Fredericksburg, Texas
Named after Prussia’s Prince Ferdinand and known to residents as Fritztown, this Texas hill US Bavarian village was established by German settlers in 1846. In the beginning, new residents were enticed by the offer of free land.
However, settlers’ industrious nature quickly pushed Fredericksburg into a regional hub, even if it was one that spoke its own dialect, which can be considered Texas German, because many settlers refused to speak English.
Nowadays, this US Bavarian village’s storybook architecture, which includes an immaculate replication of a 19th-century German church, attracts a steady stream of tourism, especially when the town comes to life with Oktoberfest celebrations.
