Peter Zieschang

Founded Noack, Texas. Peter Zieschang traveled from Saxony on the ship Bielefeld to Melborne or Portland, Victoria, Australia. There he joined the Hochkirch settlement(founded in 1853). Peter's first wife Magdalena (nee Rentsch) died in Tarrington, Australia. He then traveled back to Saxony. Then he went from Saxony to Texas. In 1870 he settled at Fiskville, Travis, Texas near Pflugerville, Texas. He later moved to what is now Noack, Texas. He gave the land for Hochkirch which was founded in 1895, north of Taylor on Brushy Creek. He founded the town of Noack in 1872 and named it for a Mr. Noack, a prominent settler and the postmaster. Land sold for $5.00 per acre around Noack when Peter bought land there, which was 10 times more than land near Serbin at the time.

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Sailed on the ship, the Frankfurt, departed from Bremen, Germany. Arrived in New Orleans on November 15, 1870.