Barbarosa is an
unincorporated community in
Guadalupe County, in the
U.S. state of
Texas.
History
A post office was established at Barbarosa in 1900, and only remained open a few months until it was discontinued. The community was probably named after Frederick Barbarossa, formally
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on ...
, having been originally settled chiefly by
Germans.
References
Unincorporated communities in Guadalupe County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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