On FM725 between New Braunfels and Seguin.
Altwein Family
Johann Gotthulf Altwein (1801-1853), A Grain Mill Builder
And Operator, And His Wife Wilhelmine (Quandt) (1802-1880)
Brought Their Family To Texas From Prussia in 1851 And Settled
On A Farm On The West Bank Of The Guadalupe River Near This
site. They Donated Land For The First Schumannsville
Community School. Named Altwein School In Their Honor, It
Was Moved Closer To The Town In 1879 And Renamed
Union Wein School.
Located About One-Half Mile East Of This Site Is The Alwein
Family Cemetery, Established In 1853 Upon Johann Gotthulf
Altwein's Death. Three Months After Purchasing The Farm, He
Was Working To Clear The Land And Suffered A Fatal
Heatstroke. Only One Grave In The Cemetery Is Marked with A
Headstone-That Of Two-Year-Old Grandson, Herrman R.
Altwein (1880-1882). Family History Records At Least Fourteen
Burials At The Site, Some Marked With Simple Native Rocks.
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