New Braunfels: Lindheimer House

Small house with two doors in front and a garden on the side. Also visible is a granite marker dedicated to Ferdinand Lindheimer
Room in house with a tall secretary, a wooden chest, several photos on the wall, and two people looking at a book on a central desk

Interior of the Lindheimer house.

Portrait of Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer with long white hair and a beard

Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (UTSA Special Collections Library)

Pressed botanical specimens

Botanical specimens collected by Lindheimer.

Prickly pear cactus plant in bloom with yellow flowers

Prickly pear cactus named for Lindheimer, Opuntia lindheimeri (Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Sign saying New Braunfelser Zeitung Publishing Company, established 1852
Front page of the Neu Braunfelser Zeitung dated September 16, 1853

September 16, 1853 edition of the Neu Branfelser Zeitung.

One of the finest examples of traditional fachwerk construction – in which timber beams are infilled with brick or rock, and sometimes covered with plaster – the Lindheimer house has two front rooms, each with its own front door, which was common with Germans but uncommon with their Anglo neighbors. The home is now preserved as a museum by the New Braunfels Conservation Society.

Lindheimer House

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  • 491 Comal Ave., New Braunfels, TX
  • 830-629-2943
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  • National Register of Historic Places
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