And so the German immigrants in the 19th century had their American, their New Braunfels. Guido Meyer: And this is what New Braunfels is most famous for: its so-called Wurstfest. There you have it — ...

Written by journalist C.H. Waltersdorf, the book tells the DeWitt County story through the eyes of German immigrants.

A “devoted” father has died nearly a month after an explosion at a transportation center killed a colleague and injured several others, officials said.

Berit Mason: 83-year-old Glenn Guettler is president of the Texas German Society, with 20 chapters, scattered among east Texas towns. But his North Houston group struggles to attract new members.

The 18-year-old suspect who killed at least 21 people at a Texas elementary school told a teenage girl he befriended online that he shot his grandmother and ordered ammunition from the internet ...

Muenster, a rural community, has been hosting Germanfest for decades But this year a rival event called Party In The Park sprang up causing tensions The town was founded by German settlers in 1889 ...

One example is Fredericksburg, Texas, located about an hour and half away from Austin. Founded in 1846, Fredericksburg was the result of Adelsverein — an organization that helped German ...

A Central Texas school district notified local families last week about a confirmed case of Rubella, also known as "German measles." A letter from Mexia ISD stated that a nurse within the district ...

The small town, which had a strong musical culture for decades, was later made famous by and for its German heritage when in 1977 Waylon Jennings put out his hit song "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to ...