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Oct. 31 - Nov 9 -
48th annual WURSTFEST 2008
New Braunfels
During the 10-day festival, you’ll find a variety of entertainment,
food and fun on the Wurstfest Grounds in Landa Park and many special
events throughout New Braunfels and Comal County. The following
information is provided to help answer the many questions our visitors
have.
Proclaimed by the Mayor for the first time in 1961, the festival
honoring this most delectable of local foods was a one-day affair
held on Saturday climaxing a week of activity featuring sausage
dishes on menus of local cafes and specials on sausage products
in local meat markets and grocery stores.
The first year it was “Sausage Festival” … later “Wurst Week” …
and finally “WURSTFEST”. What he thought would be a typical small
town festival was conceived by Ed A. Grist, who was a practicing
Veterinarian and City Meat Inspector. At the time, no one anticipated
the phenomenal success this festival would achieve.
The first WURSTFEST drew a crowd of 2,000 sausage-hungry visitors
attracted by literally world-wide publicity … there were feature
stories on this unique celebration in newspapers in Canada and Germany,
as well as most major cities in the United States.
Visitors watched ladies of the Grange demonstrate sausage-making
practiced by their forebears who brought their recipes to the Texas
wilderness from Germany 116 years before. They saw modern methods
used today, which have left unchanged the mouth-watering flavors
of original recipes. They also saw an impressive display of antique
meat grinders and sausage stuffing machines gathered from attics
and basements of the community.
Additional information can be obtained from the Wurstfest Association,
Post Office Box 310309, New Braunfels, Texas 78131-0309.
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