German spirit rings familiar in Fredricksburg, Texas

On February 26, 2018 by Judy Nichols With 12 Comments - Blog, Our wanderings

Quarried limestone from the surrounding hills was used in most of the buildings in Fredricksburg, Texas, including the library.
Detail of a limestone wall.
Fresh-baked pumpernickel bread at Fredricksburg's Old German Bakery and Restaurant.
Smoked pork chop, fried potatos and sweet red cabbage at Fredricksburg's Old German Bakery and Restaurant.
Spätzle at Fredricksburg's Old German Bakery and Restaurant.
Schnitzle and warm German potato salad at Fredricksburg's Old German Bakery and Restaurant.
The birthplace of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz in Fredricksburg.
Windmills dot the sky above Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
One of the cabins on the grounds at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
A doorknob at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum that reminded me of the ones in my grandmother's house.
A dining room in one of the homes at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
A German stein in a schrank, or pie cupboard at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
The teacher's desk in the one-room school at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
German-English lessons on the blackboard in the one-room school at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
A wagon at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
An automated machine to make woven wire fences at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
An antique register at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
A huge fireplace in the kitchen of one of the homes at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
Hand-embroidered shelf coverings brought from Germany at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum. Translation: The housewife fills the chest with treasures and gathers in a richly polished chest.
A grape press used in winemaking at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
An ice-cream cone maker at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
A teapot at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
Fachwerk, or half timber, a traditional form of German construction, in which the frame is filled with chinking, local limestone in Fredricksburg.
Blue plaster made with laundry detergent colors the walls of a kitchen at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
Lace curtains at Fredricksburg's Pioneer Museum.
Some of the items available at Fredricksburg's Farmhaus Antiques. If I had a house, I would have bought most of the store.

My grandparents were German, German-Swiss they would always point out. So the names, Otto, Ida, Ernst, the faces, the food and the artifacts in Fredricksburg, Texas, have a familiar ring for me.

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