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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: DeWitt County, Texas, Victoria, Texas, Victoria County, Texas, Comal County, Texas, Kendall County, Texas, Seguin, Texas, Guadalupe County, Texas, Kerr County, Texas, Calhoun County, Texas, Cuero, Texas, Gonzales, Texas, Comfort, Texas, New Braunfels, Texas, Kerrville, Texas, Texas Hill Country, San Antonio Bay, Karankawa, Green Lake, October 1998 Central Texas floods, Guadalupe River, Hochheim, Texas, Tonkawa, Canyon Lake, Texas Water Safari, San Antonio River, Canyon Lake Gorge, Guadalupe Bay, Comal River, San Marcos River, Lake McQueeney, Canyon Dam, Lake Dunlap, Lake Gonzales, Lake Wood, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Meadow Lake, Lake Placid, Riverside Nature Center. Excerpt: New Braunfels ( ) is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas that is a principal city of the metropolitan area. Braunfels means "brown rock" in German; the city is named for Braunfels, in Germany. The city's population was 57,740 as of the 2010 census, up 58% from the 2000 census population of 36,494. It is the seat of Comal County. New Braunfels has a sizeable German Texan community. During the 19th century, its name was often spelled Neu-Braunfels, even by English speakers. New Braunfels was established in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Adelsverein, also known as the Noblemen's Society (in German: Mainzer Adelsverein). Prince Solms named the settlement in honor of his home of Solms-Braunfels, Germany. The Adelsverein organized hundreds of people in Germany to settle in Texas. Immigrants from Germany began arriving at Galveston in July, 1844. Most then traveled by ship to Indianola in December, 1844 and began the overland journey to the Fisher-Miller Land Grant purchased by Prince Solms. At the urging of John Coffee Hays, who realized the settlers would not have time to bui...
