Immanuel Baptist Church

Christian Siebenhausen and Karl Wiegand migrated to Kyle from germany in 1883. Other German families soon joined them. In 1886, sixteen of these settlers met at the George Wiegand home to form the first German Baptist Church of Kyle. Services were originally held in homes and Sunday School at the community schoolhouse. A church building and parsonage were erected in 1893 on land acquired from Frank Marstellar. Fire destroyed the first church in 1940. The present rock structure was dedicated in 1941, when the fellowship became Immanuel Baptist Church.

Immanuel Baptist Church is a historical marker in Kyle, Hays County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.9422, -97.8273 near Kyle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Live Oak (cemetery), about 2.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Max and Anna Schiwitz Homestead, Beef for the Confederacy, and Lex Word and the Bon Ton.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010284. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.