Life and Sojourn in Texas of Rev. Bohumir Menzel Presented by Dr. Lukáš Perutka

Rev. Bohumir (Gottfried) Menzel visited Texas in 1840 with a group of German and Czech settlers. He settled in the New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Castroville, and D’Hannis areas where he taught school, was a natural scientist and a Catholic priest. Menzel’s pioneering impact nurtured the settlement of Texas by the Czechs and Germans. He returned home to northern Bohemia in 1856. Dr. Lukáš Perutka…