New Braunfels
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![Comal County Courthouse (built in 1898), listed in the NRHP with the number 76002017 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Comal_courthouse.jpg) Comal County Courthouse (built 1898), listed on the NRHP with number 76002017 |
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| Location of New Braunfels, Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1845 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| Counties : |
Comal County Guadalupe County |
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 42 ′ N , 98 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 57,740 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 762.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 76.1 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of which 75.7 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 192 m |
| Postcodes : | 78130-78133 |
| Area code : | +1 830 |
| FIPS : | 48-50820 |
| GNIS ID : | 1342440 |
| Website : | www.ci.new-braunfels.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Bruce Boyer |
 Map from 1881 |
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New Braunfels (German Neu Braunfels ) is a city in Texas , United States founded by German immigrants . In 2010 the city population was 57,740 people, spread over 76.1 km². The city is the administrative seat of Comal County . The incumbent mayor is Bruce Boyer.
The city has a considerable German-American population. Every November the so-called sausage festival takes place on the occasion of the German roots . New Braunfels is home to one of the most famous US water parks, the Schlitterbahn WaterPark Resort .
This is where the film Small Soldiers takes place . The 2004 film Schultze gets the blues also contains some scenes from New Braunfels. New Braunfels is also the headquarters of KNBT 92.1 , a nationally known Americana radio station.
history
New Braunfels was founded after the purchase of land (500 hectares) on March 18 on March 21, 1845 on behalf of the Association for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas (" Mainzer Adelsverein ") by its General Commissioner Carl Prinz zu Solms-Braunfels . His successor in office, Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach , also founded the Fredericksburg (Friedrichsburg) settlement in Gillespie County in 1846 , named after Friedrich Prince of Prussia (1794–1863).
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 1727 | - | |
| 1860 | 3500 | 102.7% | |
| 1870 | 2261 | -35.4% | |
| 1880 | 1938 | -14.3% | |
| 1890 | 1608 | -17% | |
| 1900 | 2097 | 30.4% | |
| 1910 | 3165 | 50.9% | |
| 1920 | 3590 | 13.4% | |
| 1930 | 6242 | 73.9% | |
| 1940 | 6976 | 11.8% | |
| 1950 | 12,210 | 75% | |
| 1960 | 15,631 | 28% | |
| 1970 | 17,859 | 14.3% | |
| 1980 | 22,402 | 25.4% | |
| 1990 | 27,334 | 22% | |
| 2000 | 36,494 | 33.5% | |
| 2010 | 57,740 | 58.2% | |
| 1850-2000, 2010 | |||
Greene
Gruene is now a Historic District of New Braunfels. Originally Gruene was a village founded by the sons of the German settlers Ernst and Antoinette Gruene. In addition to a number of historical buildings, this part of the city also houses the Gruene Hall , built in 1878 , in which a large number of well-known musicians have performed over the years and which is referred to as the "oldest dance hall still in use in Texas".
geography
The geographic location of New Braunfels is 29 ° 42'6 "North, 98 ° 7'25" West (29,702, −98,124). The wide Guadalupe River flows through the city. It rises a few counties to the northwest in Kerr County and flows into the Gulf of Mexico .
Demographics
According to the 2000 census
- the population was 36,494 inhabitants
- there were 13,558 households out of which
- 33.4% had children under the age of 18
- 55.4% lived married
- 11.5% had a female head of household and no husband
- 29.2% were not families.
- 24.8% lived single
- 12.0% lived with someone over the age of 64.
- the average household size was 2.6 people, the average family size 3.11 people.
- there were 9,599 families
- the population density was 481.7 inh / km²
- lived in New Braunfels
- 84.3% white (of which 34.52% Hispanics or Latinos )
- 1.37% African American
- 0.58% Asians
- 0.55% native people
- 0.03% Pacific Islanders
- 10.93% members of another ethnic group
- 2.24% of two or more ethnic groups
- the population pyramid looked like this:
- 25.7% were under 18
- 8.5% between 18 and 24
- 28.4% between 25 and 44
- 20.6% between 45 and 64
- and 16.9% over 65 years of age
- the average age was 36 years
- there were 91.9 men for every 100 women
- The median income for a household in the city was $ 40,078, that of a family $ 46,726, that of a man $ 31,140, and that of a woman $ 23,235.
- 10.9% of the population, 9.0% of families, 14.9% of children and adolescents and 9.7% of those over 64 years of age lived below the poverty line .
Personalities
Born here
- Bob Krueger (* 1935), politician and diplomat
- Virgil Craig Jordan (* 1947), British-American pharmacologist, professor of oncology
Related to New Braunfels
- Ferdinand Lindheimer (1801–1879), German-American botanist, journalist and newspaper publisher, lived and died in New Braunfels
- Charles Moss Duke (* 1935), astronaut, the tenth person to step on the moon; lives in New Braunfels
- Major League baseball player Lance Berkman (b.1976) attended Canyon High School in New Braunfels
- Kliff Kingsbury (* 1979), American football player and coach, attended New Braunfels High School , where his father was head coach
Town twinning
Braunfels , Lahn-Dill district in Hesse
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
Web links
- New Braunfels (tourist information)
- New Braunfels Sausage Festival
- Mainzer Adelsverein and Texas (1844/1845)
- District Gruene
- City partnership Braunfels / New Braunfels
- New Braunfels in the Handbook of Texas (English)
- Radio KNBT 92.1 , New Braunfels (English)
