Prof. Hans C. Boas is interviewed for the Real Life and Other Fantasies podcast. October 2023. Listen HERE
An NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) podcast “Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti” episode about Texan German. December 2022. Click HERE to listen.
The podcast Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti hosted by the German radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) visits Luckenbach, Texas in their episode Unterwegs in Luckenbach, Texas. Published Jan 30, 2022 by Tom Noga. Available until Jan 28, 2023. [Website link] [JPG] [MP3]
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“Early Muenster history, documented: The Texas German Dialect Project comes to town.” Muenster Enterprise. December 24, 2021. Vol. 86 No. 5, p. 1.
Lars Hinrichs (English Department, UT Austin) is interviewed on the Texas Standard about Texas German, July 2020. Click here to listen to the interview. [JPEG of webpage] [MP3]
“Texas German is a dwindling relic of the Hill Country’s immigrant roots” by Michael Marks. Texas Standard. July 3, 2020.
“UT to present Texas-German dialect, culture program here” The Fredericksburg Standard. March 20, 2019. [ PDF ]
“Seeking out Texas German” by Ken Esten Cooke. The Fredericksburg Standard. March 29, 2019. [ PDF ]
“Texas German: How southerners are keeping a distinct dialect alive” by Lucy Proudman. The Local. September 27, 2018. [ PDF ]
TGDP radio interview with KURV in McAllen (TX) (with Hans C. Boas). April 2018.
“Cibolo presents pin, award during holiday party” by Tracy Campos. Hermann Sons. March 10, 2018.
“The Texas German Dialect Project” The Stonewall Heritage Society Newsletter. Vol. 24 (1). January 2018. [ PDF ]
Hans C. Boas is featured in the documentary by the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (German TV) “Trachten, Tradition und Trump” on German immigration to Texas. November 19, 2017.
TGDP member James Kearney is featured on German TV show “Willicks weltweit: Yvonne macht den Haushaltscheck in Texas.” (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany). October 2017.
“Texas German Dialect Project teams with Pioneer Museum.” Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post. October 4, 2017. [ PDF ]
“Filmmaker documents Texas-German culture” by Morgan O’Hanlon. The Daily Texan. October 5, 2016.
“The last gasps of Texas German” by Luke Winkie. Vice. September 28, 2015.
The TGDP is featured on the web site of the German news show Tagesschau, reporting on the Texas German dialect. March 2015.
“Assistant instructors propose new method of teaching foreign languages” by Zainab Calcuttawala. The Daily Texan. March 12, 2015.
“Speakers of Texas German dialect sought for project” Victoria Advocate. March 9, 2015.
“‘Der Cowboy’ riding into the sunset” by Elizabeth Williams. Austin-American Statesman. December 7, 2014. [ PDF ]
“Den Spuren von German Texas” by Astrid Bischofberger. Deutschlandfunk (National German Radio). May 2014 .
“Don’t Bid Auf Wiedersehen to Texas German Just Yet” by Veronica Zaragovia. KUT 90.5 FM. January 1, 2014.
TGDP is featured on the weekly radio talk show “The Global Wanderer” on 91.7 FM.
“Die ersten Siedler von Texas” by Jasmin Merscher. Begegnung. September, 2013. [ PDF ]
“Texas-Deutsch stirbt aus” Geschichte. September, 2013. [ PDF ]
“Local linguists look to save Texas German dialect from dying” by Jordan Gass-Poore. New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. July 3, 2013.
“Auf Wiedersehen to a Dialect” by Katy Vine. Texas Monthly. July 2013.
“German dialect in Texas is one of a kind, and dying out” BBC. May 14, 2013.
“Remembering The Long Lost Germans Of Texas” All Things Considered (NPR). May 19, 2013 .
“Texas German dying out: Language of settlers ageing with its users” by Kyrie O’Connor. San Antonio Express-News. March 10, 2013.
“As Texas German dies out, one man tries to record it” by Kyrie O’Conner. Houston Chronicle. March 5, 2013. [ PDF ]
“Speaking German in Texas” by Moises Mendoza. Global Post. February 7, 2013.
TGDP is featured in “Der Standard” (Austria). December 2012.
