Vereins Kirche

VEREINS KIRCHE

Just two blocks away from the main grounds stands the Vereins Kirche (“Society Church”). The Vereins Kirche is located in the middle of the town square, called Marktplatz. This is a replica of the first public building constructed by the pioneers in Fredericksburg.

The original, built in 1847, served as a combination church, school, and community center for decades. A replica was built in 1935, the project that launched the Gillespie County Historical Society.

FIRST WEEKEND AT THE MUSEUM

Pioneer Museum hosts First Weekend at the Museum on the First Saturday of each month.

Activities include:

• Museum open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Spinners demonstration.
• Handwerkers demonstration.
• Blacksmithing demonstration.
• Frontier History Company interpretive living historians.
• Scavenger hunt around the museum grounds.
• Museum Store open with a 10% off Book of the Month Friday and Saturday.
• Vereins Kirche Museum open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Historic Gillespie County Jail, 117 W. San Antonio St., with interpretive living historians open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FRIDAY PUBLIC PROGRAMS

On the Friday before the first Saturday of each month, Pioneer Museum hosts a complimentary public program at the Gillespie County Historical Society Sanctuary at 312 W. San Antonio St.

Doors open at 3 p.m. for a meet and greet. The program runs from 3:30-5 p.m. with a question-and-answer session following. Programs are livestreamed by FBG Live and can be viewed on YouTube. Livestreams are underwritten by a grant from the Hill Country Historical Foundation.

First Weekend activities are sponsored by the Fredericksburg Morning Rotary Club and a Friend of the Gillespie County Historical Society. The program is complimentary, and donations are welcome.

CALENDAR

• Sept. 1-Oct. 11 Traveling Exhibit: Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy.
• Oct. 3-4 First Weekend at the Museum.
• Oct. 31-Nov. 1 First Weekend at the Museum.
• Nov. 21 Holiday Market Preview Party.
• Nov. 22 Historic Home Tour and Holiday Market.
• Dec. 6 Kinderfest.
• Dec. 12 Tannenbaum Ball.
• Feb. 6-7 First Weekend at the Museum.
• March 6-7 First Weekend at the Museum.
• March 16-21 Spring Break Living History Week.
• April 3-4 First Weekend at the Museum.