Funeral Homes near Panna Maria

Facts about the city

Panna Maria (Polish for Virgin Mary) is a small unincorporated community in Karnes County, Texas, United States. It is the oldest Upper Silesian settlement in the United States, which most of whom speak a very rare language that's the offspring of Silesian known as Texas Silesian.

Panna Maria Obituaries

It was reported by Eau Claire Leader-Telegram on May 26th, 2016 that Florian "Duke" Dziuk passed on in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  Dziuk was 88 years old and was born in Panna Maria, TX.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Florian "Duke"'s life.

It was noted by Hutchinson News on November 30th, 2013 that Sylvia Klusener (Swierc) passed away in Hutchinson, Kansas.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Sylvia's life.

History

A Franciscan missionary, Father Leopold Moczygemba, started recruiting Upper Silesia Silesians in 1852, when Silesia was part of the Kingdom of Prussia. With carts to haul them inland scarce, the immigrants walked to their land grants near San Antonio, Texas Antonio and the town was settled on Christmas Eve, 1854.

The town's identity as an insular Polish enclave was sealed by four factors:

#Bypass by the railroad,

#Union (American Civil War) sympathy (Settlers were also unionist and were occasionally massacred in Texas during this period)

#Polish Resurrectionist priests arrived from Europe

#A sisterhood of Polish teaching nuns was established . It is the oldest Poles settlement in the United States. Panna Maria (Polish language for 'Virgin Mary') is a small unincorporated area town in Karnes County, Texas County, Texas, United States.