German Immigrants in Texas
Population and Immigration From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/png02
German immigration to Texas
A brief overview.
http://www.houstonculture.org/tour/texas3b.html
"German Immigrants in Texas"
Written interviews of immigrants
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/german.html
"German Immigration To Texas"
http://hostville.com/hoelscher/gertex.htm
"German Intellectuals on the Texas Frontier", by Ira Kennedy
http://www.texfiles.com/texashistory/castell.htm
German Free School Association in Austin
From the Texas Handbook Online
The building is now the headquarters of the German-Texan Heritage Society.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbg07
Texas 1850 Census Online
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3575
Population of the Texas Hill Country
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ryh02
Texas Almanac:"The German Settlements in Central Texas"
http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/german/
"German Texan Families", by Ingeborg H. Rüberg McCoy
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/texas/lonestar/german_texas_families.htm
"Anglo-Texan and German- Texan Friction During World War I"
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/Sharedpast/german.html
Frederickburg
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hff03
New Braunfels
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hen02
Gillespie County
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcg04
"The Winedale Story - The Germans"
History of German settlement in Winedale
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/WinedaleStory/green5.html
Texas Historical Commision
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/aboutus/abtdefault.shtml
Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels
Includes lists of books for sale and information about the Museum and Archives
http://www.sophienburg.com/
Sophienburg Museum and Archives in New Braunfels
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lbs02
Gillespie County Museum
http://pioneermuseum.net/
Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg
Annual festival celebrating Texas's German heritage.
Runs for a long weekend at the beginning of every October.
http://www.oktoberfestinfbg.com/
Wurstfest in New Braunfels
Annual ten-day festival celebrating Texas's German heritage. Starts at the beginning of November.
http://www.wurstfest.com/
Muenster's German Fest
http://www.nortexinfo.net/gfest/
Folk Festivals
From the Texas Handbook Online
Among description of other cultural festivals in this article, there is one paragraph concerning German Folk Festivals
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lkf05
"German Produkts" in Texas
http://www.houstonculture.org/tour/texas6b.html
German Music in Texas
From the Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xbg01
Blasmusik Texas
http://www.blasmusiktexas.com/german.htm