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!!

www.FredericksburgGuestHouseReservations.com

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

www.FredericksburgGuestHouseReservations.com

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

05/20/2022

Go check out Dietz Distillery

Get ready, y’all! June 2, 6-8 pm, we are hosting the spring issue release party- light bites courtesy of , treats from , happy hour cocktails, and raffle items! Proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of FBG. Can’t wait to see y’all there!

05/15/2022

The deer came to have some lunch today! To book this amazing guest house just 2.5 blocks off of beautiful historic Main Street here in Fredericksburg, TX!!!Fredericksburg Guesthouse Reservations www.FredericksburgGuestHouseReservations.com

04/06/2022

1920s picture of ‘Balanced Rock’ that sat forever near Fredericksburg on Bear Mtn. “Balanced Rock was something to see - a 50 ton red granite boulder 10’ high & 12’ in diameter resting precariously on three points. Two of the points were pinnacles only a few inches high and no bigger around than a man's wrist.
Then on April 19, 1986, the geological oddity was gone! Gillespie County deputies dispatched to the scene found that, sure enough, the boulder had tumbled from its perch. It rolled down a slope & came to rest against another large rock. Rumors were rampant. ‘We don't believe it was an accident,’ a deputy told reporters shortly after arriving at the scene. ‘From the looks of it, it was the works of vandals.’ Law enforcement officials launched an investigation. Evidence showed that a stick of dynamite toppled Balanced Rock. Citizens of Fredericksburg offered a reward, but the crime was never solved.”

03/17/2022

Don't miss your chance to see "Frankenstein" this Saturday (March 19th) at ACE HARDWARE in FREDERICKSBURG!!

03/17/2022

ATTENTION: Spring Break has arrived and so have the Spring Break crowds (but not the wildflowers). Reservations are required to enter the State Natural Area on holidays, weekends and every day of the week during school breaks. You can check availability and make reservations online at TexasStateParks.ReserveAmerica.com (last we checked, permits were sold out until Sunday, March 20th).

Texas State Parks has had a reservation system for day-use since February 2019. Capacity limits and reservations help protect the natural area, all those who visit her, and the staff and volunteers who care for her on a daily basis. (Press Release: https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20190206a).

03/15/2022

03/01/2022

FINAL SECONDS - Region IV 4A Championship
Lady Billie Basketball vs Boerne
Well done, ladies!
And go get’em at the State Tourney this weekend!
https://youtu.be/JF390bEImW0

02/27/2022

Congratulations Lady Billies!!!

02/26/2022

March 6th is the 30th Annual Chicken BBQ at St. Francis Xavier Church in Stonewall. Drive Thru only this year. Plates are $12 for chicken and all the trimmings plus homemade desserts. Be sure and get your tickets for the Quilt giveaway at church, Weinheimer & Son or on the day of the BBQ. Hope to see you there.

02/02/2022