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Coordinates: 29°44′27″N 98°06′34″W / 29.74081°N 98.10952°W / 29.74081; -98.10952 (Evandberg Orphanage)
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Evandberg Orphanage
Evandberg Orphanage ca. 1961
Address
Map
1276 Ervendberg Street

Gruene, New Braunfels, Texas


New Braunfels
,
Comal County
,
Texas
78130

United States
Coordinates29°44′27″N 98°06′34″W / 29.74081°N 98.10952°W / 29.74081; -98.10952 (Evandberg Orphanage)
Information
Other name
  • ☆ Das Waisenhaus (The Orphanage)
  • ☆ New Wied
  • ☆ Western Texas Orphan Asylum
TypeIndigent Children Asylum
Established16 March 1848 (1848-03-16)
Founder
  • ♦ Louis Cachand Ervendberg
  • ♦ Ludwig Bene
  • ♦ Hermann Spiess
AuthorityAdelsverein
Language
WebsiteWaisenhaus (Orphanage)

Evandberg Orphanage was established as a guardianship orphanage located in Comal County, Texas approximately 3.5 mi (5.63 km) north of New Braunfels, Texas. The indigent children home was created by a charter enacted into state law by the 2nd Texas legislature on March 16, 1848.[1] The Texas charter appointed Louis Cachand Ervendberg, Ludwig Bene, and Hermann Spiess being of German descent as founding directors of the displaced shelter for exiled children in the Central Texas region.[2][3][4]

German Colony Perils and Orphans Home Farm

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The American frontier settlement was founded by the German Emigration Company often referred as the Adelsverein.[5] The self-reliant homestead endured disease outbreak hardships during the preparatory years of the German Emigration Company establishment on the Texas Guadalupe River.[6] Beginning in 1845, the German colony suffered an infectious disease epidemic inflicting cholera on the New Wied inhabitants.[7] By 1846, the New Braunfels Cemetery confirmed three hundred and forty-eight interments in the New Braunfels burial grounds situated divergent to Old San Antonio Road.[8]

Texas Historical Commission Site

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The Texas Historical Commission endorsed the Western Texas Orphan Asylum as the first orphanage in the state of Texas. The German Texan Waisenhaus site received a Texas Historic Landmark medallion and plate in 1970.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Texas State Law - Chapter 231 ~ Western Texas Orphan Asylum" [The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 - Volume 3]. The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. March 16, 1848. pp. 403–404.
  2. ^ Goyne, Minetta Altgelt. "Ervendberg, Louis Cachand". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  3. ^ Ragsdale, Crystal Sasse. "Spiess, Hermann". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  4. ^ Jordan, Terry G. "Germans". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  5. ^ Brister, Louis E. "Adelsverein". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Robert. "Public Health". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  7. ^ Haas, Oscar. "New Wied". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  8. ^ "New Braunfels Cemetery - Comal County ~ Marker Number: 3576". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1976.
  9. ^ "Waisenhaus (Orphanage) - Comal County ~ Marker Number: 5703". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1970.
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