German dialect in Texas is one of a kind, and dying out

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

There were a lot of German Settlers in Central and West, Texas way back.

You can still see it in the names of several towns:







New Braunfels is even home to Schlitterbahn water park with obvious German heritage found in it's name.

Every September there are always a few friends invite me to some sort of authentic Oktoberfest party - which ends up being more of a small carnival with lots of different craft beers (not your college dorm octoberfest held in mid october where they spend hours sampling bud lite and miller lite lol)

yes, a lot of the German vanished after the entry into WW2...

names like Schmidt and Braun were changed to Smith or Brown.

Others kept the heritage alive, and some of those cities still have german folk festivals city wide as far as im aware.

its pretty neat if you get the chance to make it out to one.

Yep, lots of German descendants and German communities in Texas. Great people.