“ „Die Eichkatz sitzt auf meine tools“, wer solche Sätze von sich gibt, zählt zu den Letzten, die mitten in Texas noch einen einzigartigen Dialekt am Leben erhalten. Zwischen Wurstfest und Ententanz erforscht der Linguist Hans Boas die seltsame Mundart Texas-German” by Maja Heinrich. Leipziger Volkszeitung. December 14, 2012. [ PDF ]
“Die Deutschen von Texas: Im amerikanischen Cowboy-Staat leben noch deutschsprachige Einwanderer – mit Bier, Brot, Bratwurst und Skat” by Maja Heinrich. Neue Presse Hannover. December 2012. [ PDF ]
TGDP is mentioned in the Orange County Register’s article on the German roots of the Texas Hill Country. January 2012.
Hans Boas is interviewed by Fox News about Wurstfest in New Braunfels. November 2011.
“Lonely Star State: Texan Germans dwindling” by Moises Mendoza. The Local – Germany’s News in English. July 2011.
“Settled by German immigrants, New Braunfels, Texas has everything from tubing to two-stepping” by Patricia Sheridan. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 10, 2011.
TGDP is featured is featured in a story on Texas German on Texas Public Radio. March 2011.
“Hill Country shows its German heritage” by John Austin. Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 3, 2010. [ PDF ]
TGDP is featured on UT Austin’s Further Findings blog. January 2010.
“Wurstfest in New Braunfels: German Gemütlichkeit in Texas” by Axel Gerdau. STERN. November 7, 2009. [ PDF ]
“Professor seeks to preserve Texas German dialect” by Nannette Kilbey-Smith. Wilson County News. July 1, 2008. [ PDF ]
“Kuriose Sprachinsel: Man spricht Texas-Deutsch” by Martina Rampas. Der Spiegel. April 14, 2008. [ PDF ]
TGDP is featured in “Unterricht Englisch” (Teaching English), a prominent magazine for English school teachers in Germany. January 2008.
“The sound of history” by Megan D. Willome. Directions (The Magazine of the Texas Hill Country). September 2007. [ PDF ]
“Texas tries to preserve a dialect” by R. A. Dyer. McClatchy Newspapers. September 2, 2007.
“Working to preserve a historic dialect” by R.A. Dyer. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. August 26, 2007. [ PDF ]
TGDP featured in Austinist. June 2007.
Article on the Texas German Dialect Project is distributed by the Associated Press. It is featured in more than 70 newspapers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., and France. For example:
“German dialect studied in Texas” by the Associated Press. News OK. May 12, 2007.
Article in Austin-American Statesman reports on the TGDP as a part of an overview of research projects at UT Austin. April 2007.
Story about Texas German airs on KUT Radio. January 2007.
“Linguists want last word on history of Texas German” by Winter D. Prosapio. New Braunfels Harald Zeitung. December 26, 2006.
“UT professor works to save Texas German dialect: Dying dialect gets a voice. UT professor works to help speakers in Fredericksburg preserve Texas German” by Lisa Falkenberg. Houston Chronicle. November 27, 2006.
Hans Boas is interviewed about Texas German for the show “As it happens” (produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Company), which airs on many public radio stations across the U.S. November 2006.
“German is fading in Hill Country” by German is fading in Hill Country. San Antonio Express-News. July 30, 2006. [ PDF ]
“Texas German language project features at library this Saturday” Fayette County Record. March 2006. [ PDF ]
“Linguist drawn to Doss residents’ talk: Boas interviews folks speaking unique Texas-German dialect” Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post. February 8, 2006. [ PDF ]
“UT linguist strikes gold with Texas German Dialect Project” by David Uhler. San Antonio Express-News. January 30, 2005. [ PDF ]
“University researchers are trying to record state’s unique, and dying, German language” by David Uhler. San Antonio Express-News. January 30, 2005. [ PDF ]
“Couple records Texas German dialect” by Leigh Jones. The Herald-Zeitung. October 16, 2004. [ PDF ]
“UT Researchers Record Dying Dialect From Central Texans” by Nathan Diebenow. Clifton Record. February 18, 2004. [ PDF ]
“Racing against time: UT professor strives to document dying German dialect” by Lori Slaughenhoupt. The Daily Texan. April 1, 2003.