14. The Wunsche Family Cemetery

This very tiny cemetery is stationed right off the side of I-45 at Cypresswood in the spring area.

"The mid-1840's brought German immigrant Carl Wunsche from Saxony to Spring,Texas which started around 1838. Farmer's brought their cotton to Charles Wunsche's gin near town. Charles and Dell Wunsche built the WUNSCHE BRO'S SALOON and HOTEL in 1902, with lumber from their own sawmill. Their brother William Wunsche, Sr., Ralph Hanks and Voress Bonin constructed it. Two stories high it stands today as the Spring Cafe. Spring's legacy from the Wunsche family include Wunsche Middle School, built on land donated by the family. A less conspicuous landmark, a very special plot of ground on a tiny knoll in front of the Spring High School and beside I-45 is the Wunsche Family Cemetery."

The Wunsche family was very influential in the making of the town of Spring, Texas. The cemetery itself wasn't much of anything, it was very tiny and probably not much bigger than the average size of a living room of most houses. Most of the gravestones were preserved enough that you could read where some were completely crumpled down to rubble and covered by moss, grass and dirt. There seems to be a huge difference in the type of headstone for the family. Half were made from some sort of granite stone where as the other half were made from what looked to be marble. This cemetery was definitely the most interesting cemetery I've ever seen or been to considering its size and relation to it's location.