Texas Lutheran University is a private Evangelical Lutheran university in Seguin, Texas. The university traces its roots back to 1891 with the foundation of an academy, named Evangelical Lutheran College, by the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas, in Brenham. Its first president was the Reverend Gottlieb Langner. That school accumulat…
Texas Lutheran University is a private Evangelical Lutheran university in Seguin, Texas. The university traces its roots back to 1891 with the foundation of an academy, named Evangelical Lutheran College, by the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas, in Brenham. Its first president was the Reverend Gottlieb Langner. That school accumulated crushing financial problems, but in 1912, it was rescued by an offer of 15 acres and $20,000 from local businessmen to relocate the academy to Seguin. Initially, the Lutheran College of Seguin, Texas, as it was newly named, had only one building on a bare former cotton field, with 46 students.
Former names: Evangelical Lutheran College (1891–1912) · Lutheran College of Seguin (1912–1932) · Texas Lutheran College (1932–1996)
Motto: Veritas Christi Liberat Homines
Motto in English: The truth of Christ sets people free
Type: Private university
Established: 1891
Religious affiliation: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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