Sophienburg Museum and Archives

The year 1898 was a news-filled year for the Neu Braunfelser Zeitung

November 1, 2015

By Myra Lee Adams Goff In 1998, the late Dr. Robert Govier, native New Braunfelser and volunteer at the Sophienburg, translated the 1898 Neu Braunfelser Zeitung, one hundred years later. The weekly newspaper is on microfilm at the Archives and had to be translated from German script to English. Govier

Klappenbach House on Klappenbach Hill still stands

May 5, 2013

Around the Sophienburg, Sophienblog

By Myra Lee Adams Goff Do you know where the Klappenbach House is located? From Landa St., turn onto Fredericksburg Rd. and go straight until you get to a hill, Klappenbach Hill. The house on the left is the Klappenbach property. The story of the Klappenbach family is indeed interesting.