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Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA

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Wikipedia 2015:

Weimar is a city in Colorado County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,181 at the 2010 census.

In 1873 the town was founded as Jackson, but subsequently called Weimar in tribute to the German city of Weimar.

Located on Interstate 10 and US 90 between San Antonio, Austin, and Houston, Weimar is a small community of predominately Czech and German descendants.

Weimar is famous for Kasper's sausage, which draws a crowd every Saturday to Kasper's Meat Market in downtown Weimar.

Also, a strong history of baseball exists in Weimar. The Veterans Park (Strickland Field) was ahead of its time when it was built in 1948, and was the first lighted baseball field between San Antonio and Houston. The Veterans Park remains a state-of-the-art baseball stadium, having hosted a Babe Ruth League World Series Tournament in 2005.

Weimar is where Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic were murdered by serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz on May 2, 1999. Their parsonage was adjacent to the train tracks.

History:

Weimar was founded in 1873 in anticipation that the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was going to build through the site. The community was first called Jackson, after D. W. Jackson, a native Georgian and area landowner who donated land for the railroad right-of-way and the townsite. The populace subsequently chose the name Weimar; an early record states that Thomas W. Peirce, who authorized Jackson to sell lots at the site, had visited Weimar, Germany, and was favorably impressed.

The Weimar post office was established in 1873. The town was incorporated in 1875. After beginning with a few hundred townspeople, Weimar had by its tenth birthday achieved a population over 1,000. As it grew, Weimar established itself as a center of trade for pecans, poultry, and dairy products. By 1877, the town was large enough to make its first city map. In 1888, Weimar witnessed the origin of the first town newspaper, The Weimar Mercury, which currently remains in publication.

Local industries include meat processing, tooling and sheet-metal works, and manufacturing of gaskets. Agriculture continues to play an important role, as Weimar continues to trade in feed grain, poultry, corn, pecans, and beef. The former GH&SA railroad remains in service today as part of the Union Pacific Railroad system.

Throughout the 20th century, Weimar enjoyed a slow yet steady growth in population, increasing on an average by 250 persons every ten years. Business establishments held their numbers steady at around 70. After a high population of 2,400 in 1976, the town declined slightly in the following decade. In 1980, the population was 2,128. In 1990, the population of Weimar was 2,052, in 2000 it was 1,981, and in 2006, it was 2,024.

Geburt

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Geburt		Personen-Kennung
1	Brandes, Clarence Sr.	20 Aug 1920	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I44
2	Brandes, Erna Albertina	16 Jan 1917	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I396
3	Gold, Alice	5 Jan 1925	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I841
4	Kruse, Claus Albert	13 Feb 1936	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I22
5	Rahlwes, Augusta	9 Apr 1888	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I114
6	Richter, Alena - wife of	geschätzt 1915	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I560

Tod

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Brandes, Edna M.A.	18 Okt 1927	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I46
2	Stech, Louis	23 Dez 1965	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I870
3	Trojan, Johanna Jane	20 Mrz 1939	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I42

Beerdigung

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Beerdigung		Personen-Kennung
1	Stech, Norbert C.	17 Feb 1983	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	I871

Eheschließung

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	Familie	Eheschließung		Familien-Kennung
1	Kruse / Brandes	14 Nov 1934	Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA	F3