During my recent visit to Austin, Texas, I took a day trip to the charming town of Fredericksburg. When I arrived, all the Main Street-esque quaintness made me feel as though I were in a Disney version of small-town America. Thing is, Fredericksburg is actually quite German. It is called Fredericksburg, after all.
After my trip, I looked into the history behind this German settlement and found it fascinating. The Atlantic Times, an English-language German newspaper, explains: