New Braunfels, Texas
New Braunfels was established in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Mainzer Adelsverein. The first settlers forded the Guadalupe River on Good Friday, March 21, 1845, near the present-day Faust Street bridge. The city covers 44. 9 square miles and has a 2019 census-estimated population of 90,209.