Walburg, Texas
Walburg also hosted filming for the motion picture Stars Over Henrietta.
Walburg is known for being a German farming community and has two Lutheran churches, one an LCMS congregation and one LCMC Congregation. Zion Lutheran (http://zionwalburg.org/) sits on a hill overlooking the community and hosts an Annual Wurstbraten which attracts and serves several thousand each year. St. Peter Lutheran is the other Lutheran Church in the immediate vicinity of Walburg.
Walburg previously had its own bank. Walburg State Bank, as it was once known, survived independently even through several national banking collapses and at least two bank robberies. It was sold in the early 1990s and closed its Walburg location.
Walburg is also home to two graveyards. Zion Lutheran's graveyard is right next to the church. The other graveyard is slightly farther down the road. This one contains a certain tree from which an alleged horse thief in the 1800s was hanged. It is often said that his ghost haunts the town.
References
- ^ "Walburg | Williamson County, TX". www.wilcotx.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Walburg, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
External links
- Walburg, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
30°44′13″N 97°34′49″W / 30.73694°N 97.58028°W