Wendish History is Interesting

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11:22p, 5/30/23

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I'm not sure of the actual numbers but there was a Wendish immigration movement to Texas,
one of my great-grandmothers was a Wendt.
They were possibly the last large group of Non-Christians in Northern Europe.

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8:01a, 5/31/23

There is a Wendish Heritage Museum in Giddings. Never been to it, have seen the signs for it.

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In reply to TXCAV • 10:26a, 5/31/23

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TXCAV said:
There is a Wendish Heritage Museum in Giddings. Never been to it, have seen the signs for it.

https://texaswendish.org/museum/

My grandmother was wendish and grew up in the area attending St. Paul Lutheran (right by the museum) until she passed away a few years ago. My grandfather still goes there even now in his 90s and like most of the congregation, is nearing end of life. They still have sermons and services in German during the holidays.

They weren't Non-Christians by the time they came over in the 1800s though. Majority were Lutheran.

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In reply to TXCAV • 9:27a, 6/2/23

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TXCAV said:
There is a Wendish Heritage Museum in Giddings. Never been to it, have seen the signs for it.

The museum is actually in Serbin , about 5 miles south of Giddings. It's an interesting place, and if your lucky, they might let you see inside St. Paul church next door!!

https://lonestarbackroads.com/galleries/st-pauls-lutheran-church-serbin-texas/

Then afterwards, you can head to the Bullpen a couple of miles away for some good food, and some cold beverages! (Most of the patrons are "Serbanites" and probably related to the Wends who settled the area!

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2:17p, 6/2/23

I had never heard of the Wendish until I took my kids to the Texas Museum in San Antonio. I was very interested in finding out about their culture due to the fact that I'd lived in Texas over 40 years and didn't realize that we had the largest Wendish population in the nation.

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3:38p, 6/3/23

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3:58p, 6/7/23

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You referred to them as non-Christians. For a time, indeed they were, but by the time they settled in Texas, most of them had virtually assimmilated into the German culture (the inscriptions in the church in Serbin, Texas are in German), and had converted to Christianity.

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5:04p, 6/7/23

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I'm quite sure that my Wendish great grandmother was Christian because, although she was deceased, my great grandfather reached age 96 - so I met him and knew his Christianity.
The only German he taught me was to say gesundheit.

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2:28p, 6/9/23

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My mother's side of the family is of Wendish descent. They came to Texas through Galveston on a ship called the Ben Nevis. We have a strong Lutheran heritage, love to drink beer, and make thousands of pounds of pork sausage every year using my great grandfather's recipe.

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