Alsatian Mural at Haby's Bakery Alsatian Artist Patrice Hoff brings his talent to Castroville Haby's Bakery Mural Patrice Hoff is a professor of visual arts at the college Jean XXIII in Mulhouse, France. He also paints breathtaking murals on public buildings. He spent several days in February of...
Read MoreGarden of Roots • "Jadin des Racines" Laying the rock Rhine River The Castroville area is a "Little Alsace" geographically as well as culturally. Big Alsace, in France, is mostly a flat, fertile plain that is bordered on the east by the Rhine River and on the west...
Read MoreFlag of Alsace, France Alsatian Language Though Alsace is a province of France, the language spoken there and passed down from generation to generation is an unwritten Germanic dialect and similar to the language spoken across the Rhine in Switzerland and Germany. The majority of Alsatian...
Read MoreCross Hill It is an old European custom for a village to proclaim its faith by erecting a cross in a prominent place, and the Alsatians brought the tradition with them when they came to the Medina Valley. The obvious place for Castroville's cross was the...
Read MoreSt. Louis Catholic Church The first and present day churches of Castroville First St. Louis Church The first church of Castroville is a small building located on the grounds of the Moye Retreat Center. It was the first Catholic Church built in Medina County and west of San...
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Read MoreTo entice and appease his colonists Henri Castro offered them a free town lot and 40 out-acres, in addition to their original contract....
Read MoreDuring their first election on September 12, 1844, the people of Castroville elected Huth as Justice of the Peace.ssa....
Read MoreThe Steinbach House is available for viewing on Monday - Friday 9 am--5 pm; Saturday 10 am--4 pm; and Sunday 11 am--3 pm....
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