​Zion Lutheran Church
​ and Cemetery

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Marker No: 5960

Aluminum 18x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.533731,-98.685799

Location: ​9963 Leslie Road, Helotes 

Marker Text: ​The earliest burial in this cemetery occurred upon the death of Anton Gugger, a German immigrant who was interred on his farmland, in 1881. In 1906, Gugger's descendants donated this portion of his property to the Zion Lutheran Church of Helotes for the church graveyard. The congregation was organized in the early1900s to serve the German settlers in the Helotes area. Many church members and pioneers of the Leon Valley and Culebra areas are buried in the cemetery. Both the graveyard and the congregation reflect the area's German heritage. (1986)