Q: Name two German cities located near San Antonio.
Q: The Grand Opera House opened in ____ on Alamo Plaza at Crocket Street.
Q: The original Menger Hotel opened in ____.
Q: Who was the one German to die at the Alamo?
Q: Where is the Menger Hotel located in San Antonio?
Q: The old Joske's department store completely surrounded what church?
Q: What building had the first elevator in San Antonio?
Q: What group brought the first play productions to San Antonio?
Q: The city of West Berlin gave what small bronze statue to the city of San Antonio for Hemisfair 1968?
Q: What famous area now was once organized by Ernst Altgelt to be a showplace for wealthy Germans to honor Kaiser?
Q: The Maennerchor & Damenchor still entertain in this building.
Q: What was built on S. Alamo Street in 1895?
Q: Who were the three cyclists of the early 1880s?
Q: What are three German restaurants located in San Antonio today?
Q: What is the German name for Men's Choir?
Q: What famous National German bank started one of its branches in San Antonio?
Q: What Choir in San Antonio is composed of German men singers?
Q: What building had the first elevator in San Antonio
Q: What company distributed flour and corn meal to Texans around1860?
A: Pioneer Mills.
Q: What department store use to join St. Joseph's church on three sides?
Q: Who built the Guenther House in 1860?
A: Carl Hilmar
Q: When was the Menger Hotel built?
A: 1859
Q: Who built the first house on King William street in 1867?
A: Ernst Altgelt
Q: What organization built the 1200 seat, Beethoven Hall on South Alamo Street?
A: The Beethoven Maennerchor
Q: Who was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Heimann?
A: Amanda Waldine Tauch
Q: Which residential area was called the "residential heart of the city's thriving German community?
A: The King William District
Q: What happened after the original German families moved out of the King William area during the 1920's?
A: Many of the houses fell into disrepair and many were made into apartments because of the housing shortage.
Q: Who supervised the construction of the old Lone Star Brewery in San Antonio?
A: James Wahrenberger and Albert Felix Beckman.
Q: When did James Wahrenberger and Albert Felix Beckman establish separate offices?
A: Around 1890
Facts
A picture was taken in 1887 of the Menger Hotel and St. Joseph's church.
St. Joseph's church located in Downtown San Antonio, was built in 1968.
St. John's Lutheran church built by Germans in 1860, still holds yearly services in German on good Friday.
C. H. Guenther built a mill that resembled a castle at the end of King William Street.
In St. Joseph's church there are stained glass windows imported from Munich which were added in 1898.
These windows are rare because they are from pre-war Munich. Charles Hugo, Gustav Schmeltzer, and William Heuermann sell convent property to Reagan Houston for $160,000.
The first wheat in San Antonio was ground in the C.H. Guenther Mill.
In the first Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio, there were German figures on the field.
The San Antonio National Bank was designed by Cyrus Eichlitz, a German architecht in 1866.
Ed Steves opened a German lumberyard in San Antonio in 1866.
The Groos bank in San Antonio was the first to open solely for the purpose of banking.
The Menger Hotel built by William Menger is the oldest hotel west of the Mississippi.
Simon Menger built the cities first factory in 1850. Many Germans were a part of the second volunteer fire department in San Antonio in 1859.
A well known confectionary located in downtown San Antonio was popular among the Germans.
Two German freighters, Ed Frobose and the company of Hugo and Schmeltzer transported goods in the1850's.
The development of the railroad in 1877 was an extreme help to the German merchants.
Family life played a crucial role in the 19th century German cult culture.
The Deer horn Bar, which is now part of the LoneStar Brewery was opened by Ernst Dosch and UlrichRische around 1870.
What is now the Little Rhein Steak house was once a boarding house built by Otto Bombeck in 1856.
Germans are most famous for their love of drink and socializing.
The Staffel door is a prime example of 19th century german craftsmanship.
Pioneer Flour Mills is the oldest such business in Texas.
The Guenther House once homed Carl Hilmar, his wife, and his seven children.
The Guenther Mill was renamed Pioneer Flour Mills in 1898.
In 1814 Carl Beck moved to San Antonio to become the conductor of the Beethoven Maennerchor.
Ernst Altgelt had the privalege of naming king William street because he was the first person to build a house on it.
Ernst built the street after Wilhelm 1 of Prussia.
Ernst Altgelt built a second and more elaborate home on King William street in the late 1800's.
The Beethoven Mannerchor was founded in 1865.
Arthur Claassen became the first permanent conductor of the Beethoven Mannerchor.
The Beethoven Mannerchor has existed for 130 years. In 1895 the Beethoven Mannerchor built the 1200 seat Beethoven Hall on South Alamo Street.
The Deer Horn Bar was operated by Ernst Dosch and Ulrich Rische.
During the decades after the Civil War, many German business men built houses in the King William area which included Groos, Joske, Kalteyer, and Steves families.
Carl Wilhelm Groos was originally sent to San Antonio during the Civil War by Confederate authorities when they found a letter addressed to him on the body of a dead Mexican soldier.
Carl Wilhelm Groos became the first president of the Groos business when it turned into a bank.
The first exclusive banking firm erected in San Antonio by the Groos company and was built in 1879.
Fort Sam Houston is a major military installation in the northeast section of San Antonio.
James Wahrenberger formed a partnership with Albert Felix Beckman who was also a German-trained architecht.
James Wahrenberger and Albert Felix Beckmann designed residences for some important German families which included Edward Steves, Jr. house and the Carl F. A. Hummel house.
James Wahrenberger and Albert Felix Beckman also built a number of commercial and public buildings which included the White Elephant Saloon, Dr. Kalteyer's Drug Store, the city-council hospitol, the Joske's building, the Reuter building, Turner's Hall, and Our Lady of the Lake Academy.
Another one of James Wahrenberger's well known works was the spire on St. Joseph's church in San Antonio.
Henry Truman Phelps designed the Kampmann house along with several other historical revival-style residences in and around San Antonio.
Atlee Bernard Ayres designed the Halff house in 1908. J.C. Dielmann designed many structures like the Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel; the Conventual Chapel, the Science Hall, and other buildings at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio.
J.C. Dielmann belonged to the San Antonio Liederkranz, the Beethoven Mannerchor, and St. Joseph's society and did many great things for the community.