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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Knopp, Kenn |
| Title, Analytic | How Fredericksburg (Friedrichsburg) Was Named |
| Journal Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Date of Publication | Spring 2011 |
| Volume ID | 33 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 32-37, ill. |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | The acknowledged founder and the namer of Fredericksburg was John O. Meusebach who succeeded Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels as director of the Adelsverein activities in Texas in 1845. Meusebach named the town after Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Hohenzollern von Preussen, nephew of the king. The prince's castle, Burg Rheinstein ueber Rhein, was not far from Mainz, the headquarters of the Adelsverein. . . . Prince Friedrich was the largest stockholder in the Adelsverein. . . . The official spelling of the town was Friedrichsburg until the mid 1880s when the US Post Office complained of confusion about the usage of both the German and the English spellings. Provides detailed information on the activities of the Adelsverein, which was organized by the aristocracy in 1842 to recruit "troublemaking" liberals for a German colony in Texas. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ History/ Fredericksburg (Tex.)/ 19th century |