Serbin is a community in southwestern Lee County, Texas, originally established by Wends in the mid 1850s. Lee County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search Sorbian national flag National costume of Lusatian Sorbs as worn in the northern part of Lusatia The Sorbs are a relatively small west Slavic people, living as a minority in the region known as Lusatia in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg (in former GDR... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward...

The majority of Wendish immigrants to the United States settled in Texas, using Serbin as the "mother colony". It was during 1854 that about 550 Wendish Lutherans from congregations in Prussia and Saxony left for Texas under the leadership of John Kilian. Upon arriving in Texas, the people of Serbin became some of the earliest members of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, stands as a typical example of Wendish architecture; the pulpit is located in the balcony of the church. Jump to: navigation, search 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Show Me State Other U.S. States Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Official languages English Area 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² (21st)  - Land... A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine or administration. ...

Originally called Low Pin Oak Settlement, the communities name was changed to Serbin meaning Wendish land, before 1860. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

The Texas Wendish Heritage Museum is house in a former parochial school in Serbin.