German-Texan Heritage Society

As of 2026, the German-Texan Heritage Society staff, a paid team which coordinates the organization's volunteer efforts, is helmed by Executive Director Christopher Markley. The society's board of directors is currently led by President Margo Blevins.^[4]

The German-Texan Heritage Society offers German language instruction for children and adults.

In 2021, the society opened the German International School of Texas, a German language immersion school serving preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders.^[5]

The German-Texan Heritage Society has offered German courses for children on Saturdays since 1995 and has since expanded to San Antonio.^[6]

The German-Texan Heritage Society hosts yearly Maifest – German Texan Beer & Wine Festival, Karneval, and Oktoberfest festivities, a German Auto Show, St. Martin's Umzug, as well as a well-attended Christmas Market in Austin.^[7][8][9] Additionally, the organization's annual meeting is held in a different Texas City each year, for example Austin, San Antonio, Temple, Galveston, Comfort, La Grange, Waco, among others.^[3]

The society's headquarters at the German Free School is home to the Charles G. Trenckmann Family Library, which contains genealogy resources and other publications about German heritage in Texas.^[10]