DEMIJOHN BEND, TEXAS. Demijohn Bend, eighteen miles northwest of New Braunfels in northern Comal County, was a German farming and ranching community that was settled in the 1850s by the Pantermuehl and Baetge families. The name derived from a demijohn-shaped bend in the Guadalupe River that formed a 400-acre peninsula that was nearly encircled by the stream. Much of the scenic bend has been submerged since Canyon Lake was filled in the mid-1960s.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: R. B. McDonald et al., An Appraisal of Potential for Outdoor Recreational Developments in Comal County (n.p.: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, 1967). Lillian Penshorn, A History of Comal County (M.A. thesis, Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1950).
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