Fredericksburg TX

This morning we drove out of Fredericksburg into the hill country to "Trade Days", a GIANT flea market, 300 vendors on 3 acres...lots of "STUFF" interesting to look at, but, nothing we wanted to buy..if you need it, it was there !!

Texas longhorn cattle on the way..

I wanted to catch some local History on Fredericksburg, so stopped at the historical society, which gave me tons of information on the area. I was fascinated by the idea of a "Sunday House". they were tiny homes built by early German settlers for use on the weekends. When they immigrated to America, they were given a town lot, and farm acreage, because the farms were miles from town, they would come in on Saturday for supplies and church on Sunday.

This is the Metzer House and was built around 1890, and has been restored. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one room downstairs, with a lean-to kitchen. Bedroom was upstairs, accessed by a ladder or staircase outside.
Sunday houses were also used if you were sick and needed medical attention in town, and some elderly retired into these houses.

Veriens Kirche..(Society's Church) built in 1847, was an eight sided public building that served as a church for all faiths, school, and public town hall.  It is located in market square.

This is the "Maibaum" traditional maypole and decorated for Christmas with candles and holly.  The town square also had a traditional Christmas tree, and an inside ice rink...lots of kids skating today.



Tomorrow, on to Kerrville