​The Engel Store

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Marker No: 5329

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.825697, -98.575638

Location: ​from Boerne take SH 46 about 10 miles to store in Bergheim - now called Bergheim General Store.

Marker Text: ​ A native of Austria, Andrea Engel (b. 1864) migrated to Texas in 1885. In 1900 he purchased land here and built a cotton gin, around which an agricultural community developed. When the area post office was moved here in 1901 and Engel became postmaster, he named the town Bergheim, German for "home in the hills". He and his wife Eva opened a store at this site in 1903. Their son Alfred added later services, including a cedar yard, to meet community needs and aid local development. A symbol of Bergheim's pioneers, the store has remained in the Engel family. (1983)