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 Altwein Family Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 29° 38.108 W 098° 04.179
14R E 590058 N 3278717
This post-mounted subject marker stands on the east side of FM 725, a little north of Grove Lane in Schumannsville (New Braunfels).
Waymark Code: WM16DYC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2022
Views: 3
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry Altwein Family
Address
City McQueeney
County Guadalupe
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 589409
UTM Northing 3279637
Subject Codes cemetery; pioneers; German immigrants/immigration
Marker Year 2002
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Private Property No
Marker Location FM 725, approx. 5 mi. NW of McQueeney
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 12797
Marker Text:
Johann Gotthülf 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 Unionwein School.
Located about one-half mile east of this site is the Altwein family cemetery, established in 1853 upon Johann Gotthülf 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. Interments also include those of Herrman's parents, Wilhelm (1840-1915) and Louise Staats (1847-1888) Altwein, and two of their daughters, one named Otillia (1884-1886). Also believed to be buried in the family graveyard are two children of a local Mexican laborer; the Altweins' oldest daughter Augusta (1830-1901), her husband Johannes Krams and their daughters Augusta Krams Dammann and Matilda Krams, who all died in 1883. Another daughter, Bertha Matilda Krams Scheffell (1861-1933), was the last person interred in the family cemetery.
The Altwein family is representative of the many German immigrants who came to Texas in the 19th century, and their legacy continues with descendants still living in the region. (2002)
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