The Texas Wendish Heritage Society, Inc., is a non-profit organization formed in 1972 to preserve and tell the story of the Wends who came to Texas.
Witajcže K’nam
The Texas Wendish Heritage Society, Inc., is a non-profit organization formed in 1972 to preserve and tell the story of the Wends who came to Texas.
1011 County Road 212
Giddings, Texas 78942-5940
(979) 366-2441
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on Sunday and Monday
President: Jan Slack
Vice President: Richard Gruetzner
Treasurer: Chris Becker
Secretary: Kevin Ziehr
Raymond Arldt
Janice Becker
Bettie Horn Bendewald
George Boerger
Jeremy Clifton
Chuck Dube
Vivian Dube
Cynthia Gersch
Steve Hooper
Bruce Prellop
Mary Watts
My grandfather (father´s side) stems from a small village called Köbeln near Bad Muskau (Upper Sorbia). By now I know for sure that my surname is Sorbian (i.e. Wendish as you call it).
I am not quite sure, but someone with that surname must have arrived with the group in 1854 in Texas or even earlier (1850 ?). I have seen Prussian emigration records. Of course it could be that the family had another destination than Texas (I don´t think they headed for Australia).
Greetings from Bayreuth, Germany
Michael Jainz
The Domowina sent me two copies of Die Oberlausizt im zweiten Weltkrieg (Upper Lusatia in World War II) by Michael Richter. I have no use for it, but I can’t think of a better place to house them than the TWHS library in Serbin. Would you be interested in having them as a research tool for someone?
We would love to have them! Thank you!