New Braunfels: Sophienburg Museum

Modern stone building with a large red metal canopy at entrance saying Sophienburg
Logo of the Adelsverein or “Association for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas” showing a star and bundle of arrows

Logo of the Adelsverein or “Association for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas.”

Drawing of a village in a valley, labeled Neu Braunfels in Texas, undated

Illustration of New Braunfels in the 1840s (Texas State Library and Archives)

Portrait of Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels wearing an armored vest

Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (San Antonio Conservation Society)

Staircase from the sidewalk leads to a rock building at the end of the lawn. A small sign at the staircase says Sophienburg Memorial Museum

The Sophienburg Museum, ca. 1962 (New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Wooden trunk reinforced with metal bracing filled with kitchen utensils, china, and a thick book. 1826 etched on front of trunk

Trunk used by immigrants to Texas.

Chest of drawers filled with printing press materials and an exhibit label saying Neu=Braunfelser Zeitung

Sophienburg exhibit about German language newspapers.

The buildings Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels had built to house the German immigration society, the Adelsverein, fell into disrepair after the society failed in 1848. The current museum structures were built in the twentieth century on the site of the original Sophienburg buildings. The Sophienburg Museum and Archives now features many exhibits detailing the history of the county – especially that of its German-Texan heritage.

Sophienburg Museum

  • Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Admission: Adults: $8, Students 13-18: $4, Children 6-12: $2
  • 401 W. Coll St., New Braunfels, TX
  • 830-629-1572
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