When Spell Check Ensures Your Unique?

 Braunfels Schloss (Castle) in Braunfels, Germany - Our Founding City 

 Schlitterbahn Castle - New Braunfels, Texas
Notice the Similarities?

Every time I get to the draft phase of my blog post I spell check.  It just sort of hit me - half of the post is yellow and noted as misspelled.  WHY?

The answer to that question is buried in our unique community. 

New Braunfels?
Schlitterbahn?
Blastenhof?
Surfenberg?
Boogie Bahn?
Wurstfest? 
Sophienburg?
Naegelins? 
Friesenhaus? 
Seekatz?
Volkssport?
Weihnachtsmarkt?
Gruene?
Saengerhalle?
Anhalt?
Freiheit?
Wein & Saengerfest?

You get the idea? So why do so many folks ask where is our German Heritage?  Are you kidding me - it is everywhere!  The above list is the obvious.  This is the tip of the iceberg.  Let's talk street names :

Klingemann
Muesebach
Brandenburg
Bretzke
Dittlinger
Jung
Karbach
Klein
Krause
Kroesche
Rueckle

Drop in the bucket - wow did they get these street names off the ship rosters in 1844?

Moving forward, think last names in the phone book? Pastry names? Folk Dances? Songs?

German Heritage really is everywhere and I promise - spell check will catch them every time.  So I have decided  to embrace my frustrations with spell check and revel in our uniqueness!   

Tschüß!