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Sisterdale, Texas, is an unincorporated farming and ranching community, established in 1847 and located north of Boerne in Kendall County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The community is located in the valley of Sister Creek.〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 The current 2010 population is 25 and the elevation is 1,280 feet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=U.S. Dept of the Interior ) U.S. Dept of the Interior〕 ==Community== Sisterdale was settled in 1847 by German surveyor and free thinker Nicolaus Zink.〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 Originally part of Comal, Sisterdale became part of Kendall County when the latter was formed in 1862. Among the settlers were German pioneers Fritz and Betty Holekamp,〔Morgenthaler, Jefferson; The German Settlement of the Texas Hill Country; 2011〕 geographer Ernst Kapp;〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 Anhalt Premier progeny〔 Baron Ottmar von Behr;〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 journalist Dr. Carl Adolph Douai;〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 August Siemering〔 Texas State Historical Association〕 who later founded the ''San Antonio Express News''; author, journalist and diplomat Dr. Julius Fröbel; future Wall Street financial wiz Gustav Theissen;〔 and Edgar von Westphalen,〔 Roe Hampton University-London〕〔 Roe Hampton University-London〕 brother to Jenny von Westphalen who was married to Karl Marx.〔 Roe Hampton University-London〕 The first child born in Sisterdale (and in Kendall County) was Julius Holekamp on June 10, 1849 to Fritz and Betty Holekamp.〔Ransleben, Guido E.; A Hundred Years of Comfort in Texas; 1954〕 One notable early colonist was Edward Degener, future Republican U.S. Representative from Texas during Reconstruction. Degener's sons Hugo and Hilmar died during the Nueces massacre. To honor their memory, Degener along with Eduard Steves and William Heuermann, purchased land for the establishment of the German-language Treue der Union Monument, which became part of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas November 29, 1978.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/TX/Kendall/state.html )〕 Also among the settlers was a member of the German Chambers of Deputies Julius Dresel (or Dressel),〔〔 The Wine Institute〕 who was the first to plant a Sisterdale vineyard. His brother Emil Dresel and partner Jacob Gundlach later established the Rhein Farm Vineyard in Sonoma, California. Julius later moved to San Antonio. Upon the death of brother Emil, who bequeathed Julius his share of the Sonoma vineyard, Julius moved his family to California. The community received a post office in 1851, and Ottmar W. Behr was the first postmaster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Jim Wheat )Jim Wheat〕 Sisterdale eventually had a school house, a gas station-garage, a general store, a cotton gin, and a factory for making cypress shingles. The old 1885 cotton gin in Sisterdale has been restored and is today home to the Sister Creek Vineyards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.sistercreekvineyards.com/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sisterdale, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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