Preserving German-Texan stories • Curating local art • New Braunfels, Texas
Our roots run deep in the Comal River soil. The same care we give to historic districts and youth exhibitions will shape how future communities remember where they came from.
Input upstream rainfall and hours since peak inflow; output the exact moment the water touches the elders' benches. Grounded in USGS Station 08235500 and the 1935 flood memoirs.
Cypress trees, elder ledgers, and the water that feeds our orchards. The physical geography of our memory.
Voice recordings from Sophia Gable, Hans Weber, and the women who baked bread before dawn. Their words, preserved.
The mistakes that built us. Budget ledgers lost, recipes improvised, bridges built with trembling hands.
Thirteen oaths, thirteen scars, and the copper wire that runs through the riverbed. Our kintsugi, sung aloud.
Kiefer light meeting elder carvings. The next generation learning to hold the torch without burning their fingers.
Frau Greta's recipe, the rosemary from behind the museum, and the seventeen-minute cooling rule. Edible history.
Precision baking for Comal Valley humidity. Input peach mass, ambient conditions, rosemary count—output perfect crust specifications. Grounded in Wikidata Q574612 & Q122679.
Intergenerational Bridge Workshop: Kiefer-inspired printmaking with local elders.
October 12 • 2–5pm • Sophienburg Museum
Rosemary peach cobbler shared after every workshop. One table, many stories.