Luckenbach School is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places Listing. It is located at 3566 Luckenbach Rd. in
Gillespie County, Texas. In 1964, the school was consolidated with
Fredericksburg Independent School District
Fredericksburg Independent School District is a public school district based in Fredericksburg, Texas (USA).
In addition to Fredericksburg, the district serves the unincorporated communities of Stonewall, Luckenbach, Willow City, and Albert. Lo ...
. The building is now used as a community center.
Community background
Luckenbach
Luckenbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The village lies northeast of Koblenz in the valley of the Kleine Nister. Luckenbach b ...
was settled by German colonists such as the Luckenbach family, who arrived in Texas from
Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the river ...
, Germany, aboard the ''Brig Johann Dethardt'' January 12, 1846.
[Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248] They were among the first wave of colonists to Fredericksburg in 1846. In 1852, the Luckenbachs moved southeast to the area that came to bear the family name, and became naturalized citizens. August W. Engel was the first postmaster of Luckenbach when the post office was established on August 30, 1886.
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School
The first school house at Luckenbach was a 16' x 15' log construction built on land purchased for $4 from Peter Pehl on July 22, 1855. It was constructed by the local men. When the need outgrew the building in 1881, a addition was built of native limestone. Luckenbach School was part of the Luckenbach School Precinct No. 3, which covered Luckenbach, Grapetown, South Grape Creek, and Grape Hill. Tuition was $1 per year per child. The school day began at 9 a.m., and the school week was Monday through Saturday. A one-room stone teacherage was built in the 1860s, with floors made of wooden planks salvaged from
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. The teacherage was later adjoined to the school house. A new schoolhouse of native limestone was built in 1905. In 1949, Luckenbach school became a
two-teacher school in order to adhere to the state Gilmer-Aiken Act that limited the number of students per teacher. In 1964, the school was consolidated with the Fredericksburg Independent School District.
Designated a
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1982, Marker number 10075. Lower Luckenbach School was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in Texas
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on May 6, 2005.
See also
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Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Gillespie County
References
Further reading
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External links
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Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools
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Defunct schools in Gillespie County, Texas
German-American culture in Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Gillespie County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas