Walburg, Texas
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Walburg, originally called Concordia, is an unincorporated area
located at the crossroads of Farm to Market Road 972 (FM 972) and Farm to Market Road 1105 (FM 1105) in Williamson County, Texas
, United States, thirty-three miles northeast of Austin
. Walburg is a German American
settlement. With its heritage of buildings from the late 1890s, Walburg is a popular site for films, including Michael
and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Walburg also hosted filming for the motion picture Stars Over Henrietta.
Walburg is known for being a German farming community and has two Lutheran churches, one an LCMS congregation and one ELCA congregation. Zion Lutheran (http://zionwalburg.org/) sits on a hill overlooking the community and hosts an Annual Wurstbraten which attracts and serves several thousand each year. St. Peter Lutheran is the other Lutheran Church in the immediate vicinity of Walburg.
Walburg also hosts several notable businesses and previously had its own bank. Walburg State Bank, as it was once known, survived independently even through several national banking collapses. It was sold in the early 1990s and closed its Walburg location. The former bank now houses another financial services organization, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
.
Walburg is home to two restaurants, Dale's Essenhaus and The Walburg Restaurant . Both feature live music venues which can be heard through the hills and pastures surrounding Walburg on weekend evenings.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
located at the crossroads of Farm to Market Road 972 (FM 972) and Farm to Market Road 1105 (FM 1105) in Williamson County, Texas
Williamson County, Texas
Williamson County is a county located on both the Edwards Plateau to the west, consisting of rocky terrain and hills, and Blackland Prairies in the east consising of rich, fertile farming land, The two areas are roughly bisected by Interstate 35...
, United States, thirty-three miles northeast of Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Walburg is a German American
German American
German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry and comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group...
settlement. With its heritage of buildings from the late 1890s, Walburg is a popular site for films, including Michael
Michael
Michael is a given name that comes from the , derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick...
and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Walburg also hosted filming for the motion picture Stars Over Henrietta.
Walburg is known for being a German farming community and has two Lutheran churches, one an LCMS congregation and one ELCA congregation. Zion Lutheran (http://zionwalburg.org/) sits on a hill overlooking the community and hosts an Annual Wurstbraten which attracts and serves several thousand each year. St. Peter Lutheran is the other Lutheran Church in the immediate vicinity of Walburg.
Walburg also hosts several notable businesses and previously had its own bank. Walburg State Bank, as it was once known, survived independently even through several national banking collapses. It was sold in the early 1990s and closed its Walburg location. The former bank now houses another financial services organization, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a Fortune 500 financial services organization with dual corporate headquarters based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Appleton, Wisconsin...
.
Walburg is home to two restaurants, Dale's Essenhaus and The Walburg Restaurant . Both feature live music venues which can be heard through the hills and pastures surrounding Walburg on weekend evenings.