Karl Haas Cemetery
Spring Branch, Comal County, Texas
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Established 1867 Historic Texas Cemetery 2018
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Established in 1867, the Karl Haas Cemetery dates to the years just after the Civil War, when German immigrant families were settling the rolling country of Comal County in the Texas Hill Country. Recognized as a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2018, it is one of the small family and community burial grounds that mark the enduring presence of the region's early German-Texan settlers.
Why it matters
Modest rural cemeteries like this one anchor the memory of the immigrant families who settled the Hill Country, preserving a sense of place long after the farms and homesteads around them have changed.
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