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Mark your calendars — Wendish Fest is happening on September 28, 2025 at the Serbin Picnic Grounds! The annual Wendish Fest is a day of celebrating Texas Wendish culture and history through delicious Wendish food, unique cultural activities, folklife exhibits, demonstrations, and live polka music. The festival is a free,...
The 2025-2026 Texas Wendish Heritage Society Scholarship application is now open! Before filling out the application form, students are strongly encouraged to read the scholarship guidelines. All parts of the application must be submitted by Monday, June 30, 2025, at 5pm CT. Scholarship Application Form: Click here. Application...
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It’s trendish to be Wendish! Thank you Texas Monthly for joining us at Wendish Fest and educating others about the Texas Wends! Check out the full article here. We hope to see you all at the 2025 Wendish Fest on September 28 in Serbin.
In December of 1854, an English sailing vessel, the Ben Nevis, docked in Galveston harbor loaded with some 500 immigrants from Lusatia, an area in Germany comprising parts of Saxony and Prussia. These immigrants were not the typical lot of Germans, Swedes, Czechs, and Poles who flocked to...
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