Crenwelge's Creekside Cottage

08/16/2024

07/23/2024

We stayed 2 nights for our 32nd Anniversary. This cottage is perfect for a couple. Walking distance to town, yet it feels secluded. We purchased a bag of deer corn and put it out twice a day. Had lots of pretty deer. If we come back by ourselves we will book again!!

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07/21/2024

A weekend of horse racing fun at Fredericksburg Downs! Can’t wait for the next races in August!

07/06/2024

Attending the horse races at Fredericksburg Downs!

05/03/2024

04/25/2024

One of our feature auction items for our HEADWATERS for HEROES-12th Annual Dinner and Auction.

03/23/2024

We still have availability for the 2024 Eclipse! 2 1/2 block off of Main Street!!! 3/4 of an acre on Barons Creek. Call 830-997-5839 or www.FredericksburgGuestHouseReservations.com

12/26/2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS from our family to yours!!!

09/09/2023

Great event happening this afternoon from 4pm-10pm!!!

08/13/2023

Wilhelm Victor Keidel, the first doctor and county judge in Gillespie County, founder of the town of Pedernales, and son of Dr. Georg Keidel, was born in Hildesheim, Hanover, in March 1825. He attended Georg Augusts Universität in Göttingen from 1841 to 1845 and sailed from Bremen on the brig Margarethe on September 1, 1845. He arrived in Galveston on December 1 of that year and enlisted in the United States Army for six months during the Mexican War, before moving to Fredericksburg. Keidel was Gillespie County's first doctor, presumably employed by the Adelsverein, and the first county judge, elected in 1848. He left Fredericksburg to found a settlement on the Pedernales River and offered to treat without charge any who accompanied him there. By 1850 the settlement, named Pedernales, had forty-four residents of German descent. Keidel continued as the unofficial leader of the community. On September 11, 1854, he hosted a meeting to plan Live Oak School, of which he became a trustee; he also founded the Society for Good Fellowship and Promotion of General Information, a political and cultural club. In 1854 he was elected vice president of a statewide organization of German societies at a meeting in San Antonio. He planted hackberry trees along local roads to beautify the community and, as a doctor, treated both Whites and Indians; the latter paid by hanging fresh venison or turkeys in nearby trees. Keidel's first wife, Albertina (Kramer), died on July 1, 1852, at the birth of their son Albert. Keidel married his second wife, Caroline Kott, in 1856; nine years later, due to her poor health, the family moved back to Fredericksburg, but she died in August 1865 of a fever after the birth of their son Herman. Keidel refused to take sides in the Civil War and treated both Unionists and Confederates. He died of typhus pneumonia on January 9, 1870.

By Marvin Kohout

07/29/2023

04/26/2023

04/09/2023

HAPPY EASTER!!!

04/08/2023

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Discover Fredericksburg activities and events such as egg hunts, special brunches, and art exhibits for Easter weekend in the Texas Hill Country.

02/17/2023

08/09/2022

Horse Racing this weekend! Buy your tickets online at www.gillespiefair.com 🐴🐎🎠🏇

Drop your questions below! 👇

See you there!

08/09/2022

Jd Rose & Sondra Phoenix of Best of Fredericksburg Texas sat down with Fair President, Marvin Crenwelge, and some of the fine folks like Lindsay Crenwelge Pressler and Jason Priess who are working hard to make sure the 2022 Gillespie County Fair & Festivals, Inc. is our best yet! Listen in to learn some history & get ready!
https://youtu.be/AiFJ4la_5pA