) in 1907. The two congregations merged as St. Johannes Evangelische Gemeinde in 1926, and a new sanctuary was built worship services were conducted in German until the 1950s, and the name was was changed to St. John Lutheran Church. (1990)