![]() ![]() The colonists planted corn, built storehouses to protect their provisions and trade goods, and prepared for the arrival of more immigrants, who came throughout the summer. Settlers received lots in town with an additional 10 acre lot outside of town. He named the settlement Friedrichsburg (later changed to Fredericksburg) to honor Prince Frederick of Prussia. Meusebach chose the location for the second of the Society’s colonies four miles north of the Pedernales River between two creeks. ![]() Fredericksburg was founded on by German immigrants under the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas.
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