Ferdinand Ludwig Herff
Ferdinand Ludwig Herff was a 19th Century Germanborn physician who emigrated to Texas and became a medical pioneer in San Antonio. He was one of the cofounders of the Bettina commune. In 1982, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1268 was placed on Malakopf Mountain in Boerne, to honor Herff. Herffs homesite in San Antonio was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in the year 2000, Marker number 12345 .
Ferdinand Ludwig von Herff was born November 29, 1820, in Darmstadt, Germany to Christian von Herff, Privy Councillor or Judge of the Supreme Court of HesseDarmstadt, and his wife Eleanora von Meusebach, a cousin of John O. Meusebach.
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