German Texans have historiclly played a significant role in Texas history. This page is an effort to document some of the past leaders within the Central Texas German Texan communities. Central Texas is an area in Texas, also referred to as the Texas Hill Country. ...
Friedrich Diercks AKA (Johann Friedrich Ernst) Friedrich Diercks was born on June 18, 1796, at Burg (Castle) Gödens near the village of Neustadtgödens. ...
Chester W. Nimitz Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 _ February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the nations leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy Bureau of Navigation...
Robert J. Kleberg
Gustav Schleicher
John O. Meusebach
Charles A. Schreiner
Paul Machemehl Paul Machemehl of Belville, Texas, was a leader of the Central Texas community of German Texans during the 1860s and 1870s. ...
External links
Various German Texans (http://www.texasalmanac.com/texasgerman.html)
German Texan History (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/png2_print.html)
Texas German is a dialect of the German language that is spoken by descendants of German immigrants who settled in the Texas Hill Country region in the mid-19th century.
German immigrants began arriving over a period of two years, quickly raising the population of the town to over 1,000.
Most GermanTexans continued to speak German in their homes and communities, but were required to learn English when Texas education rules mandated English-only instruction during and after World War I.
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