Fredericksburg Adelsverein German Settler Strongbox — Gillespie County

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Fredericksburg Adelsverein German Settler Strongbox — Gillespie County

Lost Treasure TX • Gillespie County County
Description
Fredericksburg legend of an Adelsverein-era settler strongbox buried near the 1846 German colony — when John O. Meusebach's wagon train founded the Hill Country town on Barons Creek.
Historical Notes
The first wagon train of 120 settlers arrived from New Braunfels on May 8, 1846, and surveyor Hermann Wilke laid out Fredericksburg for the Adelsverein. Each colonist received one town lot and ten acres of farmland; the Vereins-Kirche served as church, school, fortress, and meeting hall. Pioneer-cache folklore often places settler specie along Barons Creek and Town Creek when frontier banditry and Comanche raids threatened remote German colonies. The 1846 epidemic killed between 100 and 150 residents. Coordinates mark the Fredericksburg Main Street historic district in Gillespie County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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