GRUENE

NAME: Gruene COUNTY: Comal ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Hot Summer, Mild winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time

COMMENTS: Now a shopping district in New Braunfels on the opposite bank of the Guadalupe River, there are many signs to direct you.Go shopping, sample some wine, eat great foot, and stay at bed and breakfasts to get the feeling of the town. REMAINS: Many buildings still intact, now occupied by restaurants, businesses, and bed & breakfasts. Dance hall one of the oldest in Texas

Developed around gristmill and mercantile, and named Gruene(prounounced Green) after town's founder who owned mercantile and Gristmill. Dance hall stayed in operation throughout the years and was on the Hunter Ceiling Fans commercial in the late 1990s. Now a popular tourist area for shopping and recreation. Gruene is now in the New Braunfels city limits. Time of vacancy not known, but at one time most buildings were vacant. Submitted by: Nathan Vance

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